5 Sim Racing Gift Ideas

‍1. Gloves

No, not the sort you’d wear outside during a crisp winter morning, but instead dedicated sim racing gloves. For the uninitiated, some drivers race without gloves, however, those looking to step things up a notch generally recommend them to prevent sweaty hands on expensive equipment - especially during a long endurance race.

F33L It has a range for around $40 available directly, while Sim Hound offers a rather smart-looking pair for slightly less. 

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2. iRacing Vouchers

This is perhaps unoriginal, but if you know someone who is an iRacing member, it’s absolutely ideal. Each quarter, the subscription server releases new cars and tracks, the vast majority of which are optional, paid-for, extras.

Cars are usually around $11.95 each, while new tracks are either $11.95 or $14.95. It can all add up. An e-gift iRacing voucher can be ordered online with instant delivery, with the minimum amount of $15.

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3. LEGO Speed Champions Model

While sim racing can be expensive, equally so can LEGO. But the diminutive Danish bricks can be purchased in licenced racing car sets. More affordable than a large-scale or Technic product, the Speed Champions range focuses exclusively on quick real-world machines.

Therefore, you can pick up something that the sim racing fan in your life may have raced virtual as a windowsill or desk ornament.

For example, there is a McLaren Formula 1 car, as seen in the F1 games, a NASCAR Chevrolet that’s available for iRacing and even a special Lamborghini that was originally created for the Gran Turismo games. All are well under $30 too.

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4. Elgato Equipment

Elgato is a market leader when it comes to mics, webcams and capturing equipment across the wide scope of video games.

They are also popular in sim racing. A Stream Deck for instance can be used to assist those who want to begin livestreaming their races to YouTube or Twitch. But it also has a dual purpose as a button box, where drivers can assign in-race options to, well, its buttons and easily mount to a cockpit.

An Elgato Stream Deck MK.2 has a recommended price of $150, and can be regularly found for around $120. 

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5. Cockpit Accessories

If you happen to know someone with the full sim racing ‘rig’, also known as a cockpit, most manufacturers offer a range of clip-on accessories that can be extremely useful.
For instance, for those with the Fanatec CSL cockpit, there’s a $30 keyboard holder. Looking to Next Level Racing, it offers a cup holder or a mat to place the cockpit upon. Trak Racer offers a footrest.

Find out which brand of cockpit they own, and there will undoubtedly be a range of matching accessories that needn't cost the earth.

Of course, alongside each of these possible items, a gift card for trophi.ai, available in $25, $50, $75 and $100 increments to help find new lap time records.