Summer 2025 Sim Racing Buyer's Guide

Summer 2025 Sim Racing Buyer's Guide

Your Personalized Guide to Summer Shopping

Here at Apex Sim Racing, we value performance and helping our customers build the ultimate racing setup without the hassle. With summer in full swing, now is the perfect time to upgrade your gear and get in the cockpit. Our 2025 Summer Buyer's Guide highlights five hand-picked products we believe will enhance your summer racing to its greatest extent! 

Simagic Alpha Mini Wheelbase

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The Simagic Alpha Mini is one of the latest and most popular wheelbases in Simagic’s lineup. Despite its compact size, it delivers the full performance and features you'd expect from a high-end wheelbase. We included it in our 2025 Summer Guide because it offers a high-performance upgrade without requiring a major investment, leaving room in your budget for vacations and travel!

Simnet SP PRO Pedals & Baseplate Combo

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The combination of affordable sim racing pedals with a baseplate is sure to make your rig feel more planted and professional, just in time for those long summer race sessions! With the Simnet PRO Pedals and included baseplate, you're getting precision braking and all-day comfort. Summer’s the perfect time to level up your setup and this combo brings pro-level feel without that heatwave price tag.

Apex Sim Racing XL Race Deck Button Box

Perhaps our XL Race Deck Button Box is your summer control center. Whether you’re jumping into a casual sunset session or grinding laps in a summer endurance league, this box gives you quick access to every setting with little effort. Additionally, it has 10 push buttons and 4 CTS Rotary encoders, all which bring convenience to your racing experience.

Sabelt Sim Bottle

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This one's a given- the Sabelt Sim Bottle is a great solution for hydration. Available in racing yellow or stealth black, these 500ml stainless steel bottles are sleek and durable. They're perfect for the gym, track, or even the beach!

Apex Sim Racing GT3R DDU

The GT3R DDU is a great option for sporty sim racers who value real-time telemetry, slick visuals, and top-notch realism. With a bright 4.3" screen, 34 RGB LEDs, and a durable carbon fiber enclosure, this thing looks like it belongs in a GT3 cockpit because it kind of does. It's designed after the 911 Porche 911 GT3 R, meaning it's a meaning it’s a true-to-life replica of what pro drivers see on track during the summer.

Conclusion and Key Takeaways

With the arrival of summer, there’s no better excuse to upgrade your sim racing setup. While we’re not saying stay indoors all day, when it’s pushing 100 degrees outside, racing indoors beats melting on the real track. These five picks are what we’re running right now, and they’re guaranteed to keep the racing hot while you stay cool.

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Jimmy Fisher
Founder & CEO
https://www.apexsimracing.com

Founder & CEO of Apex Sim Racing