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Fanatec

Brand Publisher · Controllers, wheels & sim rigs · 10 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/simracing

Reddit take

Not enough linked mention summaries yet; the source excerpts below are the evidence.

Pros

  • Should have saved that 70 and put it towards Black Friday Fanatec sell and not race on a tonka toy
  • But they're still the cheapest entry option for a >5Nm bundle at 500 Euro (wheelbase, steering wheel, 2 basic pedals and 1 load cell + any decent power supply) you can get + it doesn't lose value fast which makes for a great first buy
  • Fanatec is the king of accessories. They have lots of rims, shifters, pedals and so on, and come it with new ones all the time. ... outside of there entry level rims, the build quality is excellent.
  • Fanatec still holds its weight in terms of quality and performance. They’re just behind most other brands at the moment. The dd1/2 although still being a beast of base are much older and have older tech.

Cons

  • Fanatec once screwed me over way harder than this and I couldn't get anything with their support. Everything changed when I publically shamed them on social media (after 3 months of them making up bunch of obvious lies about what went wr...
  • I bought several rigs for fun from Moza and Fanatec
  • At this point I am really considering selling all my Fanatec stuff. Their prices are out of control and their products are antiquated. ... Fanatec's lineup is old, with less features, worse build quality, plastic QR, closed ecosystem, an...
  • Almost everything Is upgrade after fanatec
  • So many better options on the market now than Fanatec imo

Sentiment

4 positive (40%) · 1 mixed (10%) · 5 negative (50%)

Trust + time weighted score: -12% · raw score -10%

What redditors said (10 of 10)

Fanatec once screwed me over way harder than this and I couldn't get anything with their support. Everything changed when I publically shamed them on social media (after 3 months of them making up bunch of obvious lies about what went wrong).
negative · u/R****Z · r/simracing · comment · Dec 20, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I bought several rigs for fun from Moza and Fanatec
mixed · u/B****_ · r/simracing · Dec 12, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Should have saved that 70 and put it towards Black Friday Fanatec sell and not race on a tonka toy
positive · u/F****4 · r/simracing · comment · Nov 25, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
But they're still the cheapest entry option for a >5Nm bundle at 500 Euro (wheelbase, steering wheel, 2 basic pedals and 1 load cell + any decent power supply) you can get + it doesn't lose value fast which makes for a great first buy
positive · u/M****e · r/simracing · comment · Nov 25, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
At this point I am really considering selling all my Fanatec stuff. Their prices are out of control and their products are antiquated. ... Fanatec's lineup is old, with less features, worse build quality, plastic QR, closed ecosystem, and significantly more expensive.
negative · u/e****1 · r/simracing · Nov 25, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Almost everything Is upgrade after fanatec
negative · u/c****8 · r/simracing · comment · Aug 26, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
So many better options on the market now than Fanatec imo
negative · u/p****t · r/simracing · comment · Jul 3, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Fanatec is the king of accessories. They have lots of rims, shifters, pedals and so on, and come it with new ones all the time. ... outside of there entry level rims, the build quality is excellent.
positive · u/r****y · r/simracing · comment · Feb 12, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Fanatec still holds its weight in terms of quality and performance. They’re just behind most other brands at the moment. The dd1/2 although still being a beast of base are much older and have older tech.
positive · u/D****d · r/simracing · comment · Jan 29, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Fanatec has more brand loyalty of all the brands, yet their products and services are mediocre at best. Their Reddit sub is more broken products than anything else
negative · u/D****n · r/simracing · comment · Jan 29, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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