"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Despite having never stepped foot in a dedicated piece of racing machinery, I've covered thousands of ...

Advanced driving aids, semi-autonomous tech, and drive-by-wire systems remain all the rage among automotive OEMs, and much of that technology can be directly traced to its origins in auto racing. The ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A quality sim racing cockpit transforms your home racing setup, giving you the stability, comfort, and ...

Despite having never stepped foot in a dedicated piece of racing machinery, I've covered thousands of miles of pavement across some of the most iconic race circuits around the world, all from the ...

Race teams always look up and down the motorsports ladder to identify rising stars. But Formula One world champion Max Verstappen sees untapped potential in the virtual world. Sim racing is more than ...

This story was updated in September 2025. If you've ever tried to hustle a 700-hp GT3 car around Spa using a thumbstick, you know the feeling: like threading a needle with oven mitts. A proper wheel ...

Sim racing equipment is your ticket to the immersive world of car racing. These are the best sim racing cockpits, picked by CNET’s gaming experts. Antuan started out in the automotive industry the old ...

Few of us racing fans have the time, money, or skills to experience it in real life. Luckily, we have the alternative of sim racing. I know, it's not the same, but racing sims are on the rise and ...

Motor racing has, in principle, stayed very much the same over the past 150 years or so, since the first organised race in the UK was held in Manchester between what were described as “two road steam ...