Simlab is primarily a manufacturer of premium sim-racing cockpits, offering very competitive and, above all, high-quality products. The brand’s catalog includes only a few chassis entries, but these are highly customizable, and can be adapted to more or less any sim-racing setup.

Recently, the brand has begun to expand its range with the addition of steering wheels, a crankset, a shifter, a handbrake and also other sim-racing accessories, especially after the takeover of Grid Engineering.

Simlab’s plans were quite secretive. Sure, the manufacturer released new products here and there, but racers really had no idea about the brand’s endgame. “Where would Simlab position itself against the competition?” was a good question, and at the SimRacing Expo 2025, things were very clear: to offer a complete range of sim-racing peripherals.

Simlab has just announced two new additions to its catalog, and these are Direct Drive bases. These are the DDX26 and DDX39, new equipment that could herald a new range of DDX TorqueSync devices, and these bases are very promising.

Let’s start with the DDX26. It develops 26 nm of peak torque, putting it up against the Simucube 2 Pro, Simagic Alpha Ultimate, Asetek Invicta and Fanatec Podium DD2, as well as other Direct Drive bases of course. In terms of design, the DDX26 is very similar to its competitors: the shape is elongated, rectangular and visually appealing. The front features a QR inspired by motor racing, specially developed for the DDX range. This base model will be available for pre-order by the end of the year, with deliveries due to start in the first quarter of 2026. The price: €1,399 if you pre-order, and €1,499 if you don’t.

As for the DDX39, as its name suggests, it develops 39 nm of torque, which puts it in a league of its own, as behind it is the Simucube 3 Ultimate with its 35 nm of torque. In terms of design, the two Simlab bases resemble each other, with the only difference being the power they deliver, and also the price at which they are sold. The advantage of such a base is not really in the maximum power, even if it’s really nice to be able to exploit that, but in the fact of having a huge margin in sim-racing, in the sense that you can push the feedback to its maximum in order to feel all the effects, without saturating the electric motor and having clipping.

The DDX39 will also be available in the first quarter of 2026 for a retail price of €1999.