Aston Martin’s new racing sim costs more than your actual car

Aston Martin and Curv Racing Simulators have revealed the AMR-C01-R Hypercar Edition, a new racing sim rig inspired by the Valkyrie Hypercar. It is limited, carbon-fiber, Le Mans-themed, and priced at £58,750 plus taxes – sooooo, sneaking this one in on the sly past your wife may be trickier than usual.

The new simulator has been built to celebrate Aston Martin’s Valkyries competing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and only 24 examples will be made worldwide. Buyers can choose between #007 and #009 race-inspired liveries, finished in Aston Martin Podium Green with either yellow or red accents. Subtle, then.

The Aston Martin racing sim is basically a hypercar for your games room

The AMR-C01-R Hypercar Edition has been developed with Curv founder Darren Turner, Aston Martin’s high-performance test driver and a three-time Le Mans class winner. The idea is to replicate the driving position and overall feel of sitting in a Valkyrie Hypercar, which is handy if you have always wanted to experience elite endurance racing without leaving the west wing.

The sim uses a carbon-fiber monocoque and has been hand-built to order in the UK. It also features Aston Martin’s signature grille at the front, because even your sim rig apparently needs to look like it could judge the rest of your furniture.

Inside, the setup includes a curved 49-inch Samsung Odyssey G95C display with a 240Hz refresh rate, 1ms response time, and HDR10+ gaming support. It is powered by a high-end PC packing an Nvidia RTX 50 Series graphics card, 32GB of DDR5 memory, and a 2TB SSD. Assetto Corsa comes pre-installed, though the rig is also compatible with other PC racing sim software.

The steering wheel is probably nicer than your real one

Naturally, the steering wheel is not just some off-the-shelf plastic circle of misery. It is inspired by the Valkyrie itself, made from aluminum and carbon fiber, and includes an integrated 5-inch display, magnetic paddle shifters, dual clutch paddles, silicone grips, and adjustable lighting for the buttons and rotary dials.

There is also an electronically adjustable sliding pedal box with 200mm of travel, embedded speakers, and a Sennheiser headset for extra immersion.

None of this is remotely necessary for most people, well, everybody, obviously. But that is also sort of the point. This is not really aimed at someone trying to shave a tenth off their lap time in F1 26 while balancing a wheel stand wedged against the sofa. This is for collectors, racing obsessives, and anyone whose “gaming room” probably has better square footage than most city apartments.

The AMR-C01-R Hypercar Edition is available to order now. Just remember: at £58,750 plus taxes, crashing at Turn 1 will probably be as expensive as doing it in the real thing.

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