At Gamescom 2025, I drifted by gaming hardware manufacturer Turtle Beach’s booth and got to try out the upcoming Turtle Beach Racer wheel. Designed primarily for Xbox Series X, Series S, and PC, it’s a racing wheel on the lower end of the mid-range price spectrum, but one that boasts some pretty impressive features.
Wireless racing wheels aren’t something you see hit the market very often, but the Turtle Beach Racer has this as an option. More serious sim racer players may wince at the idea, but it’s abundantly clear that this is not the target audience for the Turtle Beach Racer. Instead, it leans in a more casual-friendly direction, better suited to sim-lite or arcade-like racing games like Dirt 5, Forza Horizon 5, Tokyo Xtreme Racer, and Fortnite’s Rocket Racing mode.
