Choosing a Race Sim Cockpit: TK-01 vs TK15 vs Pro Kart Simulator

Sim racing hardware ranges from cheap wheel-and-pedal desk clamps to full motion-platform rigs costing more than a road car. Rampage builds three simulator packages, each aimed at a different customer, and the right one comes down to what you're actually training for.

Stage 1 — TK-01 Racing Simulator

The entry point into a genuinely race-spec cockpit rather than a gaming chair. The TK-01 is built for drivers and enthusiasts who want proper seating position, pedal spacing and wheel mounting to match a real race car, without the cost of a full custom build. It's the right call if you're training seat time and technique on a budget, or setting up a first serious home rig.

Stage 2 — TK15 Simulator

The TK15 steps up to a fully customisable rig: chassis, wheel base, pedals, seat and screen configuration can all be specified to match the driver and the discipline, from GT3 to open-wheel. This is the tier most serious sim racers and driver-development programs land on, because the hardware can be matched to the exact wheel base and pedal set the driver already trains on in competition.

Pro Kart Simulator

Purpose-built for karting, and priced and specced differently to the GT/open-wheel rigs. If the goal is keeping a junior driver's kart racecraft sharp between race weekends, or running a karting-specific training program, the Pro Kart Simulator is set up for that seating position and control layout specifically, rather than adapted from a car sim.

How to choose

• Training an individual driver for a specific car or kart? Match the rig to that discipline — TK-01 or TK15 for cars, Pro Kart Simulator for karting.
• Running events, parties or a commercial sim arcade? Look at durability and turnaround between users as much as realism — see our simulator hire option for events if you don't need to own the hardware outright.
• Budget-constrained but want it done properly? Start with the TK-01 and upgrade wheel base, pedals or screens later — the platform is built to be added to, not replaced.

Every Rampage simulator is built with the same motorsport-grade approach we bring to our hydration and quick-connect systems used across GT3, Supercars and endurance racing. See the full range in the Racing Simulators collection.