Corsair has bought Trak Racer, placing the Australian cockpit manufacturer alongside Fanatec. The founder joins as CTO, Hot Wheels and Porsche licensing come with it, and Corsair now owns most of a sim rig. Corsair Gaming announced on 5 August 2026 that it has acquired all the assets of Trak Racer, the Melbourne-based manufacturer of racing and flight simulation cockpits, frames, seats, monitor stands, motion systems and accessories. The company joins Fanatec inside Corsair’s growing simulation portfolio. No purchase price was disclosed. Trak Racer was founded in 2008 by Matt Sten and built its reputation on aluminium profile and tubular cockpits spanning entry level to professional, along with racing seats and licensed co-branded peripherals. Its signature TRX cockpit converts between a formula seating position and an upright GT orientation without tools. The founder is staying, and moving up The detail that matters most for anyone worried about what happens to the brand: Matt Sten has joined Corsair as Chief Technology Officer for SIM Solutions. That is a considerably better outcome than the last time Corsair moved in this market. When it acquired Endor AG, Fanatec’s parent, in 2024, the German company was heavily in debt and founder Thomas Jackermeier was ultimately excluded from the deal after a long and contentious process. The community reaction was correspondingly cold. In Sten’s own words, joining Corsair and Fanatec gives Trak Racer a platform to reach far more simulation enthusiasts faster than it could alone, and he framed the intention as bringing the products to a much larger audience while staying true to the community that helped build the brand. Whether that survives contact with a Nasdaq-listed parent is the open question, but starting with the founder in the chief technology seat is a different starting point entirely. How Corsair is dividing the two