Fanatec’s new Podium Pedals Sport can be found to order as we speak. At $599.99, it’s the most cost effective method into Fanatec’s new flagship pedal vary, and proper now it’s additionally the one Podium Pedals configuration you may truly purchase.
The excellent news for GTPlanet readers is that our GTPLANET5 Fanatec discount code works on the Podium Pedals Sport, knocking 5% off at checkout.
The code doesn’t work on gadgets already marked down, however the Podium Pedals Sport is standard-price launch inventory, and you need to use any of the affiliate hyperlinks on this article. If the Formulation’s launch is something to go by, don’t count on inventory to hold round for lengthy. The primary batch of the Podium Pedals Formulation sold out in roughly seven minutes again in June.
What Is It?
Fanatec introduced the Sport again in August as a 3rd configuration of the Podium Pedals, and it’s the best one to clarify. It’s the two-pedal Podium Pedals with the GT-style aluminum pedal plates and no clutch.
That makes it the good selection for lots of people. The Podium Pedals Formulation (the carbon fiber model with heel cups and facet helps) is constructed round a left-foot braking approach. The flat GT plates on the Sport work for both left- or right-foot braking.
Pricing is as follows:
- $599.99 USD
- €599.95 EUR
- $950 AUD
- ¥100,000 JPY
That’s $100 lower than the Podium Pedals Formulation, and the saving comes from changing the Formulation’s carbon fiber pedal plates and heel cups with flatter aluminum plates. All three Podium Pedals variants use equivalent mechanical parts, so the pedal arms, sensors, bearings, and comes are the identical whichever one you purchase.
The Sport can be upgradeable in each instructions. The clutch module and the Formulation carbon fiber parts shall be out there individually, so you can begin with the Sport and construct towards both of the opposite two configurations later.
The {Hardware}
The Podium Pedals are an all-new platform, developed at Fanatec’s German headquarters with input from Igor Fraga, they usually change into Fanatec’s new flagship pedal platform above the ClubSport Pedals V3 (which traces its structure again to the unique 2008 ClubSport Pedals).
The brake is the primary occasion, with a pedal arm and mid-arm of cast aluminum. Fanatec claims its an business first, and the customized load cell is rated for greater than 200 kg whereas being calibrated for 150 kg on the pedal plate. The pivot runs on an industrial-grade ball bearing.
Resistance and journey are dealt with by Fanatec’s patented “Compression Management System”. In plain phrases, the brake’s 4 elastomers every sit inside a threaded cup, and screwing every cup in or out adjustments journey and resistance with none instruments. The cups additionally act as mechanical limiters, so the elastomers can’t be over-compressed, which is what Fanatec credit for the constant really feel from one session to the subsequent.
Staggering the 4 cup positions provides you a mechanically progressive brake, earlier than you contact any software program. Shut all 4 cups totally and also you get the “brick wall” pedal of sure race automobiles. Open all of them up with the 4 included springs put in and also you get the softest, longest-travel setting. Gold locking rings maintain every cup in place when you’ve discovered a setting you want.
Fanatec additionally says the elastomers observe a typical business dimension, so tougher or softer compounds from third-party suppliers will match if you wish to go additional.
The throttle makes use of a factory-calibrated Corridor sensor and will get unbiased, tool-free journey and preload adjustment (round 20 mm of journey adjustment), which Fanatec says was one of the vital requested options from skilled sim racers.
One factor to pay attention to is that the throttle has been designed intentionally with extra resistance than you could be used to. Fanatec’s argument is that the additional effort makes modulation finer and extra repeatable, and it says it might take a number of classes to adapt.
Angle adjustment is obtainable on each pedal, and the entire mechanism strikes with the angle so the geometry (and the texture) stays the identical.
Console Help and Pedal Curves
For GT7 gamers, the essential element is how the pedals behave on PlayStation.
Pedal curves and useless zones are arrange within the Fanatec App on a PC, however they’re saved to the pedals’ inside reminiscence, so customized curves work on console too.
You too can swap between presets and your customized slots from the Tuning Menu on the wheel itself, with out going again to a PC. Fanatec does say your wheel base might have a firmware replace to detect the Podium Pedals appropriately, so plan on operating the Fanatec App no less than as soon as.
Fanatec lists the pedals as suitable with the CSL DD, the Gran Turismo DD Pro, the ClubSport DD and DD+, and the Podium DD1, DD2, and new Podium DD bases. On PlayStation, the pedals hook up with the console by way of a suitable PlayStation-licensed Fanatec wheel base by way of RJ12, and work on each PS4 and PS5 that method. The USB-C connection is for PC use, and the management field lets RJ12 and USB-C keep plugged in on the similar time.
Mounting
The pedals can mount on to the pedal trays of most sim rigs, with out the non-compulsory mounting plate, and the person pedal mounting factors observe business requirements.
Should you’d relatively have a single plate, the Podium Pedals Mounting Plate and Heel Relaxation is offered individually. It’s an extruded aluminum plate with built-in T-nuts for adjusting pedal spacing, a detachable 4 mm metal heel relaxation, and mounting factors for the management field. It makes use of the usual Fanatec pedal mounting sample.
The Formulation and the Three-Pedal Set
The Podium Pedals Formulation is presently nonetheless out of inventory on the time of publication.
The complete three-pedal Podium Pedals set was originally expected in October after manufacturing issues with the clutch pushed it again from the unique schedule. Fanatec’s product web page now lists it as transport in This autumn 2026, and the separate clutch module continues to be described as upcoming.
Within the meantime, if you happen to’ve already ordered a set, otherwise you’re weighing the Sport in opposition to ready for the Formulation, the GTPlanet Boards are the place to match notes.