Aston Martin built a racing simulator that costs more than most new cars

This is the closest most people will ever get to sitting in a Valkyrie

Aston Martin has revealed a racing simulator priced at £58,750 plus taxes, which works out at around €68,000. That is more than a new Porsche 718, for a machine you cannot drive on the road. But the AMR-C01-R Hypercar Edition was never meant to be ordinary. It is a collaboration with Curv Racing Simulators that recreates the driving position of the Aston Martin Valkyrie, and it is limited to just 24 examples worldwide.

Built like a hypercar, not a gaming chair

The AMR-C01-R is hand-built in the United Kingdom around a carbon-fibre monocoque, the same construction principle Aston Martin uses for the actual Valkyrie. The driver sits in a position that mirrors the road car exactly, behind a custom Valkyrie steering wheel that can be personalised with bespoke colour configurations. A curved 49-inch display driven by NVIDIA RTX graphics fills the field of view. This is positioned as functional art rather than a piece of gaming equipment, and the construction reflects that intent.

Le Mans liveries, three-time winner's input

The simulator celebrates the Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercars racing at Le Mans. It is offered in #007 and #009 race-inspired liveries finished in Aston Martin Podium Green with a choice of yellow or red accents. Development was led by Darren Turner, the Aston Martin high-performance test driver and three-time Le Mans class winner who also founded Curv Racing Simulators. His focus, in his own words, was on "the driving position, steering feel and racing experience."

Marek Reichman, Aston Martin's Chief Creative Officer, framed the connection clearly. "The Aston Martin Valkyrie is one of the most extreme and uncompromising Aston Martins ever created, and that character translates naturally into the Curv Racing Simulator Hypercar Edition."

The price makes more sense than it looks

At £58,750 plus tax, the AMR-C01-R is undeniably expensive for a simulator. But set against the real Valkyrie, which costs upwards of €3.6 million, the maths shifts. For a Valkyrie owner, this is a fraction of a percent of the car's value and a way to extend the experience into their home. For the enthusiast who will never own the road car, it is the closest available substitute, hand-built and limited to 24 units. Orders are open now via curvrs.com.

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The clever part of this is who it is really for. A €68,000 simulator is not aimed at sim racers chasing lap times, it is aimed at the same collectors who buy the cars, as a companion object that carries the same carbon-fibre, Podium Green, hand-built credibility as the Valkyrie itself. Limiting it to 24 units, the same instinct that drives hypercar scarcity, turns a peripheral into a collectible. It is a smart piece of brand extension, and at this price it does not need to sell many to make sense.