It’s (Christmas) party time!

There’s plenty going on at

Simply Race at the moment - but even more exciting is that Christmas is just around the corner, and we’re taking bookings now for Christmas parties!

If you’re planning a festive outing for you and your co-workers (or you just want to go quicker than your boss!), we can put together a package for you. Whether looking for an activity to complement dinner at drinks at the restaurants and bars near us, or just a more casual activity, our 15 pro-grade simulators and fully licensed bar is set up for every type of get-together.

Spaces are filling up fast, so visit our booking page here to secure your spot, or for more information, email info@simplyrace.co.uk or call us on 01908 713483.

Give the gift of lap time

If you’ve got a racing nut or petrolhead in your family, or you want to treat a mate, then one of our eVouchers makes the perfect Christmas gift. These vouchers can be redeemed against our practice sessions, as well as our Friday Night Unlimited evenings.

The vouchers are valid for one year from Christmas Day onwards, and are on sale at a 20% discount on normal practice sessions or Friday Night Unlimited prices. And if you leave your Christmas shopping to the last minute, don’t panic: they’re on sale all the way until Christmas Eve.

Learn more about our range of vouchers here. P2 for Will

Our very own in-house racing pro Will Tregurtha has finished off a stellar season in the DTM Trophy, the GT series that supports the legendary pan-European championship. He finished third and second in the final two races of the year at the Norisring street circuit in Nuremberg, Germany, helping him to second place in the final standings in his CV Performance Group Mercedes-AMG.

Over a 14-race season, Will claimed two wins (one each at the Lausitzring and the Red Bull Ring) and took 11 podium finishes in all. Congratulations on a great season, and here’s to bigger and better things in 2022!

Sim tech

At Simply Race, we’re constantly striving to enhance our fleet of simulators, and we’ve been able to deploy a variety of technologies from our partners Sim 3D to give you experiences as realistic as possible. These include:

● Fan Link: high-airflow fans that give you the effect of winds when driving an open-wheel car

● Rumble Link: pedal vibration technology that gives you feel on the brakes and when the rear loses grip, for more instinctive driving

● LED Screens: light boxes attached to our monitors that give flag and race information to drivers in real time

● Paddles: magnetic shifters that demand more force but return quicker, to better replicate real-world upshifts and downshifts

As our resident pro Will puts it: "It’s absolutely mega. I’ve raced a Nissan GTR GT3 at Silverstone and the paddles feel exactly the same. It’s really nice."

If you haven’t tried them out yourself, there’s never been a better time through one of our practice sessions on your choice of car and track.

Simply Race in September!

We’re delighted to be fully open and free of COVID-19 restrictions here at Simply Race, despite being free of restrictions we are still maintaining a high cleaning standard to ensure the safety of our guests, there are lots of big events to look forward to at our new venue in Central Milton Keynes over the next few weeks.

SRES: American cars, Indian track!

After COVID forced us to abandon the 2020 Simply Race Endurance Series after just one round, we’re finally able to get our fifth season underway on Sunday 19th September.

SRES runs over a variety of tracks all over the world in races of varying lengths, for our 2021/22 season opener, we’re using the super-fast Daytona Prototype Cadillac, replacing our long-time favorite, the Oreca LMP2. This is a powerful car that’s a challenge for even the most experienced drivers, and to throw an extra element into the strategy mix, its fuel tank is relatively small, meaning pit stop planning will be vital.

The race will take place over 12 hours on the Buddh International Circuit, host of the Indian Grand Prix between 2011 and 2013. Some top Esports teams like Fordzilla and the ever-present Radicals Online are already signed up, and we have a couple of spots left on the grid. The entry fee is £240 per team (between two and eight drivers), and practice starts at 9am. The race will run from midday until midnight, and will run into the dark. If you want to test yourself against some top sim racers with realistic tyre wear, fuel usage, strategy and daylight, now’s the time to book your place on the grid. For details and entry please visit: www.simplyrace.co.uk/sres

SRBC: Who will take the title?

On Sunday 5th September, we’ll be hosting the final rounds of the Simply Race Clio Cup and Touring Car Championships on the Brands Hatch GP circuit. These events will take place one after the other, and we still have spots available for each event for regular drivers and one-off participants alike.

In the Touring Car event in the afternoon, Callum Cripps has a comfortable lead in the points table, although his title win isn’t quite in the bag. As usual Lewis Manley and Matt Richards will be among his main rivals, but there are still some grid spaces on offer for experienced drivers who want to try the cut-and-thrust of touring car racing.

In the morning, the Clio Cup series comes to a close. Ben Brown has already secured the title, but there is bound to be great battles throughout the field on a long, flowing circuit that always generates action. If you’ve got experience of sim driving and you want to try out organised racing for the first time, then a Clio Cup race meeting is an ideal place to start.

To inquire about entering please drop us an email at info@simplyrace.co.uk

Meanwhile, in real-life racing....

Our very own Will Tregurtha has taken the lead of the DTM Trophy series after taking a win and a third place in the recent round at the Lausitzring in Germany and a decent showing in Nurburgring, he holds a 3 point lead in the standings, his next round takes place at The Red Bull Ring in Austria on the 4/5 September. Milton Keynes Food & Leisure Awards

We're extremely excited to announce that we've been nominated for MK's Top Attraction at the Milton Keynes Food and Leisure Awards, this is a big honor for the company and we're up against some absolutely incredible competition! For more information and to vote please visit: www.mkfla.com/vote-now

Status Update - Simply Race 2.0!

Hey everyone - it's been a while so we thought we'd give you a bit of an update to our progress in bringing the new site to life.

The old Stacey Bushes site looks like we were never there!

Since we announced back in November that we were moving to our new site in central Milton Keynes, the team have been hard at work to hand the Stacey Bushes site back to the landlord whilst simultaneously signing the paperwork and planning the build of the 12th street location.

There was a lot of hard work that went into uninstalling and moving all of the equipment and making the "dilapidations" match our previous landlord's expectations. We want to thank everyone that was able to assist us in this task, you were all a huge help in ensuring the move went smoothly and we'll be able to reopen after this current lockdown.

We can finally confirm the new address of the site (make sure you save this!): Simply Race, Unit G3, 12 Garrick Walk, Theatre District, Milton Keynes, MK9 3PT. For those of you familiar with MK's Theatre District, we are opposite Locked in a Room!

So where are we with setting up the new site? The landlord had some completion works to make the space fit for occupation, which were finished in mid-February to allow our builders in to put in all of the sim centre specifics that we're going to need. Their first job was to open up the space and remove the previous tenant's ill-placed walls, relocate the toilet block and replaster the space.

It may not look like much yet but we're getting there!

Next up? Well there's painting, floor levelling, lighting, running of all the cabling... and that's before we can install a single pod. Importantly, (and this will come as a relief to many of you) we're also having state-of-the-art air conditioning installed to keep the climate well controlled but that will be coming a little later in the build process.

Still plenty of work to do but we are still firmly on-track for opening in line with government guidance on the 17th May. As such, we are re-opening our booking system and you'll receive a 10% discount if you book ahead of reopening (automatically applied at checkout). You can also purchase vouchers if you're not sure when you'll be able to visit.

Currently the booking system is restricted to 6 per group, as per government regulations. However, if you have more than 6 drivers that want to race together, then you can make two or three bookings - we will need to keep you separate in the venue but on the virtual race track there's no such thing as social distancing!

Before we sign off, a big thank you to our build team - Creative Property Solutions MK and MJ Electrical for all their help.

We can't wait to see you all again soon. Stay safe, and we'll see you on the track in no time.

Team Simply Race - Mike, Ben and Grant