Aston Martin is bringing the uncompromising ferocity of the Valkyrie to your living room. Helmet and fireproof suit strictly optional
Competing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans requires immense physical endurance, nerves of steel, and, ideally, an Aston Martin Valkyrie. For those who prefer clipping apexes without the associated G-forces or the risk of fiery crashes, there is now an alternative. To celebrate its Le Mans challengers this year, the British marque has partnered with Curv Racing Simulators to create the AMR-C01-R Hypercar Edition. Parking a Le Mans-themed hypercar simulator in your home comes with a hypercar-adjacent price tag of £58,750, but can you really put a price on surviving the Mulsanne Straight in your slippers?
Limited to just 24 examples worldwide, the rig is hand-built in the UK around a carbon-fibre monocoque because when you are pretending to drive very fast, shedding weight on a stationary object is paramount. It cuts a sculptural silhouette, complete with the signature Aston Martin racing grille, and arrives draped in Podium Green. Buyers then face the gruelling choice between two race-inspired liveries: #007 with yellow accents, or #009 with red.
The set-up was developed by Curv founder Darren Turner, who has three Le Mans class wins to his name and a day job as Aston Martin’s high-performance test driver. His goal was unvarnished realism. The rig places you in the exact, uncompromising driving position of the actual Valkyrie, behind a bespoke steering wheel wrought from aluminium and carbon fibre, with magnetic dual-clutch paddles, silicone grips, and a five-inch integrated display. Even the pedals overachieve: 200mm of electronically controlled sliding travel, housed in more carbon fibre, naturally.
Beneath that elegant shell lies enough computing firepower to run a small space agency. The custom-cooled chassis houses Nvidia RTX 50 Series graphics, a high-performance Intel Core processor, and 32GB of DDR5 memory. The view through your virtual windshield is delivered by Samsung’s 49-inch Odyssey curved display that wraps aggressively around the peripheral vision, while the soundtrack, courtesy of the included Assetto Corsa software, is piped through internal speakers or a Sennheiser headset.
Aston Martin’s design chief Marek Reichman calls it “pure excitement and emotion”. It is the ultimate toy for the collector who demands track-day thrills with geographical convenience. Just remember to pause the race for dinner.
This story first appeared in the August 2026 issue. Purchase it as a print or digital copy, or consider subscribing to us here
