A different Toronto experience: plan a sim racing visit

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Make the experience about progress

Set a small goal for the session: complete a clean lap, understand a braking point or become comfortable with a favourite style of car. A visit can be enjoyable without turning it into a serious competition.

If your group includes motorsport fans and complete beginners, tell staff. Drivers can need different amounts of help getting used to the controls. Leave room to learn instead of expecting everyone to start at the same pace.

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Plan time together

Choose a session length that fits the rest of your day. If you want to drive together, reserve the required rigs for the same available start time. Two individual bookings at different times do not create a shared session.

There are five simulators. Larger groups should ask about rotations through the group enquiry form, and wait for staff confirmation before treating an event as booked.

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Choose a game, then keep it simple

Paddock offers iRacing, Assetto Corsa and F1. Tell staff what appeals to you—open-wheel racing, a particular car preference or simply learning how a simulator feels.

Browse the cars and tracks in your garage before your visit. Staff help you choose comfortable equipment settings at the lounge.

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Choose the kind of experience you want to share

A sim racing visit can be a first taste of motorsport, a focused practice session or a shared activity with friends. The best plan begins with the people who are coming. If everyone is new, learning a car and circuit together creates a common starting point. If one driver is experienced, give the group different goals: the newcomer can aim for clean laps while the returning driver works on consistency or a particular corner.

This makes the activity easier to enjoy than a competition built entirely around who arrives fastest. You can compare progress, discuss a difficult section and learn what a small change in braking or throttle does to the car. It is still an active, hands-on experience, but you control the level of competition. Staff can help with the equipment and explain the controls before you decide what kind of challenge suits the group.

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Make a small gathering different from a larger event

For a few people who simply want to drive together, the live booking flow lets you choose the same session and enough rigs at one available start time. A longer booking adds time; it does not add simulators. If four people want to drive simultaneously, they need four rigs. There are five in total, so a larger group cannot all drive at once even if the appointment is longer.

A birthday, workplace outing or larger gathering may need rotating drivers or a more specific format. That belongs in a conversation with the team through the group enquiry form. Share the occasion, approximate numbers and preferred date, then wait for staff to confirm availability, arrangements and pricing. Do not assume a private space, catering arrangement or tournament package is included in a normal session unless it has been explicitly confirmed.

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Bring the experience back for a second visit

After the session, notice what you would like to repeat. It might be the same car and circuit, a more comfortable brake preference or the feeling of completing a clean sequence of laps. Write down that information while it is still clear. A saved reference is more useful than trying to reconstruct every setting from memory, especially if you want a later visit to build on what you learned.

Browse the cars and tracks in your garage before your visit. Staff help you choose comfortable equipment settings at the lounge.

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Plan your visit

Paddock Toronto is at 105 Gordon Baker Rd, Unit 105, North York, ON M2H 3P8. Choose a one-, two- or three-hour session and check the live calendar before travelling. Each rig seats one driver; groups can select up to five rigs for the same available start time.

• Sprint: 1 hour, $50 CAD per rig.
• Grand Prix: 2 hours, $88 CAD per rig.
• Endurance: 3 hours, $120 CAD per rig.
• Tax and the final amount appear at checkout. Each adult signs their own waiver; a parent or legal guardian signs for a participant under 18.