For the people who do not dance
Every office party has them. The group at the bar, the ones talking shop in the corner, the ones watching the clock until the taxi. A grid of simulators gives them somewhere to be and something to win.
Three sims from £1,305 a day · December dates are limited
Christmas Party Simulator Hire
Full-size F1 simulators for office Christmas parties, networked on one live leaderboard. We deliver, build and run the whole thing, so your night has a winner and you have nothing to manage.
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Why it works at a Christmas party
An office party that includes everyone
A Christmas party has to work for the whole company, not just the half that likes a dance floor. Racing gives everyone the same thing to do and the same thing to talk about on Monday. One live leaderboard runs all evening, so the night has a structure, a running argument and a winner at the end of it.
Nobody has to drink to join in
Racing is the one thing at a Christmas party that works just as well sober. The drivers who are not drinking tend to end up near the top of the leaderboard, which becomes the joke of the night.
Graduate or managing director, everyone fits
Seats and pedals adjust for drivers from 125cm to 220cm, ages 5 to 99. No experience needed. Our crew briefs every driver, so a first lap is never embarrassing in front of the team.
Formats
Three ways to run the Christmas racing
All-evening hotlap leaderboard
The grid opens with the drinks reception and runs to the end of the night. One flying lap each, fastest time on the live leaderboard. No sign-up sheet and no schedule. Guests drift over between courses, set a time, then come back later to defend it.
Departmental team knockout
Sales against finance, the warehouse against the office. Head-to-head heats through the evening, winners going through, a final before the music takes over. Our crew runs the bracket and calls the results, so nobody on your team has to organise it.
Prize-giving finish
Put the leaderboard on the big screen and present the trophy at the end of the night. It gives the evening a shape and a proper ending, and it gives someone from the top table something to hand over. Add a 43in digital leaderboard for £100 a day so the times read across the room.
Most parties mix them. Hotlaps through the drinks and the meal, a departmental knockout after the speeches, then the prize-giving before the room turns into a dance floor. Send us your running order and our crew will build the evening around it.
Dates and timings
December fills from the outside in
We would rather be straight with you than sell you urgency. December has a small number of party nights in it, the Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays of three particular weeks, and every company in the country is looking at the same squares in the calendar. Our fleet is 18 simulators, but the kit can only be in one place on any one date. When a date goes, it goes. If your party is in December 2026, getting the date held now costs you nothing extra and takes the question off your list.
Christmas parties also run later than the rest of our work, so here is the honest version of the cost. Standard hire covers 8 hours of event time. If we pack down after 10pm there is a £300 late finish surcharge, and hours beyond the standard event day are charged at 10% extra per hour. If a late finish means the crew needs an overnight stay, hotels are charged at cost. Every one of those lines appears on your quote before you commit, so nothing lands afterwards.
Venues get busy in the same weeks we do, which shapes the day more than planners expect. Setup takes around two hours and our delivery vehicle is 6.9m long, so a loading slot booked with the hotel in advance is worth more in December than in any other month. If the room is turned around between a lunch and your party, tell us early and we will work to the venue schedule rather than yours.
Tell us the date, the venue and your headcount and you will have an itemised quote within 24 hours, Monday to Friday. A 50% deposit holds the date and the balance is due 14 days before. We have been running events like this since 2018 for clients including Mercedes AMG Petronas F1, Peugeot and Venatus.
Never drop-and-go
The crew comes with it
We do not drop the kit and leave. Our professionals deliver, build, welcome your guests, run the racing and pack down at the end.
Christmas dates are going
Tell us the basics and we will come back with an itemised quote within 24 hours, Monday to Friday.
Pricing
Three sims, £1,305 a day
Three simulators is the office party setup. It keeps the queue moving through a drinks reception and a sit-down meal without swallowing the room. Four at £1,655 suits a bigger headcount or a night where the racing is the main event. Both prices include everything below.
| Grid size | Per day |
|---|---|
| 1 F1 simulator | £790 |
| 2 F1 simulators | £890 |
| 3 F1 simulators | £1,305 |
| 4 F1 simulators | £1,655 |
| 6 F1 simulators | £2,330 |
| Each extra sim, up to 16 | £375 |
All prices exclude VAT. GT simulators are £840 for one and £940 for two. Additional days are 25% off. Beyond 100 miles from Silverstone, delivery is £1.50 per mile. Watch for the £300 late finish surcharge after 10pm and the £300 surcharge for events inside London. Both are itemised up front.
Every price includes
- Delivery within 100 miles of Silverstone
- Full crew, setup to breakdown
- Live leaderboard
- 8 hours of event time
Add to the night
Two things worth adding in December
Batak reaction boards
The reflex board F1 drivers train on. It takes almost no floor space, gives the queue something to do and produces a second leaderboard for people who would rather not drive. £450 a day, branding £200, staffed option £300.
Batak hire →
Company branding
Put the company on the grid for the night. Seat-back decals £42, base branding £195, full sim wrap £450. Your livery on the in-game car is £200, a branded circuit £350, or both for £450. It photographs well and the pictures work all year.
Branding options →Quick answers
Christmas party questions
How far ahead should we book a Christmas party?
As early as you can, and autumn is not too early for December. The weekend dates and the Thursdays and Fridays around them go first, because every office in the country wants the same three weeks. Our fleet is 18 simulators, but the kit can only be in one place on any given date, so once a date is taken it is gone. A 50% deposit holds your date and the balance is due 14 days before the event.
Our party runs past 10pm. Does that cost more?
Standard hire covers 8 hours of event time. If we pack down after 10pm there is a £300 late finish surcharge, and hours beyond the standard event day are charged at 10% extra per hour. Where a late finish means the crew needs an overnight stay, hotels are charged at cost. All of it is itemised on your quote before you commit, never added after the event.
Can we brand the simulators for the company?
Yes, at any level. Seat-back branding is £42, base branding £195 and a full sim wrap £450, or £395 on a GT sim. We can also put your brand inside the game, on the car for £200, on the circuit for £350, or both together for £450. Get artwork to us with a few weeks to spare, because print and fitting need lead time in our busiest month.
Does it work in a hotel function room?
Yes, and that is where most Christmas parties happen. Each simulator takes roughly 1.61m by 0.6m of floor, stands 1.42m tall and runs from one 13A socket drawing no more than 1kW. Three sims sit along one wall without taking over the room. Setup takes around two hours and our vehicle is 6.9m long, so tell us about the loading access and any lifts and we will agree the timings with your venue.
2 hours
Typical setup time
13A socket
All each sim needs
125–220cm
Every driver fits
100 miles
Delivery included from Silverstone
Enquire
Check your Christmas date
Send this and you will have an itemised quote within 24 hours, Monday to Friday. Prefer to talk? Call 01327 856155 or emailsales@virtuallyentertained.com.