What it is
The F-GT Lite iRacing Edition is Next Level Racing’s foldable cockpit, finished in iRacing livery and built around the same chassis as the standard F-GT Lite. It is a single-frame folder rather than a profile rig: the seat is fabric, the structure folds flat with your wheel and pedals still bolted on, and a set of adjustment hubs let you switch the whole thing between a Formula and a GT seating position. It ships with a gear shifter support and, on this edition, a 12-month iRacing subscription. At around $329 / £260 with no electronics in the box, it sits at the upper end of the folding tier, a little above the plain F-GT Lite for the branding and the software.
Who it’s for
You are the right buyer if you are space-limited and you want one cockpit that does both single-seater and GT without buying two rigs. The dual-position trick is the real reason to pick this over a simpler folder, and if you mostly run a belt-drive wheel or an entry direct-drive base it holds up fine. The iRacing subscription sweetens it further if you were going to pay for that anyway.
You are the wrong buyer if you run a strong direct-drive base or you want a rig that stays bolted together permanently. At this point a fixed steel-tube or aluminium-profile cockpit gives you far more rigidity for similar money, and the livery premium only makes sense if you actually want the iRacing look.
In use
The first impression is that it is sturdier than a folder has any right to be. It is heavy and bulky, and that weight translates into a planted, stable base once you are sitting in it. The fabric seat is a breathable Alcantara-like material and the frame takes up to 150kg, with a seating area wide enough for larger drivers. The locking mechanism that holds it open is crude but effective.
Adjustability is where it earns its keep. Because it has to serve both an F1 and a GT position, you get a wide range of recline, seat height, pedal distance and wheel-deck angle. The catch is that the hubs are fiddly to dial in: set one part and another shifts, so getting to your ideal position the first time takes patience rather than minutes. Once it is set, the quick-release points make swapping between the two positions much faster.
The wheel deck is pre-drilled for Logitech, Thrustmaster and Fanatec, and slides forwards and back before you tighten it down with a hand screw. With a belt-drive or light DD base it is stable enough. Load it with a heavier base and the flex shows up at the wheel, which is the ceiling on any folding rig of this kind.
What to watch out for
The headline caveat is rigidity under torque. With a mid-heavy direct-drive base fitted there is noticeable flex through the steering wheel, so this is not a rig for a strong DD setup. Keep it to belt drive or entry direct drive and that limit never bites.
The folding is more of a marketing line than a daily habit. It does fold with electronics attached, but doing it every day gets tiresome, and even folded it still takes up a fair amount of floor space, so do not expect it to vanish into a cupboard. The hub system, while clever, is the other friction point: brilliant for two positions in one frame, annoying to fine-tune.
Finally, the price. At around $329 / £260 it is no longer a true budget folder, and the iRacing edition adds a premium over the standard model. Resellers sometimes undercut the direct price, so shop around before committing.
Where it sits in 2026
Among folding cockpits, the F-GT Lite occupies a specific niche: it is one of the few that actually switches between Formula and GT seating, where the Playseat Challenge X is the more comfortable and cheaper seat but a GT-only one. If you want the single-seater position in a folder, this is the rig that offers it. Within Next Level Racing’s own folding range it is the dual-position option above the GT-only Lite models, and the iRacing edition layers livery and a year of iRacing on top of the standard frame. Buy it for the fold-and-switch flexibility on a sensible base. If you are chasing rigidity for a strong DD setup, look at a fixed cockpit instead.