The regulars are friendly.
Grid Lounge has a core group of drivers who show up every week. They remember who beat them last time. They will introduce themselves.
Come alone. Race everyone.
Come in on your own, pick a car, and run your own laps at your own pace. Everyone on the floor shares one leaderboard if you want a race, and nothing says you have to take it.
Before you come
Open sessions run all week. Pick a length, turn up, and we do the rest.
- Session length
- 30, 60 or 120 minutes. An hour suits most first visits.
- Booking
- Reserve your timeslot by booking online.
- Who it suits
- Anyone. Most first-timers have never used a sim.
- On the floor
- Everyone races together on one leaderboard.
How a solo session works
Three steps.
Book your session
Pick a time online and choose 30 minutes, one hour, or two hours. If your plans change, cancel and we will not mind. We would far rather know than hold a rig for nobody.
Get set up
Our staff walks you through the rig, the controls, and the track before you turn a lap. First time in a sim? That’s most people’s first time.
Drive it however you want
Spend the session chasing your own time, or take on whoever else is out there. Everyone racing at once shares a leaderboard, so a race is always available and just as easy to ignore.
Why solo works here
The building is the crew.
Grid Lounge is not a row of isolated booths. It is a shared floor. You will see who you are racing, and you will hear when someone gets a personal best.
The leaderboard creates instant stakes.
Your lap times go up on the board the moment you turn them. You’ll know exactly where you stand against everyone in the building. That’s all the motivation most people need.
Most people book a second hour.
You come in for one. You are a few tenths off your own best and you can feel exactly where they are. You add another hour. It happens more than you’d think.
You will not be the only one here.
Arriving alone does not mean racing alone, unless you want it to. The rigs sit side by side and the leaderboard is shared, so within a few laps you know who is quick, who is new, and who has been chasing the same corner all session. Plenty of people never look at it and just drive.
The regulars are the easiest part. They show up most weeks and they remember who beat them last time. Ask one of them where you are losing time and you will get a straight answer; say nothing and nobody will bother you.
No crew required.
An hour is the sweet spot for a first visit. Thirty minutes goes fast once you are in the seat.