Aston Martin has launched its latest special edition model. Only 150 units are going to be made of this beauty, and each one costs around $74,000, or roughly the price of a base Porsche 718 Boxster S. There is, however, a catch to this special edition model. It doesn’t have any wheels, and it doesn’t actually move. No, it’s not a new Aston performance car; it’s Aston Martin’s ridiculously awesome racing simulator. It’s called the AMR-C01, and it’s described as the “ultimate luxury home simulator,” complete with a full carbon fiber monocoque, among other insane details and features. Best be quick if you want to score a piece of the AMR-C01 simulator. Aston Martin is already taking orders, and seeing as most of us we’ll probably still be stuck at home for the foreseeable future, there’s no better way to satisfy our urge for racing than to get wild and crazy in the AMR-C01 simulator.

What's the Aston Martin AMR-C01 all about?

We've seen a lot of cool gaming rigs in the past, but I don't know if anything can come close to replicating this incredible simulator that Aston Martin just created with the help of technological company Curv Racing Simulator. The latter hand-assembled the gaming rig using parts and pieces provided by Aston Martin, including the lightweight carbon fiber monocoque that effectively serves as the body of the simulator. Really, how many times have you seen a racing sim with a carbon fiber monocoque body? Once? Twice, maybe?

It gets better, too. The automaker's racing grille is prominently shown in the front, and the seating position is positioned in such a way that it completely mirrors the seating position of the Aston Martin Valkyrie. Not that any of us knows that since we haven't sat inside a Valkyrie, but we'll take Aston Martin's word for it. The simulator also comes in a number of color schemes, some of which you'll recognize as being available on Aston Martin's own line of performance and luxury vehicles. If none of these colors match the colors of your game room, you can opt for the bare carbon fiber look because why not, right? On the software side of things, the AMR-C01 comes with the latest Assetto Corsa software, ensuring the kind of immersive driving experience that you don't find in a lot of places.

Why is Aston Martin building gaming rigs all of a sudden?

I don't know if this was something Aston Martin cooked up one night and just decided to go for it or if this was something that's been in the oven all this time. This pandemic makes you think of these things. But its origin story doesn't matter now. What's important is that the AMR-C01 racing simulator is here, and it's probably the most aesthetically stimulating racing simulator I've ever seen. Even if you buy it without any intention of using it, the AMR-C01 can sit as a work of art and a testament to the kind of ingenuity that a lot of these automakers possess.

Of course, admiring the AMR-C01 from afar is a totally different experience compared to ringing Aston Martin and putting in an order for one of these bad boys. Those who can afford to do the latter have a limited time to do it since Aston Martin's only selling 150 units of its racing simulator. It's an incredibly steep price to pay for a racing simulator — $74,000 is around the same price as a base Porsche 718 Boxster S — but good Lord, it's still amazing to look at, let alone and actually use. Deliveries are scheduled to begin sometime in the fourth quarter of 2020, so if you're looking to buy one, now's as good a time as any to place an order before stocks dry up.

Given how so many people have been forced to stay in their homes in light of the global pandemic, an Aston Martin AMR-C01 racing simulator would probably come in handy these days.