► A near 1:1 representation of the racing wheel
► A carbonfibre shell
► Just £2300
You’re looking at one of the most realistic sim racing wheels ever made. A joint collaboration between purveyor of high-end sim racing gear Sim-Lab – and the actual Mercedes AMG F1 team – it promises to deliver the closest experience yet for the public to driving the real thing.
The only catch? It’ll cost £2,291.00 plus a set of racing wheels, a wheelbase and a racing seat. If that’s a bit out your budget, why not look at our pick of the more realistically-priced list of the best racing wheels here.
Sim-Lab says ‘nothing has been spared to make this wheel as authentic as possible,’ and if these pictures and stats are anything to go by, we believe them. The wheel is officially licensed, with Brackley’s own CAD data used to create it.
As you’d expect from anything F1-related, the wheel shell is made entirely from carbonfibre, so the whole thing weighs just 1240kg (including the hub) with a diameter of 280mm. At the front you’ll find a bright 4.3-inch display similar to the one used in the real car and 25 customisable RGB LEDs. It’s possible to make the UI look like the one used by the drivers.
Elsewhere, you’ll find the same clutch mechanism, mono shifter, paddle rotary dials, magic buttons, labels and other bits we’re using to seeing from on Lewis Hamilton and George Russell’s onboards. Two sets of stickers are included so you can emulate whichever Mercedes driver you like. So that’s recreating the team’s Austria 2024 or Silverstone 2024 wins sorted, then.
Sim-Lab also says it’s used similar manufacturing processes to the F1 team’s, to make sure it feels as it should, and each wheel is hand built.
Sim-Lab says the Mercedes F1 wheel is compatible with all PC wheelbases via USB with 70mm bolt pattern. (Simucube, Fanatec, Moza, VRS, Simagic, Asetek)
Fancy it? You can purchase the wheel here.