The best F1 sim racing wheels

This add-on steering wheel means you already have to have a Thrustmaster set up before you can replace your original wheel with this. It’s compact in size, looks and feels like an F1 steering wheel and is compatible with most modern gaming computers. It could be a low-cost fix to your racing woes.

The Add-on is compatible with the Thrustmaster T-GT, which CAR has reviewed.

Yes, I know, we all want to drive for Ferrari, don’t we? Those red cars with the prancing horse must be the pinnacle of motorsport. But I guess all that glitters isn’t gold. Ask Seb Vettel. No matter which car you’re racing for on screen, you can show your unadulterated love for Ferrari with this Thrustmaster Add-on steering wheel. It even has some more F1-style flicks and turning knobs.

All right, Thrustmaster, we get it. You like Ferraris, and you want everyone to drive for them. But this is cool, however. The SF1000, if you didn’t know, was the car Ferrari used in the 2020 season and this steering wheel is a replica of that. While it wasn’t the most successful car Ferrari ever built, finishing sixth in the constructor’s championship and amassing 131 points, it’s still pretty cool to look at and use.

This Ascher Racing F28-SC V2 starts to blur the lines between racing sim steering wheels and an actual steering wheel. The impressive lithium battery will give it two or three years of gaming, even if used daily. It’s wireless to Simcumbe 2 systems, too, so no more messy cables complicating your rig.

Playing with the big boys now, there are more dials and levers on this than you can shake an angry fist at. These have the sense and feel of an F1 steering wheel but are more suited to GT-style races. However, with clutch control and traction control settings, you’re likely to put Simon from sales to shame with this.

We’re starting to look more and more like the steering wheel Lewis Hamilton claims to have designed. Adding a high-resolution LED touchscreen gives you access to yet more information and data to pour over in the search for the perfect lap time.

This is as close as we can find to a modern-day Mercedes AMG F1 steering wheel without having the actual steering wheel in your hands. The button and screen surround is a single piece of CNC 6061 billet aluminium with 12 backlit buttons so you can play no matter the lighting conditions. A full colour, high-resolution screen with RPM LEDs, 14 across and three on each side for ABS and other functions. The LEDs can be fully customisable, and the screen display will provide all the essential race data, which is compatible with all popular sim software. For the mega sim racer.

Of course, if you wanted to buy an actual F1 steering wheel, head to the F1 store, where you can buy a replica of the F1-75 steering wheel. It replicates the one used by both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz in 2022, using original Ferrari CAD data, finishes and paint code. Cool.