Fanatec Reveals New F1 Wheel on Black Friday 2018

Hi! We hope you love our reviews and posts. If you buy something after clicking one of the links on this site, we may collect a small share of the sales, at no extra cost for you – this is how we keep this site running (click here for more information). Thank you for your ongoing support.

For the Fanatec Black Friday 2023 deals, click here!

Just a few hours before Fanatec’s Black Friday 2018 launches, Fanatec has unveiled an image of their new F1 licensed racing steering wheel.

Here’s a screenshot of the wheel:

Here’s a zoom-up, even if the screenshot’s quality is, uhm, humble:

Let’s compare the button layout with Fanate’s classic formula style steering wheel, which will be available as a new edition this Black Friday, too:

This button layout is (from what the screenshot tells) identical to the classic Fanatec Club Sport Steering Wheel Formula [Carbon].

Comparison:

ClubSport Formula Steering Wheel
(“old style”)
ClubSport Steering Wheel F1 2018
(“new style”)
– top row 6 buttons (3 on each side)
– center row 2 buttons (1 each side)
– left side analog stick
– right side funky key: an digital joy stick that can be turned left/right arbitrarily
– bottom row with 3 buttons
– 2 digital shifter paddles
all from the standard wheel, PLUS:

– 2 more “stick-like buttons” in the center row. I guess these are two-way-switches
– 2 new rotary knobs between center row and top row
– 3 more  rotary knobs between center row and bottom row

Unfortunately, it does not look as if there are clutch paddles as on their McLaren licensed 30 cm Le Mans-style wheel.

I also guess that this new wheel sports an OLED display, unlike the old style Formula wheel which had “just” a classic digital clock display.

(note that this is just guesswork from looking at the screenshot)
Find Out More!
Find Out More!

Your INBOX? Needs more SIMRACING!

Get stuff, updates and sometimes even PROMO CODES.

Thank you for subscribing.

Something went wrong.

Leave a Reply