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DIY Ferrari F1 Wheel – Photos & Video

Posted on October 19th, 2009 in Hardware – 13 Comments

Željko Roso has put together a very impressive self-made Ferrari Formula One wheel that comes with 14 buttons, 5 rotary encoders, 2 rotary switches as well as clutch and shifting pedals.

The result of four months of hard work can be checked out in the gallery below. The included video does not just show the wheel in action using rFactor, it also shows some of the building process of this fine piece of hardware.


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  • ZombieJim

    Holy crap, that’s impressive. I want one!

  • Dave

    WOW :ooo: :ooo: I would love a wheel like that. Amazing what some people will do for sim-racing.

  • UncleChuckle

    That’s the first custom wheel I’ve seen that’s actually any good. Impressive.

  • kill4f00d

    That’s some serious craftsmanship. I’d buy one. =)

  • superapex

    When is a manufacturer going to realize there is a market for an F1 wheel? I mean seriously, in an era when F1 drivers have every vehicle control option on their wheel, logitech thinks they revolutionized the steering wheel with 6 buttons.
    That the G25 shipped with 2 buttons was a complete joke.

  • Mitos

    R28 in video hahahaha… great…

  • bobbaphatt

    in german i would say “hammermäßig!” :wink:

  • JGoenR

    OMG! :eek: I want this wheel, but to bad it’s not for sale. :sad:

  • Dave

    hmm found these along the same line for us normal folks.

    http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=314234

    so if you buy the really expensive Amalgam 1:1 wheel you would just need to find a way to hook up the dials and rotary switches.

  • Deano

    Building you own wheel isn’t that hard to do. I built my own over four years ago and it has served me very well. Granted, it not nearly as elaborate as Mr. Roso’s wheel. RSC has a page that is a great resource for building your own stuff.
    Mabye it’s time for me to update my wheel????

  • sdimm

    I want to get a hold of the software for this wheel. The hardware can probably be built in a cheaper way than he did when doing this replica but again, the software for all those features would be nice.

    Anyone know how to contact him? Were did virtualr get the news?

  • Roso

    Hi, there is no aditional software of any kind. Only plugin for display and software and plugin for that small LCD display. Wheel is shown as two gaming devices, but wiring of electronics, and some of my creativity, took advantage of what electronics are giving me.

  • sdimm

    Oh, very nice done then =)

    Would you be ok with sharing the schematics for the electronics maybe?

    If you could then contact me on MSN at mattias163 ( a t ) hotmail.com

    / M

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