Posted on October 19th, 2009 in Hardware
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
October 19th, 2009 at 00:43
Holy crap, that’s impressive. I want one!
Dave
October 19th, 2009 at 01:12
WOW
I would love a wheel like that. Amazing what some people will do for sim-racing.
UncleChuckle
October 19th, 2009 at 01:29
That’s the first custom wheel I’ve seen that’s actually any good. Impressive.
kill4f00d
October 19th, 2009 at 05:01
That’s some serious craftsmanship. I’d buy one. =)
superapex
October 19th, 2009 at 05:59
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
October 19th, 2009 at 12:17
R28 in video hahahaha… great…
bobbaphatt
October 19th, 2009 at 17:08
in german i would say “hammermäßig!”
JGoenR
October 19th, 2009 at 21:19
OMG!
I want this wheel, but to bad it’s not for sale. 
Dave
October 19th, 2009 at 22:47
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
October 20th, 2009 at 02:41
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
October 20th, 2009 at 20:05
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
October 20th, 2009 at 20:21
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
October 20th, 2009 at 20:25
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
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