What's important in a formula racing wheel?

[S4nder]

Hi guys,

For my school project I am going to try to make a formula racing wheel from scratch.

I would like to have some feedback from the simracing community what the most important aspects of a formula sim racing wheel are.

What are the most important aspects to you? Things like:

• Looks
• Accessibility
• Display (yes/no)
• Shift LEDs (yes/no)
• Size
• Comfort
• Functions (buttons, rotaries, magnetic shifters, etc.)
• Connectivity
• Weight
• Other

Please leave your feedback in the comments below. When I am finished with my project, I will be happy post the result here.

Thanks,

S4nder

 

[ricerracer]

Looks are always a good thing because I want my whole rig to look nice when I am not racing. But comfort and functions come first, I do not care for LEDS anymore as I race in VR.

Which type of rim are you making i.e. based on what real life counterpart?

I am currently designing my own Corvette GTE rim but the cool thing about designing your own rim is that you can always put a twist on it. I am going to make mine mixture of these two rims:

As its my first attempt I will not use high quality materials just mediocre ones.