Fanatec Announce (and sell-out) ClubSport F1 2021 Wheel

Fanatec have announced, released for sale and sold-out their F1 2021 limited edition steering wheel. It’s obviously similar to the F1 2020 rim, but has a few interesting features you can read about below.

Here is the full press statement:

ClubSport Steering Wheel F1® 2021 Limited Edition
It’s Lights Out and Away We Glow!

Landshut, Germany. – June 2 – The leading manufacturer for sim racing equipment, Fanatec, announces the latest product in the F1 Limited Edtion line-up. The Strictly limited F1-style steering wheel with it’s compact diameter of 270 mm is perdect for fast movements and reactions. Officially licensed by Formula 1™, the limited edition ClubSport Steering Wheel F1® 2021 features luminescent details to give your racing setup a unique appearance as well as an exclusive finish on the Advanced Paddle Module. 

Officially licensed by Formula 1™, the limited edition ClubSport Steering Wheel F1® 2021 features luminescent details to give your racing setup a unique appearance.

Glow in the dark.
Phosphorescent material is injected into the new rubber-coated button framings and thumb encoders, allowing them to glow green in a darkened room. Even the front Fanatec logo glows!

Premium materials.
The 5 mm-thick carbon fibre front plate features a cutaway F1-style grip design. Aluminium and carbon fibre paddle modules offer outstanding tactile feedback. And genuine Alcantara® provides the perfect grip for the compact 270 mm wheel diameter.

Podium Advanced Paddle Module in an exclusive finish.
Preinstalled with our most realistic paddle system, this wheel is equipped with everything youneed toexecute perfect starts and precision shifts.

Magnetic paddles and dual clutch.
The preinstalled Podium Advanced Paddle Module provides exceptionally crisp and rapid shifting. The dual analogue paddles offer four modes, including an advanced clutch bite point mode for making the perfect start. The colour combination of 3 mm-thick carbon fibre paddles and black anodised aluminium clutch paddles is exclusive to the limited edition F1® 2021 wheel.

Exchangeable Quick Release System.
The ClubSport Steering Wheel F1® 2021 comes preinstalled with the QR1 Wheel-Side (formerly named ClubSport Quick Release Adapter), an automotive-grade quick release system that allows the driver to exchange the wheel within seconds, even during gameplay. This can be upgraded to the next-generation QR2 system (coming soon).

Loaded with Fanatec® innovation.
Advanced multi-colour LED bars, OLED display, and more input options than ever. Master the complex systems of modern race cars, and find the edge over your competitors.

More than just eye-catching.
The wheel’s spectacular light show is also highly functional. RevLEDs with nine multi-colour LEDs represent motor RPM and optimal shifting point, and the two flag LED bars (FlagLEDs) with three multi-colour LEDs can indicate tyre slip, flag warnings, pit limiter, and more.Multitasking at your fingertips.
11 buttons (with included customisable caps), 12-way multi-position switches, thumb encoders, toggle switches; the list goes on. Up to 67 functions of the game can be adjusted directly.

Compatibility     
This product is only compatible with the following wheel bases:

CSL DD

CSL Elite Wheel Base

CSL Elite Wheel Base V1.1

CSL Elite Wheel Base + – officially licensed for PS4™

CSL Elite Racing Wheel – officially licensed for PS4™

ClubSport Wheel Base V2

ClubSport Wheel Base V2.5

PODIUM Wheel Base DD1

PODIUM Wheel Base DD2

PODIUM Racing Wheel F1® PS4™

 
Platforms:

PC: this product is compatible with Windows PC.

Xbox: this product is not compatible with Xbox systems.

PlayStation: The functionality of this product on PS4 can be limited by the capabilities of the console (subject to firmware/OS changes and developer support). The full functionality can only be guaranteed on PC; this is also game-dependent. PlayStation 5: Check our platform compatibility page for more details.

 
Special notes:    

In order to operate this product, a compatible Fanatec Wheel Base (not included) is mandatory!

The effectiveness of the luminescence is determined by environmental lighting conditions, for example it is brighter when charged under an LED light source compared to direct sunlight. The glow will gradually fade over time until the wheel is exposed to bright light again.

The F1 logos, FORMULA 1, F1, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing BV, a Formula 1 company. All rights reserved.

All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Description/Features   

F1-style steering wheel with a compact diameter of 270 mm for fast movements and reactions

Officially licensed by Formula 1™

Durable construction made of metal and carbon fibre

5 mm solid carbon fibre front plate. Carbon fibre plate is constructed of approx. 30 layers of unidirectional carbon cloth

Phosphorescent material allows details to glow in dark environments (wheel must first be exposed to light for at least 5 minutes in order to achieve this effect)

Genuine Alcantara® grips

Rubber-coated surfaces including button framing and thumb encoders

Podium Advanced Paddle Module with exclusive colour preinstalled:

Four magnetic paddles (two for gear shifts, two can be assigned as other functions, e.g. DRS)

Two analogue paddles using high-precision, contactless Hall sensors (Clutch bite-point mode, clutch/handbrake mode, brake/throttle mode, mappable analogue axis mode)

Exclusive carbon fibre paddle appearance and black anodised aluminium clutch paddles

Upper and main paddle plates made of 3 mm-thick carbon fibre

Paddle module cage made of CNC-machined aluminium

Neodymium magnets with dark grey finish

11 buttons plus four paddles with ultra-reliable switches

Two 2-way toggle switches

Two 12-way multi-position switches with encoder functionality

7-way FunkySwitch™: left, right, up, and down directional inputs, push button, and rotary encoder functionality

Analogue joystick

Two thumb encoders easily reachable while driving without releasing the grips

Two vibration motors integrated with the grips, controllable through wheel Tuning Menu (SHO) or by game through Fanatec SDK

RevLEDs with nine multi-colour LEDs to show motor RPM and optimal shifting point as games program through the Fanatec SDK

Two FlagLEDs with three multi-colour LEDs each to indicate tyre slip, flag warnings, pit limiter, and more, as games program through the Fanatec SDK

User-defined LED and display behavior via FanaLab

1″ 128×64 white OLED display to show telemetry data like speed or gear as games program through the Fanatec SDK

Tuning functions with OLED display to adjust settings independent from the game and during gameplay (see description of compatible wheel base/racing wheel for details)

11 customisable black button caps included

Full sticker set and application tool from ‘Button Caps and Sticker Set’ included

Exchangeable Quick Release made of aluminium

Weight: approx. 1393 g (including QR1 Wheel-Side)

What’s included:     

ClubSport Steering Wheel F1® 2021

Podium Advanced Paddle Module with exclusive finish (pre-installed)

QR1 Wheel-Side (ClubSport Quick Release Adapter)

11 Customisable button caps (black)

Background sticker sheet:

Round stickers of the following colours: black, white, pink, purple, cyan, green, red, orange, yellow, and blue (x10 each)

Black-on-white Fanatec logos (x4)

White-on-black Fanatec logos (x4)

Round transparent sticker sheet (x127 black text/symbol)

Round transparent sticker sheet (x127 white text/symbol)

Rectangular transparent sticker sheet (x98 black text/symbol)

Rectangular transparent sticker sheet (x98 white text/symbol)

Plastic tool (tweezers)

Quick Guide

Safety pin for long-term storage

Safety screw for permanent mount on wheel base