Conspit 310 APEX Review: Getting Back to a 310mm Wheel

I’m a sim racer and amateur racer with a passion for Motorsport, good racecraft and the technical and setup aspect of sim racing.

It’s been ages since I last ran with a round, leather-type steering wheel – but combined with the test sample CHS shifter, (which we’ll be releasing the review for soon), I had an absolute blast with it in the FF1600 at everyone’s favourite: Lime Rock Park.

And why not; a round steering wheel these days feels a bit of a rare thing to have – everyone’s in the GT3s with the paddle shifts – I’m glad I got the chance to “go analogue” and try out a more classic setup.

First, the verdict

The 310 APEX is priced somewhere between a budget wheel and a much higher-end bit of kit – for just a little over £300 (£311 was the cheapest I saw in the UK, September 2026), this is quite a steal. Compared to what three hundred pounds would buy you six years ago, this is actually a very, very high-end wheel priced at a very reasonable budget.

Where to buy the 310 APEX

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Conspit 310 APEX steering wheel mounted on a Simucube 2 Pro, buttons lit, Lime Rock Park on triple screens behind — The 310 APEX on my Simucube 2 Pro, set up and lit, with Lime Rock on the triples.

Unboxing

As usual Conspit excels at the packaging. They supply the tools and fittings you need with some stickers and the usual hand-drawn reproduction of the product itself on a plastic sheet. I don’t know why they do this, but I like that they do.

Conspit 310 APEX retail box with the spec panel printed on the side — The 310 APEX box, with Conspit’s spec panel printed on the side.

Conspit 310 APEX box open showing the wheel in foam, the sticker sheet and the illustrated art sheet — Box open: the wheel in its foam, the sticker sheet and the illustrated art sheet.

What the 310 APEX is

A 310 mm diameter wheel with a fully die-cast aluminium alloy front and rear housing makes it a feelsome experience indeed – I’m running this on my Simucube 2 Pro (because I’ll be testing Conspit’s direct drive proposition very soon, so this gives me a nice baseline to compare).

Quality wise – it’s a nice bit of kit. The core of this wheel, the 310 button box, is SimHub compatible, and once you’ve downloaded and installed Conspit’s Link 2.0 software (and remembered to recentre your wheelbase) you’re ready to go racing. I’ve always enjoyed a wheel review – mostly because wheel testing tends to give you maximum reward (“wow I can really feel my wheelbase through this thing!”) for minimum effort; yes – it’s easy to fit.

Conspit 310 APEX front view on a white worktop: purple centre marker, screen, LED row, buttons, joysticks and rotary switches — The 310 APEX out of the box on my worktop: purple centre marker and stitching, the screen and LED row, eight buttons, two joysticks and two rotary switches.

The 310 APEX hasn’t really replaced anything on my rig; it’s more of a useful addition to the steering wheel stable. I’m using a round wheel for the first time in what must be at least two or three years, because I’ve had the McLaren Artura Pro, and before that I ran my Cube Controls, both formula-style wheels. I must admit I just haven’t owned a 310 mm round steering wheel since… let me think. My Fanatec days, I want to say. No – I had a Cube Controls round one.

The specifications, from Conspit’s own spec sheet

Rim	310 mm, synthetic leather with purple stitching and a centre marker; 310 x 310 x 89 mm overall
Body	Die-cast aluminium alloy front and rear housing; 1,520 g
Dashboard	2.99-inch colour LCD, 800 x 268 px
LEDs	33 RGB: 9 rev lights and 24 around the rotary switches
Controls	8 RGB “ErgoTouch” buttons (500 g actuation), 2 encoders, 2 seven-way joysticks, 2 twelve-position rotary switches
Paddles	2 magnetic Hall-sensor shift paddles (aluminium levers, carbon paddles); 2 modular Hall-sensor clutch paddles
Connection	USB direct (coiled cable to USB-A supplied) or CONSPIT CAN; 4-pin connector at the hub
Mount	6 x 70 mm PCD adapter plate supplied
Software	Conspit Link 2.0; SimHub (LEDs and buttons)

The rim, and the feel through it

The rim is a “wear resistant” microfibre-type faux leather experience with nice stitching and a centre mark. It’s on the quite heavy side at 1500g – and I’ve added a BG Racing 100mm extension atop my (now classic) Simucube SQR hub. But “quite heavy” is no problem for this grade of steering wheel. It has great rotational inertia and works really nicely for the type of car it’s designed for – I used it heavily in the FF1600 and found myself having to remember I have a job to do rather than pumping in more laps. If that isn’t sim racing immersion I don’t know what is.

Conspit 310 APEX mounted on the rig before setup, screen showing neutral and buttons unlit — Mounted on the rig before any setup, the screen showing neutral and the buttons unlit.

The die-cast body and what I believe to be a steel mount carries the vibration and feedback from the direct drive very nicely. Again – that transmission of “feel” from the direct drive through the rim has always been something I’ve been quite sensitive to. Over the years, I think manufacturers have really got the message: we don’t want you to add damping via your design! The 310 APEX does a fabulous, communicative job of just that – reminding me that the Ares Apex direct drive unit has its work cut out to compete against my SC2 Pro.

The paddles and the buttons

On the back of the wheel you have two Hall effect clutch paddles and of course a pair of CNC-machined aluminium levers with carbon paddles.

Rear of the Conspit 310 APEX showing the carbon shift paddles, the clutch paddles and the adapter plate — The rear of the 310 APEX: carbon shift paddles, the clutch paddles and the adapter plate.

The clutch paddles and the encoders, for a wheel that is basically three hundred pounds, are all exceptionally high quality and perfectly acceptable, particularly as a first wheel.

Close-up of the Conspit 310 APEX button box: encoder thumbwheel, purple joystick, 12-position rotary switch and buttons — The button box close up: the silver encoder thumbwheel, a purple joystick, a 12-position rotary switch and the buttons.

Conspit 310 APEX button box from the other side: screen, LED row, second encoder and both rotary switches — The other side of the button box: the screen and LED row, the second encoder and the two rotary switches.

Fitting it to the Simucube

Conspit provide the nuts and bolts for mounting, but, because I was mounting mine in a slightly more custom way, I opted to go off to my spares box to find longer bolts to accommodate the extra length required for my wheel extension. Conspit ships the wheel with a standard 6 x 70 mm PCD adapter plate and a coiled CAN-bus-style cable to USB-A. It has been years since I’ve seen a 4-pin CAN bus connector: in my old Radical SR3 RSX! So I felt a little nostalgia as I lined up the bolts and finalised the assembly.

Back of the Conspit 310 APEX showing the 6 x 70 mm adapter plate and the clutch-paddle mechanisms — The back of the wheel: the 6 x 70 mm adapter plate and the clutch-paddle mechanisms.

The 4-pin connector at the centre of the Conspit 310 APEX hub, with the serial label below — The 4-pin connector at the centre of the hub.

Conspit Link, SimHub and the screen

Once Conspit Link is installed and, optionally, the wheel is added to SimHub, you’ve got everything you need to get going. The setup itself – easy – aside from the keymapping for the buttons there’s little to do.

SimHub's Pick a supported device dialog listing the Conspit 310 APEX, GRID Brows V2 and GRID DDU5 — SimHub finds the 310 APEX (LEDs and buttons only) alongside the Grid Brows and DDU5.

Despite configuring the LEDs to pink in SimHub, I think Conspit Link took over and gave me a default, colourful arrangement which I was perfectly happy with. I think a bit more time spent with Conspit Link would probably be the better way to manage this; given I’ve now got a fair bit of Conspit equipment, SimHub can just get on with running my Grid DDU, Grid Eyebrows and my Raceflag.

Conspit 310 APEX lit up on the rig: coloured buttons, lit rotary rings and the screen showing 3rd gear — The lit wheel on the rig: coloured buttons, the rotary rings lit, the screen showing 3rd gear.

The screen is small but mighty – it’s a basic display but configurable through the Link software – there are 7 dashboard styles to choose from, but you can only configure via Link. This makes SimHub a bit of a non-thing as the level of support between Link vs SimHub is huge.

The 2.99-inch screen of the Conspit 310 APEX showing ABS and TC, 3rd gear, rpm and fuel, with the Grid DDU behind — The 2.99-inch screen: ABS and TC, 3rd gear, rpm and fuel, with the Grid DDU behind it.

On track in the FF1600

The test, as I mentioned, was a long blast around Lime Rock in the FF1600 with the (soon to be released) CHS shifter in H-pattern mode. A side note: my heel-and-toe shifts have got rusty – I need to get some time in to smooth all of that out.

I think the 310 APEX is going to join the collection and be very welcome, because, as I said, I could really do with a bit of practice smoothing everything out – I’ve missed a racing season.

Who it’s for

Very few people these days, I suspect, would be hurtling around Le Mans in a GT3 car with a 310 mm round steering wheel. This is a very, very nice wheel rim for rookies, for beginners, for drivers who like to do a track day or might even be racing themselves in something that isn’t a Porsche 911 GT3 or an F3 car. Every steering wheel has a purpose.

If you’re looking for a wheel that’s 70 mm PCD compatible, or you’re thinking about investing in Conspit’s new direct drive wheelbase, the Ares, this is a great match and a really good way to get started. The coolest thing about the wheel is that, for the money, the feel is absolutely solid, so it’s brilliant for your Formula 4, your Formula Vee, your Mazda MX-5 Cup – all of the stuff that most of us got started with, and many of us are still doing on the daily.

Pros and cons

Pros

The die-cast body carries the direct drive’s feedback through the rim very nicely.
A very high-end wheel for a little over £300.
Easy to fit and easy to set up; Conspit supply the tools and fittings.
SimHub compatible, with Conspit Link 2.0 for the rest.
Great rotational inertia for the cars it’s designed for.

Cons

On the quite heavy side at 1500g, though that’s no problem for this grade of wheel.
Conspit Link took over my SimHub LED colours – a bit more time in Link is the answer.
A wheel extension means a trip to the spares box for longer bolts.
Not the wheel for hurtling around Le Mans in an LMP2 car.

Should you buy one?

So, do I recommend this wheel? Yes – if you’ve got that three hundred (pounds or dollars) spare and you’re not sure which to pick, this is a great contender. I’m so impressed with Conspit. So, thanks for the opportunity to try the wheel out.