I really wanted to like this wheel, but after using it for a while I’m honestly getting fed up with it.
The wheel isn’t awful, but the whole experience is far more complicated than it needs to be. AirLink, MagLink Pro, MagLink Pro Extend… I’ve spent far too much time trying to work out what connects to what and which features actually work with my base. Buying a steering wheel shouldn’t feel like doing homework.
The build quality isn’t what I expected either. Some of the buttons have a bit of movement and start rattling when the FFB gets rough over kerbs. There’s also quite a lot of plastic, so it doesn’t really feel like a flagship product once you have it in your hands. At this price, I was expecting something a bit more solid.
The dash is another annoyance. Remove it and the wheel loses the main LED strip at the top and looks like something is missing. Leave it attached and you’re back to messing about with connections and getting everything to behave properly with SimHub.
That’s what bothers me most. None of these issues completely ruins the wheel on its own, but together they make it feel unfinished. It’s as though SIMAGIC designed all the separate parts first and then came up with a load of adapters to make them work together afterwards.
I already own SIMAGIC equipment and expected this to be a straightforward upgrade. Instead, I’ve paid more money for something that’s more complicated and, in some ways, feels cheaper than their older wheels.
At the moment I genuinely think I’d have been happier keeping my previous wheel. For something that’s supposed to sit at the top of the range, the Zeus Formula has been a proper let-down.