This Wheel is GENIUS! - Soelpec Spectra XR Review

The SOELPEC Spectra XR is a feature-rich Sim Racing wheel with outstanding build quality which has quickly become one of my go-to wheels.  With a 302mm diameter and 5" Touchscreen Display, it is very well suited to Formula and GT racing giving quick and easy access to a huge range of inputs.

At the price of €1499 (+ Shipping and Tax) it is in the same ballpark as the Gomez Sim Industries Formula Pro Elite and Cube Controls CSX-3 sim racing wheels.  So there is some tough competition in this price range, and for this amount of money our expectations are high.

We took a detailed look at the SOELPEC Spectra XR to see if it is worthy of the high-end price tag, and a place on your sim rig!

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TIME STAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:28 - Important Information
1:20 - Pricing
2:34 - Hardware Overview
19:08 - Features & Software
31:35 - Driving Experience & Conclusions

[joecongo]

Customer service went above and beyond. I mentioned on their discord that I’m missing a thumb and index finger on my left hand and was looking for a way to bring the latching radio feature to a different button. Made a ticket for me and within a week, sent me a personalized firmware update for my wheel that allowed me to use the feature with my right thumb.

[skxdlxx]

Really cool to see such deep simhub integration and some really forward thinking functionality on a wheel that has it's own style. Clearly Soelpec just wanted to build their dream wheel and it paid off.

[jimhall]

Jeez, Will cost me a lot of money with this review! It has replaced my CSX-3 which I found a little small and toy-like for my old arthritic hands. The amazing thing about this wheel is that it could have been made by Apple...It just works! The LED rev lights change for each car model in iRacing and everything is ready to roll on first use. I'm going to have to change some stickers as they are a bit F1 orientated but it's a fabulous wheel and Will's review did it for me.

[josephporfida]

Been looking forward to this review for a while I absolutely love mine. One of the best sim racing wheels available

[BedrockZoo]

Switched to the Spectra from FX Pro (which is a great wheel btw, but the handles were a bit flimsy + no simhub support). Had it for about 3 months now and can confidently recommend it to anyone looking for a high end wheel. Also great to see frequent software updates to keep pace with the new cars coming to various sims (like p2p cooldown integration and such). Great wheel, great features, great support.

[chepilevski]

For me is definitely the best and most complete wheel I ever had in my hand man 😃
Happy new year Will 🤗

[O.Tech.]

Maybe the Zen's Simwheels Uniflex Elite is something for one of your next reviews?

[Attach_eSports]

Could you test the Uniflex-Elite from Zen’s Simwheels? The wheel was on display at the sim racing expo! Very nice performance!

[Rmsimracing]

saw this on a rig in microcenter its an amazing wheel got to use it on the rig they have set up and loved it. great video man thse videos got me into sim racing

[ACasualRacer]

Wow, that's cool. ✨ I really like the larger screen size. Unfortunately it's beyond what I could ever justify paying for a wheel. 💸

[Deathblooms]

This looks great! Thanks for another great review.

[Schocker]

i Would love to see a test of the newer GSI Hyper-P1 Wheel. i think this might be more comparable to those new wheels. The GSI FPE is outdayted and isnt available anymore by GSI i believe.

[DanDiMaggio]

Coming back to this video after watching it a few days ago. Scrolling through the comments I'm still seeing a lot of them saying something along the line of "this is great but it's too expensive" so I thought I'd give my two cents on it. Personally I love when Will showcases these crazy products like this even thought the prices are way out of my budget by a long shot. However, what it does, is give us a glimpse of what the future holds as these technologies and features will eventually trickle down into affordable consumer products. These videos are like a window into our future! Also I'm probably just going to show up in Will's basement one of these days unannounced and try all this stuff anyways lol. I hope to snap a photo of his reaction when he realizes some crazy person got into his basement and is bouncing around on his 17 degrees of freedom motion sim!

[dabaschdii]

I‘d be pretty interested in the Bavarian Simtec Omega Pro. It is quite new and in terms of pricing and overall quality probably really interesting for many people. Would apreciate if you could have a look at this one

[Hattarahot]

Considering that there are generally not many differences between high end wheels today, I think Spectra XR is quite different from its competitors as it offers so many unique features & quality together. The best I've used so far ❤️

[Silverturky]

Throttle hold mode could be super useful for rolling starts! If you are rolling up to the line and you can use a dial to creep up to the correct speed

[tristan_ln]

Awesome review Will! I believe that modern day F1 wheels are around 28cm/11" wide.

[fokionas]

Very nice review with detail this wheel is awsome!!!!

[YayDanMan]

Welcome Soelpec to the dream build list 😅

[joeyng]

My one has no defects at all and loves this wheel!! It rotates as it should. The only problem is that it mixed up with their XR-5 display in the SIM hub.