Sim-Lab Porsche 963 Wheel Heads to SimRacing Expo Frankfurt 2026
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Sim-Lab is bringing its highly anticipated Porsche 963 steering wheel to Frankfurt after a preview in Chicago. The wheel closely replicates the real Porsche 963 LMDh prototype's design, featuring a full molded carbon fiber shell, integrated display showing ERS/brake bias/fuel/tire data, and extensive button/paddle controls. The piece discusses how this fits Sim-Lab's line of premium replica wheels (911 RSR, Mercedes F1) and notes the company is still finalizing specs ahead of launch.
Excerpt from OC Racing
Sim-Lab is bringing its upcoming Porsche 963 steering wheel to SimRacing Expo Frankfurt 2026, giving European attendees a much closer look at one of the company’s most ambitious steering wheels yet. The event takes place from October 16 through October 18 at Messe Frankfurt.
The wheel itself is no longer a complete mystery. Sim-Lab already gave it a surprisingly early public debut at Sim Gaming Expo in Chicago last month, but Frankfurt should give the company another opportunity to properly showcase the project as it gets closer to release.
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Recreating the Porsche 963 Steering Wheel
The wheel is based directly on the steering wheel used inside the Porsche 963 LMDh prototype, the car Porsche developed for the current generation of top-level endurance racing. The real wheel places nearly everything the driver needs directly within reach, with a central display surrounded by buttons, rotary controls, shift lights, and multiple paddles on the rear.
That display is especially important in the real car, with Porsche integrating its primary driving information directly into the steering wheel. Drivers can monitor everything from ERS and traction control settings to brake bias, fuel information, tire data, and other vehicle parameters without relying on a traditional dashboard.
Sim-Lab is recreating that design as an extremely high-end sim racing wheel. The version shown so far uses an almost one-to-one shape with a full molded carbon fiber shell, the large integrated display, extensive controls, and even small visual details taken from the real 963 wheel.
Considering Sim-Lab already sells detailed replicas such as its Porsche 911 RSR and Mercedes-AMG Formula One wheels, the 963 feels like a pretty natural next step.
It Already Made Its Public Debut in Chicago
The interesting part is that Frankfurt will not actually be the first time the public has seen it. Sim-Lab quietly brought the Porsche 963 wheel to Sim Gaming Expo 2026 in Chicago, where I was able to see the hardware in person alongside the company’s new DDS direct drive wheel bases.
That appearance gave us our first proper look at the physical wheel after months of teasers. The carbon construction and close resemblance to the real motorsport hardware immediately made it clear that Sim-Lab is aiming considerably higher than a normal 963-inspired steering wheel.
Chicago was still very much a preview, though. Sim-Lab had not announced complete…
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