As an owner of the previous Ascher F28 this is a hard sell for me. I don't see the need for backlit buttons as I already know where to press for the desired function, and having tried 300mm wheels I do prefer the narrower form of the F28. However the biggest sticking point for me is the non user replaceable rechargeable battery in the Simucube version, meaning the wheel probably has a lifetime of only 3-5 years - the USB version obviously does not have this problem.

The looks of a wheel are fairly subjective but in this matter for me Ascher is elevating up - I like it more than their previous iterations like F28. A bit of off topic... not only on your channel but also on other channels, I have heard the point about the size of various wheels. I have to admit I struggle a bit with it - In some way sim racers do prefer smaller wheels. As it can be true to their real life counterparts in the formula style racing, that does not correspond to other categories. Something which is hard to question is that GT3 is the most popular category in sim racing and cars like Mercedes AMG GT3 have the wheel with the 310mm diameter (and Ascher wheel will fit into the GT style category). Considering that so many people pay attention to replicating the real life experience as much as possible, I am surprised about complaints about the wheels which are 300 or 310mm. Sure it might be feeling strange if we change from something smaller but from the immersion perspective I would personally prefer to stick to the real life sizes

What was the battery life in your testing?