Conspit ARES 12

The ARES 12 runs the same skew-pole direct drive motor architecture and the same 23-bit optical encoder as the flagship ARES 20 Platinum, in a shorter, lighter housing rated at 12 Nm. Resolution and feel are not what you give up at this price. You give up headroom.

Twelve newton meters is more than most people use

Drivers running a 20 Nm base almost always sit well below full output, because the detail lives in the small forces rather than the big ones. At 12 Nm you feel the front axle load up in a GT car and the rear step out under power, and you can mount the base to a solid desk or a light profile stand instead of building a rig around it.

23-bit optical encoder

Optical, not magnetic. At the same nominal resolution an optical encoder reads position more accurately and holds that accuracy over years of use. In practice, small corrections register exactly as you make them, and the base does not develop a vague center over time.

A motor built for sim racing, not repurposed

A dual skewed pole design, on both the stator and the rotor, holds cogging torque under 2.3 percent, so the wheel turns smoothly with no notchiness through slow corners. Torque slew rate reaches 9.5 Nm/ms, which is what lets a kerb strike or a tire letting go arrive as a sharp event rather than a soft one. Conspit validated the output with a dynamic torque sensor between the wheel and the motor shaft, resolving below 0.01 Nm, so the rating describes what reaches your hands.

CDR or CDP quick release

Pick the quick release that matches the wheels you already own. CDR is Conspit's newer auto-locking system, built to the dimensions most of the sim racing industry has settled on, so it mates with a wide range of third-party wheels. CDP is the three-bolt 50 mm PCD pogo-pin block, with a 50 to 70 mm adapter available. Motor, encoder, housing and torque are identical either way. If you are not sure which your wheel uses, contact us before you order and we will check it.

Compact and cool

An aluminum housing at 5.6 kg, with real-time temperature monitoring that holds torque through a long stint instead of fading in the last ten laps. Mounting is M6 x 4 on the bottom and M8 x 4 on the sides. Magnetic POGO contacts on the front face carry future add-on modules, and the optional CES external emergency stop cuts the motor instantly, which matters for coaching, sim racing centers, and letting a kid drive under supervision.

Conspit Link 2.0

Configure the base, tune force feedback, monitor status and save presets per game or per car. Conspit ships official presets built by professional drivers and vehicle dynamics engineers, including Laurin Heinrich, so you start from something sane instead of a wall of sliders.