The CONSPIT summer promotion has a hard deadline of 20 August, the H3 handbrake just dropped in price, and the dual-mode shifter shown in May is still not on sale. Here is where the brand stands this week.
CONSPIT has spent the last two years going from unknown quantity to a name that shows up in every mid-to-upper range buying conversation. Founded in 2020 and based in Shanghai, the company was the first in Asia to develop hydraulic brake pedals and one of the earliest to push carbon fibre into sim racing hardware. It now supplies a complete ecosystem, from wheel bases through to cockpits.
Right now there are three things worth knowing, and two of them have dates attached.
The summer promotion ends on 20 August
CONSPIT is running up to 15% off in a campaign that started on 20 July and closes on 20 August. That is a genuine hard stop, not a rolling banner that quietly renews, which makes it one of the few offers in the current market where waiting actually costs you something.
Sixteen days sounds like plenty. It is worth remembering that the second half of August is the slowest shipping window of the year across the industry, with several European brands closed entirely, so if you want the discount and the hardware before the new season starts, the useful deadline is earlier than the stated one.
We covered where this sits against everything else currently discounted in our August 2026 sim racing deals roundup.
The H3 hydraulic handbrake has come down in price
As of 2 August, the H3 hydraulic handbrake has been listed at around 399 dollars, down from 429. Small drop, but it lands on what is arguably the most interesting single product in the CONSPIT catalogue.
The H3 is a dual-mode hydraulic unit built for drifting and rally, with a 5 MPa sensor, adjustable preload, four force settings and a lever that mounts either horizontally or vertically. Hydraulic handbrakes at this level are usually the preserve of boutique European makers at considerably higher prices, which is exactly the gap CONSPIT has been targeting since it started.
If you drive rally or drift and you have been running a load cell handbrake, this is the upgrade that changes how the car feels under you rather than how the numbers look on a spec sheet.
The shifter is still missing, and that is the real story
Back in May, CONSPIT brought a prototype shifter to SimRacing Expo Charlotte and let visitors at booth C5 put their hands on it. The brand’s own messaging described it as the final piece of the full CONSPIT ecosystem, which tells you how much weight it was carrying internally.
What was shown is a dual-mode unit that works as both an H-pattern and a sequential. The detail that impressed people who tried it was the switching mechanism: a subtle slider on the top of the unit that changes mode in under a second, with no disassembly. That matters, because the standard complaint about dual-mode shifters is that swapping between modes is fiddly enough that owners stop bothering and effectively end up with a single-mode product.
Reports from the show were consistent on build quality, describing it as feeling substantially over-engineered rather than like a compromise between two designs.
The problem is what has happened since, which is nothing. More than two months on, there is still no name, no price, no specification sheet and no release date. It has not appeared at any distributor. For a company that has moved fast on everything else, that is a conspicuous gap, and it leaves anyone building a CONSPIT rig for rally or touring cars having to buy a shifter from a competitor in the meantime.
Worth watching over the next few weeks. Gamescom runs from 26 to 30 August, and SimRacing Expo Frankfurt follows from 16 to 18 October. Either would be a logical venue for the production version, and we have laid out what to expect from Gamescom 2026 separately.
Also in the pipeline: the 300GT
CONSPIT has teased a product called the 300GT with a coming soon message and no further detail. The naming convention lines up with the existing wheel range, where the numbers refer to diameter, which would place it as a 300mm GT-style rim slotting in below the 320mm DX320 and RX320.
Nothing beyond the teaser is confirmed, so treat it as a signal of direction rather than a product.
The iRacing connection keeps paying off
One reason CONSPIT visibility has climbed so sharply is that it holds title sponsorship of the iRacing Porsche Cup, across both the fixed and open setup versions. The series is running under that banner through 2026 Season 3 and has been since 2025 Season 2.
That matters more than a normal sponsorship because of where it sits. Every iRacing member browsing the series list sees the name every single week, and with 2026 Season 4 expected in early September, the brand gets another quarter of that exposure right as the buying season starts.
What the range actually looks like
If you are new to the brand, the catalogue breaks down cleanly. Our earlier piece on the rise of CONSPIT covers the background, and our 2026 hardware guide puts it in context against the rest of the market.
Wheel bases. Two direct drive units: the Ares at 10 Nm and the Ares Platinum, which we covered in detail in our ARES 20 Platinum breakdown and the ARES 12 entry. Both are also sold as bundles with a formula wheel and quick release, the Ares 10 Nm bundle and the Ares Platinum bundle, which are usually the better value entry point. If you are still weighing whether direct drive is worth it at all, start with our explainer on why direct drive became the standard.
Steering wheels. The formula options are the 290GP and the MAX01. For GT and road, the CX295, RX320 and DX320 cover 295mm and 320mm diameters. Most of these pair with the H.A.O. hub, which is what lets you run them across different bases.
Pedals. Two tiers: the CPP-Lite and the CPP-Evo. The hydraulic pedal work is where the company built its reputation, and it remains the strongest part of the range.
Handbrake. The H3, covered above.
CONSPIT publishes a notice on its official store stating that products are continuously optimised and that there may be version differences between production batches, covering appearance, dimensions, colour schemes, component configuration and structural design. It recommends confirming the current version with customer service before ordering.
That is unusually candid, and worth reading carefully. It means the unit you receive may not exactly match a review published six months ago. It also means the brand iterates quickly, which cuts both ways. If you are buying through a distributor rather than direct, ask which revision you are getting. The official distributor list is the place to check who is authorised in your region, which also determines your warranty route.
What to do this week
- If the H3 was already on your list: the price drop plus the summer promotion is as good as this is likely to get before Black Friday.
- If you want a full CONSPIT rig: the ecosystem is complete apart from the shifter. Budget for a third-party unit or wait.
- If you are just watching: the next real news will come from Cologne in late August or Frankfurt in October.
- Deadline to remember: 20 August for the promotion, and realistically a week earlier if you want it shipped promptly.
See you on the track!
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