MOZA Racing’s first PlayStation hardware has finally been revealed. The company has announced three officially licensed direct drive products for the PS5: the R5S Pro Racing Simulator, the R16S Ultra Racing Simulator, and a standalone R16S Ultra wheel base. All three will be on the show floor when Tokyo Game Show opens on Thursday.
Every product in the lineup will support Gran Turismo 7 natively from day one, the result of a collaboration with Polyphony Digital that was first hinted at when MOZA was named an official Gran Turismo World Series partner back in July. Last week’s teaser image looked a lot like the R16 Ultra, and it turns out that instinct was right.
Three Options
Rather than a single wheel, MOZA is arriving on PlayStation with a small range, and the product names will be familiar to anyone who follows the company’s PC hardware.
- R5S Pro Racing Simulator is the entry point. It’s a complete bundle with wheel base, steering wheel, and pedals in the box, aimed at anyone who wants a full direct drive setup without piecing one together.
- R16S Ultra Racing Simulator is the premium package, pairing the R16S Ultra base with a steering wheel for racers who want more force feedback than the R5S can provide.
- R16S Ultra Direct Drive Wheel Base is the base on its own, for people who already own MOZA rims and pedals, or who would rather choose their own.
The “S” suffix is new, and presumably marks these as the Sony-licensed versions of existing MOZA hardware.
On PC, the R5 Bundle is a 5.5Nm base and the R16 Ultra delivers 16Nm (affiliate links), but MOZA hasn’t published torque figures for the PS5 versions, so it’s worth waiting for the spec sheets before assuming the numbers carry over.
If those figures do hold, the R5S Pro bundle lands squarely in Fanatec GT DD Pro territory, which has been the default “complete PlayStation direct drive setup” recommendation for years. The R16S Ultra, meanwhile, would sit alongside the 18Nm GT DD Extreme and Logitech’s 11Nm G Pro at the top end of what’s available on the console.
The standalone base is the one to watch for existing MOZA owners. The press release describes it as working with “the compatible MOZA steering wheel of your choice”, which is a little vague. Whether that means every current MOZA rim, or a subset that’s been through PlayStation’s certification, remains to be seen.
Native Gran Turismo 7 Support
The Polyphony connection is what separates this from a standard licensing deal.
Kazunori Yamauchi has been open about wanting the series to natively support more steering wheels, and in July he explained that MOZA had caught his attention through its camera gimbals, which depend on the same fine motor control as a direct drive base.
Today’s press release describes the PS5 debut as the “beginning” of MOZA’s collaboration with Polyphony Digital, with MOZA “developing a racing wheel controller with native support for Gran Turismo 7“.
That echoes Polyphony’s July announcement, which said the controller was being built “in collaboration with Gran Turismo”. MOZA adds that the PS5 lineup will support GT7 from launch alongside “a growing selection” of other compatible titles.
It’s not entirely clear from either announcement whether that Polyphony-developed controller is one of the three products revealed today, or a separate Gran Turismo-branded product still to come.
Fanatec’s GT DD Pro and GT DD Extreme both carry official Gran Turismo branding, and nothing in today’s press release mentions a Gran Turismo logo on any of the new MOZA hardware.
What We Still Don’t Know
MOZA is holding back pricing, availability, and a launch date, and says all three will be announced “at a later stage”.
There’s no confirmed torque figure for either base, and no confirmation yet on which existing MOZA rims will work on the R16S Ultra base. MOZA hasn’t named the pedals in the R5S Pro bundle either, though the set pictured with it appears to be based on the company’s SR-P Lite2 two-pedal set.
Still, the shape of the lineup is clear, and it’s a more complete PlayStation debut than most people expected. Force feedback on Sony’s console has been a three-company club for a long time, and a fourth member arriving with an entry bundle, a high-torque base, and a direct line to Polyphony makes the next year interesting for anyone shopping for a GT7 wheel.
Tokyo Game Show runs from September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe, with public days from the 19th. We’ll update this story as MOZA shares more, and the discussion thread in the GT7 forum that started in July is the place to weigh in.
If you want to see what MOZA already makes in the meantime, its full range is at the MOZA Racing store. GTPlanet is a MOZA affiliate partner, which means we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you if you buy through our links.
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