ES Steering Wheel

Having spent countless hours trying to decide which eco system to go for, I finally decided to go with Moza. My budget would not allow me to stretch to a RS V2, I opted for a ES instead, safe in the knowledge that I can upgrade in the future. I have been using a Logitech G923 up to this point and you cannot fault Logitech for their quality control. I wish this could be said of Moza. Overall, the quality is not bad, it just needs to be better. Many Youtube reviews of the older Moza products complained of little things which seemed to improve over time. It now seems that the products are slipping back a little, like loose threads and the center marker at the top of the wheel not being centered. These are tiny defects that can be lived with, especially with a wheel at this price point but, they are little issues that could be resolved easily.

With that being said, the wheel itself is an absolute pleasure to use, the quick release is second to none, the shifter paddles are flawless, as are all the buttons and aesthetically, it looks great (with the previous flaws aside). Paired up with the Moza R9 base and the CRP Pedals, it makes for a great sim racing experience. I was dissapointed that the wheel did not come with some sort of cloth bag though, the R9 base has a bag, the individual pedals each had a bag, why not the wheel?

The Pit House software is easy to understand and use once you get it to display a language you can understand. In my instance, everything was in Chinese (which I cannot read) instead of the chosen language of English. Whatever I did, did not convince the software that I could not read Chinese until I closed down the app and relaunched it, and hey presto, I could either understand Chinese perfectly or, it was displaying in English (I am pretty sure in was the latter).

One final thought about my experience during this purchase. Delivery was really quite slow, but we are all having to get used to that at the moment but, when purchasing from a European company for delivery within the EU, I was very surprised that most of the shipment came straight from China leaving me with a further €60 in import duties I was not expecting. This only applied to the R9 Wheel Base, the ES Wheel and the Desk Mount as the CRP Pedals got shipped seperatly from Germany? I am aware that during the purchase process, the website does state that import duties are not included, but to not mention where the goods are shipping from does not allow the buyer to budget for such an eventuality.

Overall, the product gets a strong 4/5 stars, the purchase process would only get a 2.5/5 stars.

The steering wheel ES work amazing and look amazing thank you!

Feels good. Very satisfying clunk when pushing onto wheel base. Zero play at the joint.

It should be offered with the Formula rim as a standalone version, so people that bought the R5 Bundle can buy it and not have an extra rim with no purpose.

All in all, the wheel feels fantastic - it feels very high quality in hand, nicely weighted and the quick release is great. Feels very automotive grade.

Its only downside is the shifter paddles, which are very easy to press which can result in mis-inputs, and also at the same time do not register shifts on some occasions (you hear the 'click' but no shift is detected in game).

Aluminium paddles mean that a magnetic shifter solution is not possible.

If a V2 version is ever released, I would highly recommend looking into having a bit more resistance on the paddles - otherwise it's a fantastic wheel for the price.