Standalone ES Steering Wheel

Great addition to R9 base for oval racing (where GS wheel did not quite feel right). "Squishy" shifters feel crisper and more responsive with aftermarket magnetic modification.

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Great steering wheel really enjoying it. I purchased R9 wheelbase and CRP pedal set from my local Micro Center I’ve had no problems or issues. The software was really easy to learn. I’ve had a lot of fun with the sim set up.

Bought this with the R12 because I wanted a round wheel for ovals and rallycross, and this was the most budget friendly. Construction feels great, just enough buttons for most cars, and the thickness of the rim feels great in the hands. If you're on a budget, I can't recommend this rim enough, and if you want closer to GT style, you can always grab the formula mod!

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.