In the evolving landscape where digital experience and physical sensation converge, Moza Racing has secured an official partnership with the Gran Turismo World Series and unveiled a sweeping range of simulation hardware — from motion rigs to flight yokes — signaling that a Chinese manufacturer once known for camera gimbals is now positioning itself as the infrastructure of immersive simulation itself. The partnership, effective August 2026, grants Moza access to Gran Turismo's vast console audience while lending the brand a legitimacy that years of enthusiast credibility alone could not fully
Moza Racing partners with Gran Turismo, launches PS5 hardware and motion rig
Moza is building an ecosystem that spans racing, farming, and aviation
Mark
Why does a partnership with Gran Turismo matter so much for a hardware maker? Isn't Moza already well-established in sim racing?
Mimi
Moza has built a strong reputation among PC enthusiasts, but console players—especially PlayStation 5 owners—represent an entirely different market. Gran Turismo is one of the few racing games that bridges casual and serious players on console. This partnership gives Moza official legitimacy and integration into the sport's broadcasts. That visibility is worth more than any advertisement.
Mark
The motion rig seems like the real innovation here. How does AI Motion work if the game doesn't send telemetry data?
Mimi
It watches what's happening on screen and listens to the audio. If the engine sound changes pitch, if the camera angle shifts suddenly, if the visual feedback suggests the car is sliding—the software interprets those signals and generates haptic effects in real time. It's not perfect, but it means the rig works with almost any game, not just ones with native support.
Mark
That sounds computationally expensive. What's the processor doing?
Mimi
The HMA150 has its own onboard intelligence. It's not relying on your console or PC to do the heavy lifting. That's why it can react so quickly—the latency is minimal. The servo motors and control algorithms are all Moza's own design, which is why they're confident in the performance specs.
Mark
Why expand into farming and flight simulation now? Seems like a distraction from racing.
Mimi
It's not a distraction—it's risk distribution. The racing market is competitive and cyclical. Farming simulators have a dedicated, growing audience. Flight sims are booming. By building control systems for all three categories, Moza becomes a platform company, not just a racing hardware maker. One market downturn doesn't sink the whole business.
Mark
The R5 bundle at 880 dollars—is that actually entry-level?
Mimi
For a direct drive wheel base with pedals and a wheel, yes. You're getting genuine force feedback technology that was exotic five years ago. The real entry point used to be 1,500 dollars or more. At 880, Moza is making the barrier to entry genuinely lower, which is how you build a larger installed base.
Der Puls
- Moza's leap from niche sim-racing supplier to official Gran Turismo World Series partner represents a strategic inflection point — the console market, with its tens of millions of Gran Turismo players, is now within reach.
- The HMA150 motion rig raises the stakes for consumer-grade simulation by delivering full-cockpit movement at over 1G acceleration, a specification that blurs the line between gaming peripheral and professional training equipment.
- A key technical tension is resolved by Moza's AI Motion software, which generates haptic feedback by reading game visuals and audio rather than relying on telemetry — making the system compatible with virtually any title, not just those with native hardware support.
- The R16 Ultra wheel base's 600MHz processor and interpolation algorithm directly address the 'graininess' problem that has long frustrated sim racers, attempting to make force feedback feel continuous rather than mechanical and stepped.
- Moza's simultaneous expansion into farming and flight simulation — with a Hall-effect joystick system and a force feedback yoke featuring an onboard touchscreen — reveals a company building an ecosystem, not just a product line.
- With NZ pricing still unconfirmed but international figures ranging from roughly $445 to $6,625, the lineup spans entry-level accessibility to flagship ambition, suggesting Moza intends to own multiple rungs of the simulation market at once.
In the evolving landscape where digital experience and physical sensation converge, Moza Racing has secured an official partnership with the Gran Turismo World Series and unveiled a sweeping range of simulation hardware — from motion rigs to flight yokes — signaling that a Chinese manufacturer once known for camera gimbals is now positioning itself as the infrastructure of immersive simulation itself. The partnership, effective August 2026, grants Moza access to Gran Turismo's vast console audience while lending the brand a legitimacy that years of enthusiast credibility alone could not fully provide. Behind the announcement lies a deeper story about how precision motor engineering, once applied to stabilizing cameras, finds its highest expression in making virtual driving feel real.
Moza Racing has announced its most consequential move to date: an official partnership with the Gran Turismo World Series, the international esports championship built around Polyphony Digital's storied franchise. Beginning August 15, 2026, Moza's branding will appear in official broadcasts, and the company is now developing its first licensed PlayStation 5 racing products, pending Sony's final approval. For a manufacturer that spent years earning credibility among hardcore sim enthusiasts, the deal opens a direct path to Gran Turismo's enormous console audience.
The partnership's origins are unexpectedly technical. Gran Turismo producer Kazunori Yamauchi first encountered Moza through their camera stabilization gimbals — and recognized that the same precision motor control underpinning those products was exactly what advanced force feedback steering wheels demand. That engineering lineage now informs Moza's flagship announcement: the HMA150 Haptic Motion System, a four-actuator motion rig capable of 150mm of travel in any direction, reaching 300mm per second with acceleration exceeding 1G. Its AI Motion software analyzes in-game visuals and audio in real time to generate haptic effects even without native telemetry support — a meaningful breakthrough that makes the rig compatible with virtually any simulation title.
On the wheel base front, the new R16 Ultra delivers 16Nm of torque through a flat-wire motor and a 21-bit encoder, processed by a 600MHz chip running Moza's latest force feedback algorithm. A new interpolation system specifically targets the stepped, grainy sensations common to lesser hardware, smoothing high-frequency details like road texture into something continuous and tactile. The R16 Ultra is fully compatible with existing Moza peripherals, offering a clear upgrade path for current owners.
Moza also refreshed its entry-level R5 bundle and pushed into entirely new simulation categories. A Farming Control System with 46 programmable inputs targets titles like Farming Simulator 25, while the AY90 Force Feedback Yoke Base — paired with a handle featuring a built-in 4.3-inch touchscreen — brings the company into flight simulation. International pricing spans from around $445 for the farming system to $6,625 for the motion rig, with New Zealand figures still pending. What the full lineup reveals is a company that has outgrown its original lane, building a simulation ecosystem that now stretches from console living rooms to virtual cockpits.
Moza Racing is making its boldest move yet into the consumer simulation market. The Chinese hardware manufacturer has secured an official partnership with the Gran Turismo World Series—the international esports championship built around Polyphony Digital's flagship racing franchise—and will begin integrating its brand into official broadcasts starting August 15, 2026, coinciding with Round 2 of the season. More significantly, Moza is now developing its first officially licensed PlayStation 5 racing products, pending final approval from Sony Interactive Entertainment. The partnership marks a watershed moment for a company that has spent years building credibility in the enthusiast sim racing space, and it signals a deliberate push to capture the console market where Gran Turismo's massive player base lives.
Kazunori Yamauchi, the legendary producer of Gran Turismo, explained the reasoning behind the collaboration in surprisingly technical terms. He first encountered Moza through their camera stabilization gimbals—a seemingly unrelated product category until you understand that both gimbals and steering wheel controllers rely on the same fundamental engineering: precise electric motor control. Yamauchi had been watching Moza's development trajectory, their technological sophistication, and their manufacturing reliability. With Moza now joining as a partner, he said, the possibilities for advancing force feedback steering wheels—a technology Gran Turismo pioneered with the PS2 era Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec—have expanded considerably.
The hardware announcements that accompanied the partnership reveal a company thinking far beyond racing wheels. The flagship product is the HMA150 Haptic Motion System, a four-actuator motion rig that moves the entire cockpit platform up to 150 millimeters in any direction, reaching speeds of 300 millimeters per second with acceleration exceeding one G. The system reproduces pitch, roll, and heave—the physical sensations of a car braking hard, turning, and accelerating—by combining large platform movements with high-frequency vibration feedback. Moza developed the servo motors, control algorithms, and structural engineering in-house. The system runs through new software called AI Motion, which analyzes in-game visuals and audio in real time to generate haptic effects even when a game doesn't provide native telemetry data. For a motion rig, this is a significant technical achievement: it means the HMA150 can work with virtually any racing simulation, not just those with direct hardware integration.
On the wheel base side, Moza introduced the R16 Ultra Direct Drive Wheel Base, delivering 16 newton-meters of torque through a flat-wire motor architecture and a 21-bit magnetic encoder that captures steering input with high precision. A 600-megahertz processor runs Moza's NexGen FFB Algorithm 4.0, processing vehicle data with minimal latency. The company also introduced a new force feedback interpolation algorithm designed to eliminate the graininess and stepped sensations that plague lower-end wheels—it smooths transitions between adjacent signals so that high-frequency details like road texture and curb vibrations reach the driver's hands continuously and accurately rather than in discrete jolts. The R16 Ultra works with all existing Moza wheels, pedals, and accessories, making it an upgrade path for users already invested in the ecosystem.
At the entry level, Moza refreshed its R5 bundle, which now includes a six newton-meter direct drive wheel base, SRP Lite2 pedals, an ES Lite steering wheel, and a desk clamp—everything needed for a plug-and-play racing setup out of the box. The company is also expanding beyond racing into specialized simulation categories. The Moza Farming Control System includes a Hall-effect joystick, throttle, and control panel with 46 programmable inputs for farming and construction simulators like Farming Simulator 25. For flight simulation, Moza introduced the AY90 Force Feedback Yoke Base, which delivers 4.2 newton-meters of roll torque and 90 newtons of push-pull force, paired with the MFY Pro Yoke Handle featuring an integrated 4.3-inch touchscreen for displaying aircraft information directly on the control surface.
Pricing has been announced for international markets. The HMA150 motion rig runs approximately 6,625 New Zealand dollars. The R16 Ultra wheel base costs around 1,180 dollars. The R5 Pro Racing Simulator bundle is priced near 880 dollars, with a truck driving variant at 1,095 dollars. The Farming Control System is the most accessible new product at roughly 445 dollars, while the AY90 yoke base sits around 840 dollars. New Zealand pricing has not yet been officially released, though regional conversions suggest these figures are in the ballpark. What emerges from this product lineup is a company no longer content to serve only the hardcore racing enthusiast. Moza is building an ecosystem that spans racing, farming, and aviation simulation—and with the Gran Turismo partnership now official, it has the credibility and the distribution channel to reach millions of console players who have never owned a sim racing wheel.
Bemerkenswerte Zitate
Gimbals and steering controllers both use the same type of technology in that they exercise very precise control over electric motors. With Moza now joining us as a partner I'm excited to see the expanded possibilities to develop a steering wheel that is optimal in the eyes of Gran Turismo.— Kazunori Yamauchi, producer of Gran Turismo
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