How To Use A MOZA Steering Wheel With A Fanatec Wheel Base

A few years ago, in 2022, MOZA Racing released a new range of products that massively expanded their compatibility into a much more open ecosystem. These products allow you to use your MOZA steering wheel with any third-party wheel base, including any Fanatec base. When paired with a Fanatec wheel base and hub, you can use a variety of MOZA steering wheels, just like you could if you had a MOZA base.

In this step-by-step guide, I’ll show you how to use your MOZA steering wheel with a Fanatec wheel base. Watch ur video tutorial below or scroll down for a complete how-to guide.

Using MOZA steering wheels with Fanatec wheel bases

With the launch of the MOZA FSR formula wheel back in 2022, MOZA Racing released the first-ever MOZA steering wheel that is compatible with other wheel bases. Before the FSR wheel came along, you could only use MOZA steering wheels with MOZA wheel bases.

The MOZA FSR Formula Wheel included a dedicated USB data port on the rear of the wheel. This data port is the magic sauce that allows you to use all of the functionality on the wheel while it is connected to any wheel base. Since the FSR launch, MOZA has released more steering wheels that are compatible with third-party bases.

The MOZA steering wheels that are compatible with third-party wheel bases are;

• MOZA KS steering wheel
• MOZA FSR steering wheel
• MOZA Vision GS wheel
• MOZA Lamborghini SCV12 wheel

Before these MOZA steering wheels launched, there were ways of combining any MOZA steering wheel with third-party wheel bases using adaptors. However, these methods did not allow any data or inputs on the MOZA wheel to be used in-game.

The port that MOZA is including on its steering wheels now allows you to hard wire your MOZA steering wheel to your PC via a USB cable. Then you can use a quick release adaptor to physically mount the steering wheel to any wheel base.

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What is required to use a MOZA steering wheel with Fanatec wheel base

To be able to use a MOZA steering wheel with a Fanatec wheel base, you do need a few additional accessories from both MOZA Racing and Fanatec. These accessories are the only official way of connecting your MOZA steering wheel to a Fanatec wheel base while keeping all functionality, such as the inputs and the screen, working.

Components that you’ll need include;

• MOZA Universal Hub: This Universal Hub lets you connect your steering wheel to your PC via a USB cable.
• MOZA Wheelbase Mount Adapter: The adapter, which is included with the Universal Hub, is required to physically mount your MOZA steering wheel to a Fanatec wheel hub.
• MOZA FSR, KS, Vision GS or Lamborghini Steering Wheel: Any MOZA steering wheel with a data port can be mounted to a Fanatec wheel base using this method.
• Fanatec wheel base: Any Fanatec wheel base can be used, including a ClubSport DD, DD+, CSL DD or GT DD Pro.
• Fanatec quick release & hub: Finally, the correct Fanatec quick release for your wheel base is required, either a QR1 or QR2. Then you’ll need a Fanatec hub such as the Podium Hub to enable your Fanatec wheel base to function and create force feedback.

The first accessory you’ll need is the MOZA Universal Hub. This allows you to connect your MOZA FSR steering wheel via a cable to your PC.

The Universal Hub will allow all of the electronic functions of any compatible MOZA steering wheel to continue to work, even when mounted to a third-party wheel base.

You will be able to use all of the buttons, encoders and inputs on the wheel, and the display on the front of the FSR wheel will continue to work when hardwired to the Universal Hub.

The second accessory you’ll need is the MOZA wheel base mount adapter. This will form the physical connection between your MOZA steering wheel and Fanatec wheel base.

The shaft of this adapter features the same quick release slots allowing you to easily attach and detach any MOZA steering wheel.

The base of the adapter features a range of hole patterns which is how you will attach the mount to your Fanatec quick release, or any other wheel base. There are both 50.8mm and 70mm threaded holes, and you can use either of these bolt patterns when mounting to a Fanatec hub.

Of course, to be able to connect a MOZA wheel to a Fanatec wheel base you’ll need a steering wheel. Currently, the MOZA FSR Formula wheel is the only MOZA steering wheel which can remain fully functional when connected to a Fanatec wheel base.

However, you can still mount any MOZA steering wheel to a third party wheel base using this method. Just know that none of the electronics or inputs will work without the hard-wired connection that the FSR wheel utilises.

You’ll also need a Fanatec wheel base such as the CSL DD, GT DD Pro, ClubSport DD or DD+, or the DD1 and DD2. Any of these wheel bases will work perfectly with the MOZA FSR wheel using this method. Each of these Fanatec wheel bases are excellent choices and among the best sim racing wheel bases you can buy.

The final piece of the puzzle is to ensure that you have a Fanatec quick release and hub of some kind. Almost any Fanatec hub will work with this method, including the Podium Hub, Universal Hub and Universal Hub V2.

You need a Fanatec hub to ensure that force feedback will work. This is because a Fanatec wheel base won’t produce any force feedback if it doesn’t detect that a Fanatec wheel or hub is attached.

You can trick the wheel base and use any steering wheel along with a Podium Hub or Universal Hub. The electronics inside these hubs allow the wheel base to work as intended. This Fanatec quick release will act as the mounting point for the MOZA adapter.

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Step-by-step guide on how to connect your MOZA wheel to a Fanatec base

Once you have all of the components required, you can start to connect all the pieces. Follow our step-by-step guide on how to mount a MOZA steering wheel to your Fanatec wheel base.

1. The first step is to mount your quick release adapters together. I’m using the Podium Hub, along with the Fanatec QR2. These need to be bolted together as per the instructions, which is a simple process of lining the two bolt patterns together, ensuring that the QR2 is the right way around. Then securing them together using the supplied bolts.
2. With the QR2 installed, you can attach the Podium Hub directly to the MOZA base adapter that is included with the Universal Hub kit, this time with the included bolts in the MOZA Universal Hub. Ensure the bolts are tight to avoid any flex or weak points. Once together, this will provide you with a single unit which has a MOZA quick release on one side, and the Fanatec QR2 on the other.
3. Then you can attach this hub to your Fanatec wheel base just as you would with any Fanatec steering wheel using the QR2. The QR2 will click into place as the adapter slots onto your wheel base.
4. Then mount your MOZA steering wheel to the end of the quick release that has the MOZA QR adapter like you would when mounting a MOZA wheel to a MOZA base.
5. With all components mounted, connect the MOZA Universal Hub to your PC and the USB from the rear of your MOZA steering wheel to the Universal Hub. This forms the power and data connection between your MOZA wheel and PC. Not all MOZA steering wheels have a data port, so ensure you’re using one that does such as the KS or FSR wheels.
6. Once everything is connected, you can power everything on, and you should have a working Fanatec wheel base and a working MOZA steering wheel.

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Which MOZA wheels are compatible with Fanatec wheel bases?

Currently, there are a few MOZA steering wheels that can be used with Fanatec wheel bases. These include the MOZA FSR steering wheel, the KS wheel, the Vision GS wheel and the Lamborghini SCV12 wheel. Each of these steering wheels features a data port on the rear that can be connected directly to your PC via the Universal Hub.

Despite the wheels above being the only MOZA steering wheels which will fully function when mounted to a Fanatec wheel base, you can physically mount any MOZA steering wheel using the wheel base adapter.

However, without the port on the rear of the steering wheel, electronic functionality will be limited.

The addition of the wheel base adapter and Universal Hub to MOZA’s product range does lead us to believe future steering wheels will also include the USB port at the rear.

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