MOZA CS Pro Steering Wheel Review

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Below is our complete video review of the MOZA CS Pro Steering Wheel, where I discuss everything in this written review, and bring you gameplay of this Steering Wheel.

The MOZA CS Pro steering wheel has finally brought the old CS wheel design into the modern MOZA design language. The old CS wheel has needed an upgrade for a long time, and this CS Pro wheel delivers that long-awaited improvement.

However, the upgrades have left this wheel in a strange place in the ecosystem. The inclusion of a carbon-fibre composite finish, extra encoders, an integrated screen, and a data port on the rear. All mean that this wheel in my opinion now overtakes the more premium RS wheel as the best MOZA circular wheel, making that more expensive wheel kind of redundant.

Lets jump into my review to find out more about this wheel, how much it costs and whether you should consider it. As always, I want to be completely transparent and state this wheel was sent to us for this review, but does not impact our thoughts and final verdict in anyway.

What is the MOZA CS Pro and why does it make the RS wheel redundant?

So lets start by looking at exactly what this wheel offers. Its a full-sized 13 inch circular wheel, with an interchangeable rim thanks to its 6x70mm bolt pattern. The included wheel rim utilies a microfibre leather and a brushed aluminium chassis.

On the wheel itself we have eight customisable RGB backlight buttons on the front and another sneaky two on the rear. We have four front facing encoders with a really nice RGB display built in. Then there are two thumb encoders in a really nice gold finish.

There are two funky switches and four paddles as standard, with an extra two available as an addon. Then we have the in-built 2.99 inch display, which is fully customisable inside Pit House. And this is surrounded by a series of individual rev and flag lights.

All in all, this is one nicely packaged and well though out wheel. The new branding and up-to-date visual identity is a big improvement on the old CS wheel. The comparison to the RS wheel is well worth making. That RS wheel costs around $80 more than this CS Pro.

Yes, the RS wheel utilises more premium materials such as real carbon and genuine leather. However, it is now missing a lot of features that are included on the CS Pro. The screen, a larger number of nicer encoders and a data port are all absent on the RS wheel, and that makes this wheel a much more attractive option.

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Price of the MOZA CS Pro Wheel

I mentioned the CS Pro is $80 less than the RS wheel, and that brings it in at $329, €349 or £319. For a circular wheel with a built in display, you’re going to find it hard to match or beat that price. Meaning MOZA’s excellent value for money trend continues.

Product	Price
MOZA CS Pro Wheel	$329.00 €349.00 £319.00 AUD $589.00 JPY 52,900.00

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The design

Looking closer at the design, it is apparent where MOZA has managed to save some of this cost compared to the RS wheel. The forged carbon fibre faceplate and body isn’t real forged carbon like on the RS wheel. Instead, its a carbon composite, almost identical to the KS wheel or the more recent VGS wheel.

This isn’t a huge downside, as it looks great with its forged pattern and ensures the wheel remains light and sturdy. Plus its miles better than your normal run of the mill plastic. More cost saving can be found with the hand grips.

The whole wheel is wrapped in a microfiber leather, which is a step down from the genuine leather found on the RS. Plus, if you turn the wheel over, you can see seams in various places and these can be felt while racing without gloves.

There is also a fairly liberal use of plastic on the inputs with the two funky switches and the four front facing encoders feeling pretty cheap to interact with. However, I do really like the front facing encoder design. They are all backlit, with a cutout to see the number the switch is currently set to. You can even change the colour of both the unselected and selected figures which is really neat.

Improvements

Cost savings aside, there are some really cool touches that MOZA has implemented into this wheel.

Starting around the back, we have a data port, meaning this wheel can be used with any third-party wheel base. I’m rocking this wheel on my Simucube base to prove this. The standard all-aluminium quick release is as good as every, and easily mountable to a third-party hub.

But the neat features truly start with these two little hidden buttons. These are fully functional push buttons, much like those found on super premium wheels like the Asetek Invicta wheel. They are a little awkward to interact with thanks to their positioning being pretty far from my natural hand position. but I’ll take extra inputs any day of the week.

MOZA has also included modular slots for two extra paddle shifters. These bring the total up to six, again beating the RS wheel’s measly four shifters. And its worth saying these are some of the best dampened shifters MOZA has produced to date.

Moving to the front of the wheel, these two gold thumb encoders are new to MOZA circular wheels. Also, I’m pretty sure they’re both metal which is really nice to see.

Small details such as the sticker quality has also improved. The new MOZA sticker sheet included much thicker plastic, with various different labels and styles to choose from.

Display

But really, the show piece of this CS Pro steering wheel is the display. By adding this, MOZA has produced a really thorough GT-style wheel, targeting hubs like the Fanatec Podium Endurance hub.

The display runs at 2.99 inches across, and is remarkably high definition. While we still don’t have true SimHub support, MOZA has made the display incredibly customisable thanks to its own dashboard editor.

There are a few presets to choose from, most of which are pretty clean and well considered. But, you have the ability to jump into the dash editor software, and style your display however you want.

Surrounding this display are a set of really bright LED rev lights, and six flag lights. All of which can be completely customised with different colours, timing and behavior.

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Final Thoughts

Previous to the CS Pro wheel, my RS wheel has been my circular wheel of choice. I rarely use round wheels, but when I do, the RS wheel has been pretty reliable. That has definitely now changed thanks to this CS Pro.

The added functionality the built-in display offers, as well as the improvements to connectivity, compatibility and functionality, mean I won’t be recommending the current generation RS wheel to anyone again. I strongely suspect we’ll see an RS Pro wheel in the not too distant future.

However, until then, if you’re in the market for a feature-packed circular wheel for GT or road car racing, this CS Pro has to be a front runner, despite which ecosystem you’re in.

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Frequently asked questions

Pros & Cons of the MOZA CS Pro Steering Wheel

Pros

• Integrated screen is lovely
• More inputs than the CS & RS wheels
• Carbon fibre composite enhances design
• Well dampened shifter paddles
• Much improved sticker quality

Cons

• Rough edges on leather finish
• Lower front-facing encoders feel cheap
• Rear push buttons hard to reach

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