FSR2 Review

 Moza is on a roll right now, after the release of the Lamborghini and Porsche wheels as well as the vision GS wheel that I swear I saw somewhere else, they have launched this: the refresh of the FSR, the FSR2. 

Disclosure, Moza has sent the wheel for review, I have an affiliate link with them if you want to help the channel out. They dont get to see this video and I say what I want.

Also, there are reports of credit card information being stolen at Mozas website. I have asked Moza about this and they ssaid they are investigating. If you are interested in getting a FSR2 wheel or any other Moza equipment, Id suggest youd get it via a distributor or at the very least, if you must get it via Moza, use paypal or a singleuse credit card. 

Moza with FSR2 wanted to update some of the features out of the old model, but keeping almost everything pretty much the same. A 280mm sized formula wheel with plenty of buttons and a screen. With this iteration they added a couple of extra paddles at the back, they updated the screen to have touch capability, added flag lights and also, updated the funky switches to be 7 way, which to bbe honest is a feature every wheel should have from the get go and I truly appreciate it. The rest somewhat carries over from the FSR. Aluminum sheel with carbon front, 10 led buttons, 5 12 position plastic rotaries, rev lights, flag lights,  all leds adjustable via software, NOT ALCANTARA handles thank you very much . Inside theres also a set of stickers to customise the wheel to your pleasure. The wheel has a 4.3 inch screen with a 

 And this at a price of 699 dollars or euros or 649 pounds. 

The FSR2 is also compatible with the Moza hub, which means you can run it non natively, using the provided RJ cable. This hub which is around 35 pounds and comes with a 6x70 male quick release adapter. Most quick releases should offer that pattern, and in the case of fanatec, you will need some sort of conversion plate. For this test I have used exclusively this solution. 

We have here something in theory could be a wheel that anyone looking for something more advanced, with plenty of features and a reasonable ish price, for what is of course. However, theres a huge elephant in the room that ill be talking about just in a bit. While you are there, dont forget to press like and subscribe.

The build quality is really good, no rattles, everything is well assembled. 280mm tends to be too small for my hands, this wheel actually manipulates well for the size, everything relevant is reachable. The clicks are nice, though id still prefer a stiffer shifter, but thats just preference. Ergonomics are excellent I think. The only downside i have found is that the thumb rotaries should have different indentations, as depending on the size of your thumb, the force necessary to activate it is too damn high and the thumb may slip. The buttons are long press but well stabilised. Nice resistance at the top and a classic sound at the bottom. some may prefer the ks type buttons and I can understand why. That wheel also has brighter buttons. 

Now, on the software, I think this is the biggest issue with the wheel. It really needs pit house to be used. Depending of your expectations this can be a deal breaker, not because pithouse with its features is bad, by all means it is not. Its that the flexibility of the simhub is really high, especially with the likes of a dashboard. At first use, anyways, please calibrate all paddles, otherwise you may see these buttons not being recognised. 

The software allows customisation of LEDs and comes with a few dashboards. You can also create your own or import some, though I havent found any online for the FSR or other wheel dashboards Moza has. 

Ok, using this wheel is as would expect. Ive used a GSV1 extensively a few years ago, as well tested the KS, which I didnt particularly like because of the ergonomics, but see a lot of value in it. The FSR feels like a smaller GS with the same overall great ergonomic characteristics. The handles feel great even at higher torque, but they are on the slimmer side. The paddles are well positioned with decent wight so they dont feel uncofrtable  at all. The wheel feels solid and most of the copntrols are well reachable, so the the top 8 buttons, 2 thumb encoders and funky switches. The rotaries are just a bit out of reach especially the 3 center ones. The two center buttons need some juggling. 

That means the vast majority of controls are just there, very well designed ergonomics. 

The LEDS could be brighter all of them, but arent necessarily weak. They produce good colors, though the button leds are on the morte muted side, and they have been since the GSv1much due to the type of button caps used. The KS has much brighter buttons. I also need to note one extra thing which is the rigidity of the system. I tested this exclusively with the Clubsport dd plus, which means in essence two quick releases. The Moza QR is like a brick, Fanatics QR2 is like a brick and the elongated steering shaft was super rigid, with no flex detected. Even with the extra added weight, the smaller diameter of the FSR2 made up for no relevant loss of forcefeedback.

Now for the screen which is a big thing. Its super responsive, with great refresh rate. Even the touch screen is incredibly snappy going through the different screens. Moza says they have some sort of quad core processor for this, whatever it is, it is well paired to the hardware. 

Which leads me to the next point. For me the biggest issue is, I dont like the the exclusivity with the Moza Pit House software, because that limits me to Pit House functionality, which to be honest with all it provides, it is subpar compared to simhub. While the flags do work, the dashboards are just so meeeeeh especially when there are ones so much better out there that have custom screens, idle screens, mimic real cars dashes or do a bit of everything like lovelydash does. 

Hopefully some of these makers also export their dashes to Moza. 

Summing it all up, the FSR2 is an excellent wheel at an excellent price that is somewhat pushed back in terms of being desirable by being exclusive to pithouse.  A shame, because the quality of the build is very good at a price that is around 200pounds or euros cheaper than most wheels with the same features. But if you dont care about that at all, well, the FSR2 is well worth it even if you arent in the moza ecosystem, because the moza hub comes incredibly clutch.