What it is
The MOZA R5 Bundle is the brand’s cheapest direct drive package and one of the only complete entry bundles on the market at $399 / £315 - wheelbase, steering wheel, pedals and table clamp in one box. Five point five Newton-metres of peak torque from a NexGen 4.0 FFB motor, a 15-bit magnetic encoder, the standard MOZA QR that runs across the entire R-range, and Pit House as the tuning layer on PC. There is no PlayStation or Xbox route; the R5 is PC only.
The bundle composition is what makes the R5 interesting. Most direct drive rivals at the entry tier ship as base-only. Spend $399 / £315 on a Fanatec CSL DD 5 and you still need to source a rim and pedals separately. Spend the same money on an R5 Bundle and you have everything you need to start racing sims out of the box: the R5 base, the ES 11-inch microfiber-leather wheel with 22 buttons, and the SR-P Lite two-pedal kit with hall sensor brake and throttle. The table clamp ships in the box too, so you do not need a rig on day one either.
The trick to understanding where the R5 sits in the line: it is the entry rung of an upgrade ladder that stretches to the R25 Ultra at the flagship end. Every rim you buy on top of the R5, every pedal you upgrade to, every dash and shifter and handbrake, all of it bolts straight onto an R9 V3 or R12 V2 later. The R5 is the cleanest start to a sim racing setup you will not have to throw away when you upgrade.
Who it’s for
You are the right buyer if you race PC and you are stepping up from a Logitech G29, a Thrustmaster T300, or any belt or gear drive base. The jump from belt drive to direct drive is the single largest feel upgrade in sim racing, bigger than any rim or pedal swap. The R5’s 5.5 Nm of peak torque is comfortably above what a belt drive can produce, and the difference shows up on the first lap.
You are the right buyer if your budget is the constraint and you want the complete bundle rather than the cheapest possible base. At $399 / £315 the R5 Bundle is one of the only entry-tier direct drive setups that ships with everything you need to start racing without buying additional kit on day one.
You are the right buyer if you plan to grow into the wider Moza catalogue. The upgrade path above the R5 is the most coherent in sim racing right now, and every piece you buy on top of an R5 carries straight across to a Moza R9 V3, R12 V2, R16 V2, R21, R21 Ultra or R25 Ultra without changing anything else.
You are the wrong buyer if you race on a console. Moza has no PlayStation or Xbox license at any tier. Buy a Fanatec CSL DD 5 or CSL DD 8 for Xbox via a licensed rim, or a Fanatec GT DD Pro 8 for PS5.
You are also the wrong buyer if you race serious formula, LMP or hypercar content. The 5.5 Nm peak clips on a GT3 kerb hit at full pace, and anything heavier than that simply will not stay inside the FFB envelope. If your usual diet is the heavier end of the grid, save up for an R9 V3 or step straight to an R12 V2.
In use
The first lap on a direct drive base after years on belt drive is the moment people remember. Even at 5.5 Nm of peak torque the resolution and the speed of direct drive arrive cleanly - tyre slip lands through your hands, kerb texture is crisp, the moment a front wheel lifts on a turn-in becomes a thing you feel rather than read on screen. The R5’s motor signal is settled at low forces and the off-centre detail is noticeably above what a Logitech G29 or T300 can produce. None of it is a Simucube SC2 Pro, but it is a direct drive experience that costs roughly a tenth of one.
The 5.5 Nm ceiling shows up where you would expect. In a road car or a touring car the headroom is fine, the base sits comfortably inside its envelope, and the FFB stays honest through the long-arc corners. Push it hard in a GT3 around Spa with full in-game force and the kerb strikes at Eau Rouge will clip the peaks consistently - you will feel a brief flattening rather than a sharp impact through the wheel. The fix is to back the in-game force off so the peaks fit inside 5.5 Nm; once you do that the base behaves itself in any road car or GT3.
Pit House does the tuning. It is not Simucube True Drive but it is the same software that runs across the entire Moza R-range, and the per-title preset library covers iRacing, ACC, Le Mans Ultimate, EA WRC and every other major sim with a usable starting point. The macro FFB controls (FFB Intensity, Max Output Torque, Road Sensitivity, Mechanical Friction and Damper, Speed-Dependent Damping, FFB EQ) cover what most drivers actually want, and the iRacing per-base starting points published on our iRacing FFB settings guide get you to a workable baseline inside fifteen minutes.
The ES wheel and SR-P Lite pedals are the rest of the experience. The ES wheel is an 11-inch round microfiber-leather rim with 22 buttons and 10 LED beads - genuinely usable in GT3 and road cars, comfortable for long stints, and the LED RPM strip is a nice-to-have that you usually only get at the next price tier up. The SR-P Lite pedals are hall sensor brake and throttle on a high-strength steel frame with adjustable pedal spacing and height. They are not load cell brakes - those are the next upgrade - but they are noticeably ahead of any pedal kit in this price bracket.
What to watch out for
The 5.5 Nm ceiling is the real limit. Be honest about what you race. If your usual diet is road cars and GT3 at sensible in-game force, the R5 is plenty. If you race heavy LMP, formula or hypercar content at full FFB stiffness, the R5 will clip on the loaded steering moments where you actually want detail. Plan an upgrade to the R9 V3 or R12 V2 inside the first eighteen months if that is your diet.
No console story. Moza has no PlayStation or Xbox license at any tier and is unlikely to ever get one. If anyone in your household wants Gran Turismo 7 or Forza on this base, the answer is no, and there is no firmware path that will change that.
The SR-P Lite pedals are the next upgrade. Hall sensor brake and throttle work fine for road cars and GT3 at the entry level, but the moment you want consistency under heavy braking in iRacing endurance work or wheel-to-wheel ACC racing, a load cell brake is the single largest per-lap improvement you can make. Budget around $200-300 / £160-240 for a Moza CRP2 or Heusinkveld Sprint pedal set inside the first year of ownership.
The bundled ES rim is fine, not exceptional. It does the job. The buttons are reachable, the LED RPM strip is useful, and the round microfiber-leather feel is comfortable for long stints. It is also the part of the bundle that benefits most from a future upgrade once your budget allows - moving to a Moza FSR Formula rim, an ES F1-style rim or a Cube Controls third-party rim transforms the racing experience without changing the base itself.
Where it sits in 2026
The R5 launched into a more crowded entry tier than the original Moza R range, and the comparison set is clearer than it was a year ago.
Against the Fanatec CSL DD 5 at around $349 / £275 (base only), the R5 Bundle at $399 / £315 includes the rim, the pedals and the table clamp. Buying the equivalent rim and pedals to match brings the CSL DD 5 to around $550 / £435 once you add a CSL Elite WRC rim and CSL Pedals. The R5 wins decisively on bundle completeness. The CSL DD 5 wins if you race Xbox (R5 is PC only) or if you already own Fanatec rims you want to keep using.
Against the Moza R3 at the very bottom of the entry tier, the R5 is the smarter buy by a wide margin - the R3’s 3.9 Nm peak is too close to the belt drive ceiling to be a real upgrade for most drivers stepping up from a G29 or T300. The R5’s extra 1.6 Nm and the substantially better-bundled pedal set are worth the price step.
Stepping up a tier, the R9 V3 at around $329 / £260 base-only ($499 / £395 with a comparable bundle) is the natural next rung. The R9 V3 brings 9 Nm of peak torque, a 21-bit encoder, the NexGen 4.0 force feedback algorithm at its full implementation, and noticeably better thermal headroom on long iRacing stints. If your budget can stretch from $399 to around $499 / £395 for the bundle equivalent, the R9 V3 is the longer-term spend - you will not feel the urge to upgrade as quickly.
Verdict
If you race PC, your budget caps at $400 / £315, and you want a complete direct drive bundle rather than a wheelbase alone, the R5 is the right buy. There is nothing else in the entry tier that combines the bundle completeness with the upgrade ladder above.
If you can stretch to roughly $499 / £395, look hard at the R9 V3 bundle equivalent. The extra 3.5 Nm of torque and the 21-bit encoder are real, and the R9 V3 is the rung most reviewers in the corpus recommend as the long-term entry point if budget allows.
If you race on a console, the R5 is not your base. Buy a Fanatec CSL DD 5 for Xbox via a licensed rim or a Fanatec GT DD Pro 8 for PS5.
If you race serious formula, LMP or hypercar content at full FFB stiffness, the 5.5 Nm ceiling will frustrate you on the kerbs and the loaded steering moments. Step straight to the R12 V2 at around $429 / £339 instead. The extra 6.5 Nm is the difference between a base that clips and a base that does not.