Had this wheel for a month now with the new r16 base. I think the wheel is absolutely perfect. Built like a tank, but not too heavy to lose detail in ffb. The ergonomics are perfect, the grip material seems to be very strong, the thumb rotaries are just the right stiffnes. Big thumbs up from me
I really think that you should look through the manual that's included in the box and the additional things that come in the box before making a review video and talking at length about the noise of the shifters. They include noise dampeners that are optional that you can install on the shifter pedals. There's even a video on their official RU-vid channel showing how to place them. It significantly reduces the clicking noise.
Of course, there is, I tried the dampening kit (not mentioned in the video) but found a little decrease in noise. Unfortunately, the rubber pads are not thick enough and do not significantly reduce noise. Pads should be thicker to make serious noise reduction.
@@johnsyeats2044 they are just little felt pads with sticky tape. So anything that's like that you can use. Or you could just contact Moza and they'll send you out one.
I could be wrong, but I think the front is a 5mm plate of forged carbon fiber that goes throughout (even underneath the leather grips) but the back behind that 5mm plate is plastic with a carbon fiber finish to it (AKA they make it look like the back is also carbon fiber, when it isnt) Even if that's true (which I could be wrong) that's still better than the original (non V2 wheel) where the back was just painted solid black so it was obviously plastic to anyone that saw it. This is especially better for people that livestream or do videos of sim racing where their camera is facing them, because their viewers are seeing the back of the wheel, not the front.
The back is plastic, textured to look like forged carbon fibre. It's reasonably convincing at a distance but definitely plastic. The wheel does still feel very rigid and premium.
Isn't price comparison is little off as EU price includes VAT and US price doesn't 😅 $439 + 20% (vat) = $526 479€ to usd = $520 used estimated VAT. In Finland it's 24% and ex. in Germany it's 19%
Taxes are different of course. I did not mention that this also includes import and all fees related to it. Now MOZA has WH in Europe so that will be avoided. So, the difference would be $83. And of course in US taxes are much lower, so the real difference would be around $50-$60.
NOTE: The wheel includes rubber pads that can be added to the shifters. Although, I would recommend adding a thicker damping kit to the shifter pedals. Tutorial here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-knI6rqPv438.html
