How the Moza Truck Wheel Experience Delivers the Goods, Best Prices, and More!

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Not to sound like Forrest Gump contemplating shoes, but I've owned lots of wheels and pedals. I bet if I think about it real hard I can remember my first pair. (Mad Catz said they'd take me anywhere on PS One, despite being held together by rubberbands and hope.) Though I've gotten behind dozens of these peripherals over the decades, I'm only just now ticking off a longheld desire today—wrapping my mitts around a "big mutha trucker" setup.

You may have seen that I've recently heaped well-deserved praise on the Moza R12 Direct Drive Wheelbase in its ideal F1 / GT3 layout, secured to a dedicated cockpit. This time around, I'm going to radically transform that setup to suit a big rig config as mounted on a desk with a beefy Moza HGP Shifter.

During the rebuild process, I'll have Johnny Cash's Convoy playing on repeat, too.

Before I do dive into the hardware appraisals—and also give you the big 10-4 on all of the clamps and mounts required—we should really talk cost of setup. Simulating the semi-truck / bus / large farming implement of your dreams is not an inexpensive pursuit. Below are Moza's hardware prices at the time of writing. You can skip that eye-watering window shopping by clicking here to jump to my continued thoughts.

We should probably start with the lynchpin of this whole setup, the wheel base that I've covered extensively here. Long story short, the Moza R12 is the business—worth every penny of its considerable asking price. It's a solidly built nerve-centre that will serve as your hub for Moza’s highly interchangeable wheel / pedals / shifter ecosystem.

Boasting an aviation-grade aluminum alloy housing with sexy laser-etched accents, this bad boy delivers 12nm of force feedback, which, frankly, is overkill if you're only looking to play the more sedate, highway-haul truck sims (I'd aim lower for Moza's R9 if that's your jam). However, the R12 is a blast if your use case is replicating those absurd BHPs and bunghole-puckering torque of a race-prepared