Moza’s Lamborghini Revuelto Steering Wheel represents a change of tack for the Chinese hardware manufacturer.
Previously, Moza had concentrated on its own brand of affordable yet effective sim racing peripherals, including the recent KS Pro and CS Pro, alongside flagship licensed models like the Porsche Mission R.
The Porsche wheel is an outlier in terms of price, costing $1,299 / €1,399 / £1,299. The Lamborghini wheel is a more price-conscious officially branded peripheral, however, sitting at $399 / €429 / £379.
But does this more value-centric approach to OEM crossovers come at a price?
Aesthetics
The Lamborghini Revuelto is a V12-powered monster of a car, generating over 1,000 bhp from its combined petrol and electric motors. The Italian firm designed its interior to make its customers “Feel Like a Pilot”, and this transfers to its steering wheel design, featuring hexagonal elements, fighter-style switches and a sporty, flat-bottomed shape.
The Moza Revuelto wheel looks like it means business. It appears to be a quality product at first glance, featuring the famous Sant’Agata marque’s logo front and centre, plus a pair of dual carbon fibre paddles at the rear.
But look a bit closer, and you can see where cost savings have been made. The centre boss is plastic rather than leather, the carbon fibre inserts on the real wheel are again plastic, and there’s no Tricolore italiano on the bottom spoke.
This is to be expected, considering the Moza’s price, but to the average racing game fan, the Revuelto wheel looks the part. It also feels pleasant, with a rim sheathed in microfibre leather, featuring authentic red stitching. Despite all the plastic, its chassis and quick-release are made from alloy, so they feel sturdy and secure.
More concerning is the switchgear, with the wheel’s plastic backlit face buttons feeling a little flimsy compared to the Chinese firm’s usual fare. There are also two sets of directional buttons to the rear: one on the left and one on the right.
These are an unusual addition but provide an extra 10 mappable inputs, bringing the total for the wheel up to an impressive 38, including the paddles. The buttons on the rear are a neat idea, but I was wary of their tactility in the heat of a race battle. This effect is even more pronounced when wearing racing gloves.
Function
A steering wheel that looks good is fine, but not at the expense of functionality. The Revuelto doesn’t quite hit the mark in this regard for me.
The main sticking points are the four two-way rotaries. These look like they’ll operate like conventional rotaries, but can in fact only move left or right. The topmost switches are also extremely difficult to operate without taking your hand fully off the wheel, due to a relatively high pre-load in their self-centring mechanism. However, they’re also present on the road car, and do have quite a sturdy action.
The buttons within these switches work well, too, and the clutch and shifter paddles feature the usual impressive action we’ve come to expect from Moza over the years (the much chunkier carbon fibre paddles from the real car are obviously not employed here).
Perhaps my biggest bugbear with the Revuelto is its general comfort level. Holding the 330mm wheel in the normal (for racing) quarter-to-three position, my hands were quite uncomfortable, almost as if its contours were designed for much smaller hands.
This made me wonder if the wheel is targeted at younger sim racers, but this wouldn’t make sense economically. If the wheel is a 1:1 replica in terms of dimensions (and, according to Moza, the wheel was made using real CAD data), then perhaps Lamborghini has dropped the ball on its design.
Or maybe my hands are just a weird shape? It seems unlikely I’ve just discovered this after over 15 years of sim racing, however.
The button backlights are programmable in Moza’s proprietary Pit House software, but there is no screen to customise. This actually benefits the steering wheel’s balance, making it feel quite consistent when sharp changes of direction are required.
Conclusion
Although Moza’s Lamborghini Revuelto wheel is an attractive proposition featuring plenty of buttons, slick looks and a reasonable price tag for an officially licensed supercar wheel, it’s let down by its ergonomics.
I could never find a way to comfortably hold it, with the rear buttons and two-way rotary switches proving to be less-than-intuitive to operate.
The wheel itself is nicely weighted and, at 330mm wide, feels suitably ‘car-like’. But the Revuelto’s biggest problem is that Moza already offers the CS Pro with more functionality and comfort for $329 / €349 / £319.
Being flat-bottomed, the Revuelto wheel is also unsuitable for virtual drifting and rallying, reducing its practicality.
However, if you are a huge Lamborghini fan looking for a sturdy, well-priced steering wheel with striking looks, it could be a good choice. I’d advise testing one out for comfort before buying, however.
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