Polyphony Digital has announced MOZA Racing as one of the new official peripheral partners of the Gran Turismo World Series, effective 28 July 2026. It's a notable move, and the headline for GT7 players is this: MOZA is developing a steering wheel controller built in collaboration with Gran Turismo that will be natively supported in GT7.

For anyone who follows the sim racing hardware space, this is a big deal. MOZA has grown into one of the most respected direct drive brands out there, and now they're building a wheel specifically tuned for Gran Turismo.

Who Are MOZA Racing?

MOZA Racing was founded in 2012 by automotive engineers and simulation enthusiasts. Since then they've built out a full ecosystem of sim racing hardware, including direct drive wheel bases using flat-wire motor technology, steering wheels, their Active Pedals, motion systems, and AI-powered features.

In a fairly short space of time they've gone from a newer name to a genuine top-tier brand, and they're now one of the main alternatives to the established players in the direct drive market. Becoming an official Gran Turismo World Series partner puts them right at the heart of competitive Gran Turismo.

A Gran Turismo-Native Wheel Is Coming

The most exciting part of the announcement is the product itself. MOZA is developing a steering wheel controller in collaboration with Gran Turismo, designed to be natively supported in Gran Turismo 7.

Native support matters. GT7 is famously particular about which licensed hardware works fully with the game, so a wheel developed hand-in-hand with Polyphony should mean proper, first-class compatibility rather than the workarounds some third-party hardware needs. No specs, pricing, or release date have been shared yet, so this is a "watch this space" reveal for now.

What MOZA and Polyphony Said

MOZA's CEO and founder Chenyong Guan framed the partnership around making professional-grade sim racing more accessible while pushing performance and immersion, calling the tie-up with the World Series an exciting milestone and saying the team is honoured to contribute to the championship.

The more revealing comments came from Gran Turismo series producer Kazunori Yamauchi, who shared an interesting bit of backstory. He explained that his first experience with MOZA was actually through their camera stabilisation gimbals, and pointed out that gimbals and steering controllers rely on the same underlying technology: very precise control over electric motors. He'd been keeping an eye on MOZA's engineering ability and reliability for a while as a result, and said he's excited to develop a wheel that's optimal in the eyes of Gran Turismo.

That's a genuinely telling endorsement. Yamauchi doesn't hand out praise lightly on hardware, and the fact that he's been tracking MOZA's motor-control expertise for years says a lot about why this partnership happened.

Final Thoughts

This is one of the more interesting hardware announcements in the Gran Turismo space for a while. MOZA has earned its reputation quickly, and a wheel co-developed with Polyphony for native GT7 support is exactly the kind of product a lot of players have been waiting for.

The catch, as ever, is that there's no product to look at yet, no specs, no price, no date. So for now it's a promising partnership rather than something you can buy. But given MOZA's track record and Yamauchi's clear enthusiasm, this is one we'll be following closely.

Let us know what you'd want from a Gran Turismo-native MOZA wheel, and whether it'd tempt you away from your current setup.

MOZA Racing Becomes an Official Gran Turismo World Series Partner

MOZA Racing Becomes an Official Gran Turismo World Series Partner

Effective 28 July 2026

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