MOZA Racing has joined the Gran Turismo World Series as an official partner, giving the sim racing hardware manufacturer a prominent marketing platform as it prepares to launch its first officially licensed PlayStation products.
MOZA branding will appear in the championship’s official broadcast beginning with the second round of the 2026 season in Tokyo on Aug. 15. Financial terms and the duration of the agreement were not disclosed.
The partnership begins during an ongoing GTWS season rather than between campaigns. The opening round took place in Milan on May 23, with further events scheduled for Tokyo, Singapore, and the World Finals in Tokyo in December.
MOZA is part of Shenzhen-based Gudsen Technology, a business originally built around professional camera-stabilization equipment. Gudsen later applied its experience with electric motors, motion control, and stabilization systems to sim racing, introducing MOZA-branded direct-drive hardware in 2021. The company has since expanded into wheelbases, steering wheels, pedals, shifters, dashboards, and flight-simulation equipment.
Gran Turismo producer Kazunori Yamauchi referenced that history in the announcement, saying he first became familiar with MOZA through its camera gimbals. He said the companies would explore the development of a steering wheel “that is optimal in the eyes of ‘Gran Turismo.’”
MOZA currently does not offer a wheelbase officially supported on PlayStation, and the company is not included in Gran Turismo 7’s current list of supported steering-wheel manufacturers. MOZA said its planned PlayStation products remain under development and will require final approval from Sony Interactive Entertainment. No release date, specifications or pricing were announced.
The announcement also does not state that MOZA hardware will be installed on GTWS competition rigs. Fanatec said ahead of the May season opener that it continued as the series’ official steering-wheel partner and that the Milan competition rigs used its Gran Turismo DD Extreme equipment. MOZA and Polyphony Digital did not address that arrangement in their announcement.
The immediate partnership therefore appears focused on broadcast visibility and future consumer-product development. Whether MOZA equipment will eventually be incorporated into live GTWS competition remains undisclosed.
