Moza HMA150 Review: Is This $3,000 Motion Platform Worth It?

Before getting into the platform itself, a necessary disclosure. Moza provided the HMA150 at no cost for review. Moza is also a paid sponsor of the channel, but the company had no input on this article and did not see it before publication. As always, all thoughts and opinions here are entirely my own.

The Moza HMA150 is the company’s biggest sim racing release yet, and one of the products I have tested most thoroughly. I have used it for several months, taken it to multiple events, brought it to Sim Racing Expo Charlotte, and had hundreds of people drive this exact unit. I have also broken it, fixed it, and learned what it is like to own over time.

At $3,000, it remains expensive, though it is surprisingly competitive beside many other four-actuator systems. The hardware is fast, the installation is cleaner than most, and once properly tuned, it adds a physical layer to the simulator that is difficult to replicate any other way. There are important caveats.

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What Comes in the Box

The HMA150 includes four actuators, the cups they sit in, mounting brackets for aluminum profile cockpits, the necessary cables, a large power supply, and a small plastic USB hub. A major advantage is the lack of a bulky external control box, as Moza integrated that hardware into the actuators.

That makes the finished installation much cleaner. Each actuator still has two cables coming out of it, and those need to be routed carefully. If they are left in the wrong position, they can be pinched when the system powers down and lowers the rig. I learned that one the hard way.

Reliability Has Been Mostly Good, With One Major Failure

After several dozen hours, my system completely failed. I started receiving motor error messages, and the platform refused to initialize. The issue came from a cable inside the rear-left actuator that had been pinched during production when the top cap was installed. After extended use, the cable eventually broke.

Moza was helpful and the repair was simple. Following their instructions, I removed the damaged section, soldered the wire back together, and had the platform working again in around 20 minutes. Still, nobody should have to do that on a premium motion system. If this becomes a common issue, it would be a serious long-term concern.

Apart from that failure, the HMA150 has been…