Monitor Stands and Mounts for Sim Racing – Buyer’s Guide

Featured image: my cockpit with its three LG 32GP850-B screens, all hung on the rig itself.

In 2023 I moved back from my Samsung G9 (which now makes an excellent work PC monitor!) to triple monitors – three LG UltraGear 32GP850-Bs, to be precise. I wanted a bit more screen real estate and immersion. The LGs went straight onto the rig, on Sim-Lab’s Vario VESA mounts. For absolutely ages before that, we’d been mounting monitors on nothing more than a thick, powder-coated aluminium bracket, and the total lack of adjustability and general messing around with alignment is what put me off triples in the first place.

Today we’re looking at freestanding stands and the mounts that bolt to the rig, for a single screen or triples, along with VESA, weight and how I line my screens up. If your cockpit is built from aluminium profile, I’d mount on the rig. If it isn’t, a freestanding stand is the way to go. For triples, start with the table below.

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Freestanding or rig-mounted: which do you need?

A freestanding stand sits on the floor in front of the cockpit and isn’t bolted to it. The forces from your wheelbase have no direct path into the screens, which is why Trak Racer lists “no cockpit vibration transfer to displays” for its freestanding triples. A rig-mounted mount bolts to the cockpit’s profile uprights instead, so the screens become part of the rig. Mine are set up like that, with the three LGs hanging on arms bolted to the cockpit. The cockpit sits on castors, so when I move the rig, the screens come with it.

Freestanding stands take up a fair amount of floor. Fanatec’s GT stand is 1220mm wide built as a single and 2230mm wide with the triple kit, and Boundless Racing puts a freestanding triple at about 5ft wide for 32-inch screens, 8ft for 45s and 10ft for 55s. Mounting on the rig adds no footprint, but you need aluminium profile to bolt to. That rules out tube-frame and folding cockpits, unless the cockpit’s own maker sells a mount for it. Vibration is harder to call, because Trak Racer argues it both ways. Its cockpit-mounted pages say rigid mounting “reduces flex and vibration” and suits motion rigs. Yet it sells its freestanding stands on keeping the cockpit’s vibration away from the screens. Both are claims, and Trak Racer doesn’t publish a measurement of the shake for either one.

To me it comes down to the cockpit, and on aluminium profile I’d mount the screens on the rig, mainly because nothing extra has to stand on the floor. Alesha Sim Racing sees it a bit differently, reckoning a built-in mount is fine for one screen but triples want a separate stand, which “costs like another monitor”.

Rig-mounted monitor mounts

Most of these mounts bolt to aluminium profile (8020), the slotted extrusion my own cockpit is built from. Profile usually comes in 40×40 or 80×40, measured in millimetres. A T-slot is the channel along each face that the T-nuts slide into. The size of the profile and its slot decides what will bolt on, so check yours against what each mount below says it fits. If your cockpit isn’t built from profile, our cockpits guide is the place to start.

Trak Racer cockpit-mounted triple and single

Trak Racer’s Cockpit-Mounted Triple Monitor Stand bolts straight to an aluminium-profile rig and takes three monitors up to 45 inches. It accepts VESA from 75×75 up to 400×400. The height, the depth, the monitor angle and the angle of the side screens all adjust, which of course is what lets you bring the sides round to suit where you sit. It fits Trak Racer’s TR40S, TR80S, TR120, TR160 and TRA “and similar rigs”, as well as other brands’ extrusion rigs. A quad upgrade is available too, if you ever want a fourth screen.

The single version, the Lite, is a 580mm-wide bar of 40×40 aluminium that mounts in the centre of the rig. It takes one monitor or TV up to 60 inches on VESA 75 to 400mm, with height, depth and tilt adjustment. Trak Racer is clear that it can’t be upgraded to a triple, because that 580mm profile is too short, so if triples are anywhere in your plans, buy the triple version from the start. It will take an overhead second screen, though, and it has a 5-year warranty.

Sim-Lab Integrated Vario mounts

Sim-Lab’s Integrated Vario Monitor Mount is built for the P1X family and fits other brands’ 80/20 cockpits too. As a single it takes up to a 43-inch 16:9 or 21:9 screen, or a 49-inch 32:9. As a triple it takes screens up to 32 inches each. VESA is 75 or 100, with 200×200 and 200×300 on an optional plate. Slots let you slide the whole setup closer to you or further away, which sets the distance your FOV (field of view) is worked out from. It comes with a 3-year warranty. At the time of writing (5 October 2026), every version was sold out on Sim-Lab’s site.

The Vario VESA plates come in the box, and they’re the same alignment system I hung my LGs on in 2023. For the GT1 Evo, GT1 Pro and P1X Pro there’s the GT1 Integrated Vario, on 40×40 profile, and that one was in stock at the time of writing. Its single takes a 49-inch ultrawide and its triple suits 27-inch monitors, with Sim-Lab’s XERO-PLAY pivot adapters in the triple packs for a “sag-free” joint at the side arms.

Sim-Lab discount code: use SIMRACINGCOCKPIT at checkout for 5% off at sim-lab.eu.

RacingCockpits PRO Series triple

RacingCockpits’ PRO Series Triple Monitor Mount is designed to pair with the RCP Cockpit PRO, so it’s mainly one for owners of that rig. It takes monitors up to 36 inches, or 34 inches if they’re curved, on VESA 75 or 100. Adjustment runs on five axes (arm angle, forward and back, height, rotation and tilt). The pivot plates have an angle meter built in, which means you can read the side-screen angle straight off the plate. Our FOV calculator gives you the angle to aim for. It’s built from aluminium extrusion and carries a 2-year warranty.

RacingCockpits discount code: use SRC15OFF at checkout for 15% off at racingcockpits.com.

Trak Racer add-on triple arms

If your rig already has a single-screen crossbar, Trak Racer’s add-on triple arms are how you turn it into triples without buying a whole new mount. Check the crossbar first, because the arms are designed to mount onto a horizontal 80mm x 40mm extrusion with an 8mm T-slot. There are two lengths, 580mm for screens up to 45 inches and 980mm for up to 55, both in 80×40 aluminium with up to 90 degrees of swivel. VESA 75 and 100 are standard. Thankfully, the extension bracket for bigger patterns up to 400×400 comes in the box, so a TV’s VESA is covered as well.

Freestanding triple monitor stands

A freestanding triple stand is for anyone whose cockpit isn’t built from profile, or who’d rather the wheelbase’s forces stayed away from the screens. It stands on its own legs, so measure the floor before you order. Sim-Lab and Fanatec both sell single-screen versions too, and you’ll find those alongside their triples further down.

Trak Racer freestanding triples

Trak Racer’s steel Freestanding Triple comes in two versions by screen size, one for 22 to 32 inches and one for 32 to 45, so a set of 32s like mine could go on either. It’s a 2-inch steel tube frame with VESA 75 and 100 and an adjustable width, and it fits Trak Racer’s tube and extrusion frames as well as other brands’ rigs. An optional overhead mount turns it into a quad. Trak Racer doesn’t publish a weight capacity for it.

The Freestanding Triple with Extra Leg Supports is the big-screen version, for monitors or TVs up to 55 inches, in 80mm x 40mm aluminium profile with VESA 75 to 400 and side screens that swivel up to 90 degrees. Trak Racer quotes “up to 170kg” without saying whether that’s per screen or in total. The extra legs are there “for enhanced rigidity and load distribution”, according to its catalogue. Boundless Racing says triple mounts built from 40mm extrusion can sag even with 32s and recommends 80mm profile. With a 55-inch screen on each side arm, I wouldn’t go any lighter than this stand’s 80×40.

Sim-Lab Freestanding Vario

Sim-Lab’s Freestanding Vario Monitor Mount is sold as a single, a triple, or an upgrade kit from single to triple, so you can start with one screen and add two later. Sim-Lab says the single will take a screen of any size, while the triple goes up to 43-inch 16:9, on VESA 75 or 100 (200×200 or 200×300 with an optional plate). The side arms join the centre on built-in “sag-free” pivot adapters, which let you change the angle of the side screens. At each screen, the Vario VESA plates take care of the fine adjustment for lining up the bezels. It’s made for Sim-Lab’s GT1 Evo and Pro and the P1X, Pro and Ultimate, and it has a 3-year warranty. You’ll find it in the Sim-Lab table above.

Advanced SimRacing freestanding triples

Advanced SimRacing designs its own Freestanding Triple Monitor Stand and ships it from Montreal. The standard version is for screens up to 32 inches, built from 3-inch by 1.5-inch aluminium beams with steel brackets. It stands 40 inches tall at its highest point. The centre beam is 40 inches wide and the two outside beams are 24, so it’s easy to check the fit against your screens and your room. VESA 100 and 75 are standard, and you can adjust the height and the angle. An optional “Advanced VESA” micro-adjustment adapter does the same sort of job as the Vario plates. If your screens are bigger, ASR makes a 43-inch version, plus two TV stands, one for 50-inch TVs or 45-inch ultrawides and one for 65-inch TVs. The 32-inch stand comes with a lifetime replacement warranty.

Fanatec GT and CSL monitor stands

Fanatec’s GT Cockpit Monitor Stand is freestanding, built for the ClubSport GT Cockpit from 50mm steel tube. As a single it takes screens from 32 to 65 inches, up to 34kg, on VESA 100×100 to 400×400. That’s enough for a pretty big TV. An overhead mount for an ultrawide of up to 34 inches is included as well. It has T-channel rails, cable management and holders for power bricks, which is handy if your screens run external power supplies like my LGs do. Add the Triple Monitor Expansion Kit and it carries three screens of 32 to 55 inches at up to 18kg each, on angled outer arms with fine bezel adjustment (Fanatec’s quick guide says up to 11mm side to side).

The CSL Cockpit Monitor Stand is freestanding and holds one screen, and Fanatec doesn’t list a triple kit for it. It takes screens up to 60 inches, including a 57-inch ultrawide, on VESA 100×100, 200×100 or 200×200, and you don’t need the CSL Cockpit to use it. If you do own the CSL Cockpit, the CSL Cockpit Monitor Holder bolts straight onto it instead and saves you the floor space. It has height and lateral adjustment, plus support rods for bigger screens.

Fanatec discount code: use SIMRACINGCOCKPIT5 at checkout for 5% off at fanatec.com.

VESA patterns, weight and screen size

VESA is the four-hole mounting pattern on the back of a screen, measured in millimetres. 100×100 means the holes are 100mm apart. Every mount in the table near the end takes 100×100. All of them take 75×75 too, apart from Fanatec’s two stands. Bigger TVs use 200 to 400, and fewer stands go that far. Trak Racer’s cockpit-mounted triple, its Lite single, its 55-inch freestanding stand and its add-on arms all reach 400×400 (the arms with their extension bracket). Fanatec’s GT goes that far as well, but the CSL stand stops at 200×200. Sim-Lab’s Freestanding Vario and the Integrated Vario for the P1X take 200×200 and 200×300 only with an optional plate, and Sim-Lab doesn’t list that plate for the GT1 Integrated Vario.

With my LGs it’s pretty straightforward, as each 32GP850-B is VESA 100×100 and weighs 4.8kg without its stand, which makes about 14.4kg of screen for all three.

Weight is harder to check, because hardly anyone publishes a limit. Fanatec’s figures are the clearest, with 34kg for a single screen on the GT stand and 18kg per screen as a triple. Trak Racer’s 55-inch stand says up to 170kg. Apart from those, none of the mounts here publish a figure. If you’re hanging big TVs, ask the maker before you buy. For curved screens, Fanatec recommends a 1000R screen of 34 inches at most on its triple kit, and RacingCockpits caps curved monitors at 34 inches.

How do you line up triple screens?

Getting the alignment right on the monitor stand is problematic at first. The Vario VESA mounts go some way to solving this, giving you fine adjustments to perfectly align the bezels. Sim-Lab’s Vario VESA Adapter Kit gives you 32mm of vertical adjustment, 10mm either way horizontally and 5 degrees of rotation in both planes, all set with an Allen key, and it fits 40mm and 1.5-inch profile triple stands. Trak Racer’s Variable Adjustment VESA Adapter Kit has the same ranges and needs no tools, and it fits 40×40 and 40×80 extrusion and Trak Racer’s tube stands.

Start by putting the centre screen in the middle of the crossbar, then use a spirit level to get it level and upright to the floor. Leave the bolts on the side screens’ brackets loose, so each side screen can slide along the profile. Level each side screen and make it flush with the centre one, with no step between them. Lay the spirit level across both screens to check. Then slide the side screen in until the gap closes.

Now open the sim, set the horizon to eye level and make the last small tweaks with the Vario set screws. A set screw is a long grub screw, and a quarter of a turn is about as much as you’ll need. Don’t worry if the Allen key looks hard to reach behind the screen; it’s just about possible. The full step-by-step, with photos, is in my Vario VESA mounts how-to.

The Simpit put it well in its look at Trak Racer’s adjustable mounts, saying that on cheap mounts you could “bump a monitor and all three move”, while with the adjusters fitted “the only distance between pixels is the literal plastic of the bezels”. It’s a job you’ll come back to, adjusters or not (the never-ending commitment you make to triples – alignment!).

Monitor height, distance and side-screen angle

Measure from your eyes to the centre screen first, because that distance is what the FOV calculation runs on. On my rig it’s about 90cm. Our FOV calculator takes the screen size, that distance and the aspect ratio, and set to triple screens it gives you the side-screen angle too. No maker publishes a recommended side angle.

Alesha Sim Racing has a simple check for the side screens, which is to turn your head 90 degrees and make sure you can still see one. The common mistake is a shallow, windscreen-style layout. For height, go by the horizon you set at eye level in the sim. If you’re still choosing a screen size, 1080p vs 1440p for triples covers 27 against 32 inches, and for the in-sim side, have a look at setting up triple monitors in iRacing.

I really hate managing cables. Triples mean 3 power cables and 3 DisplayPort cables, and my LGs each have a separate power brick, so that’s three mains cables, three PSUs and three low-voltage leads to tidy. A lot of cables! Obviously, this doesn’t affect your pace, but it’s a problem to solve.

Which monitor mount should you buy?

On a profile cockpit, Trak Racer’s cockpit-mounted triple is where I’d look first. Sim-Lab GT1 Evo, GT1 Pro and P1X Pro owners have the GT1 Integrated Vario, which comes with the Vario plates in the box, though as a triple it works best with 27-inch monitors. It was in stock on 5 October 2026, when Sim-Lab’s Integrated Vario Monitor Mount was sold out. And if your rig already has an 80×40 crossbar, Trak Racer’s add-on arms will turn it into triples.

Mount	Type	Screens	Max screen	VESA	Weight limit	Fits	Buy
Trak Racer Cockpit-Mounted Triple Monitor Stand	Rig-mounted	3	45in	75 to 400	Not published	Aluminium profile rigs	Check price
Trak Racer Cockpit-Mounted Single Monitor Stand (Lite)	Rig-mounted	1	60in	75 to 400	Not published	Aluminium profile rigs	Check price
Sim-Lab Integrated Vario Monitor Mount	Rig-mounted	1 or 3	43in single (49in 32:9), 32in triple	75/100	Not published	P1X family, other 80/20 rigs	Check price
Sim-Lab GT1 Integrated Vario Monitor Mount	Rig-mounted	1 or 3	49in ultrawide single; triple best with 27in	75/100	Not published	GT1 Evo, GT1 Pro, P1X Pro	Check price
RacingCockpits PRO Series Triple Monitor Mount	Rig-mounted	3	36in (34in curved)	75/100	Not published	RCP Cockpit PRO	Check price
Trak Racer Freestanding Triple Monitor Stand	Freestanding	3	22-32in or 32-45in	75/100	Not published	Most rigs (freestanding)	Check price
Trak Racer Freestanding Triple Monitor Stand with Extra Leg Supports	Freestanding	3	55in	75 to 400	Up to 170kg (Trak Racer doesn’t say per screen or total)	Most rigs (freestanding)	Check price
Sim-Lab Freestanding Vario Monitor Mount	Freestanding	1 or 3	Any size single, 43in triple	75/100	Not published	Sim-Lab GT1 and P1X cockpits	Check price
Advanced SimRacing Freestanding Triple Monitor Stand (up to 32 inch)	Freestanding	3	32in	75/100	Not published	Most rigs (freestanding)	Check price
Fanatec GT Cockpit Monitor Stand	Freestanding	1 (3 with kit)	65in single, 55in triple	100 to 400	34kg single, 18kg per screen triple	ClubSport GT Cockpit	Check price
Fanatec CSL Cockpit Monitor Stand	Freestanding	1	60in (57in ultrawide)	100×100, 200×100, 200×200	Not published	Most rigs (freestanding)	Check price

For a cockpit without profile, Trak Racer’s steel freestanding stand does the job with 32-inch triples. Big screens or TVs want its 55-inch aluminium version or one of Advanced SimRacing’s TV stands. If you already own Fanatec’s ClubSport GT Cockpit, the GT stand and its expansion kit are built for it. Sim-Lab’s mounts come with the Vario plates, and Fanatec’s triple kit has fine bezel adjustment built in. For the other mounts, budget for alignment adjusters as well. For the screens themselves, head to the gaming monitors guide.

My three LGs on the rig today are a long way from that thick, powder-coated bracket. Enjoy the extra screen real estate, and keep the spirit level handy.

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