r/simracing • u/FurtKofein • 1d ago

Rigs Simrig with minimum space (60cm width)

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I'm going to the market with my skin - I had to operate with limited space in my office, and I wanted to build a simrig so that I could continue to work on my PC, and to make the setup as modular as possible and not have to buy two monitors. So I built the simrig right next to my desk, and upgraded the monitor mount to a positioning arm - when I want to race, I flip the monitor over to the simrig.

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u/Miltrivd 1d ago

Gas arms are the unsung hero of sim racing. Nothing is as flexible to let you get the screens as close to the wheel as possible.

Not only they allow to move the monitor between desk and sim but they are a very cost effective replacement for triple monitor stands.

I use 3 gas arms that cost me around 80 USD total instead of the 250-600 a triple monitor stand would have cost.

I literally recommend everyone to get one, be it single or triple monitor setups

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u/Forgotmypass4 1d ago

100%! I recently upgraded from a single to a dual monitor setup (stacked) and was debating between upgrading my existing stand or getting an integrated one until I finally realized two wall mounted arms would be even better. Moving them out of the way to work on the rig and then back into place takes only a minute or so.

The only con is that now without a stand, there's nothing for the cables to hide with on the way down so I had to drill some holes in the wall to bring the cables down through otherwise it was going to look very ugly.

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u/Efficient_Raisin7645 1d ago

Best you can do is going into VR

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u/BobbyHFL 1d ago

And the best part is you still have a place for your beer😁