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COMPARE / SIM RACING VENUE SOFTWARE

Ten platforms, one timing sheet.

We make Multitap, so read this with that in mind. To keep it fair, every fact about another platform comes from that company's own website as we read it on October 18, 2026, and each one is listed in the sources at the bottom. Where a site doesn't say, we write "Not published" instead of guessing.

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MultitapShiftOSVenueChiefVMS V5.0Simcenter ControlLoungeControlSim-DepartmentGTLaneSimPullOmnisim

THE SHORT VERSION

Which one fits your venue?

These platforms are not all trying to do the same job. The biggest split is whether you want one system that also runs your front desk, or software that runs your sims and your drivers next to the booking and payment tools you already have.

Your front desk already works

You want the sims, leaderboards and driver marketing to run themselves

Multitap runs alongside the booking and point-of-sale tools you already use. It launches every session, keeps local and global leaderboards, emails drivers when their times are beaten, posts to your Discord and drives your TV screens, all from $35 a sim or $325 a month flat for 10 or more.

Multitap

One system for everything

You want booking, payments, waivers and the sims in one place

ShiftOS and VenueChief both take payments through Stripe, sell memberships, handle digital waivers and run self-service kiosks, and both publish their prices. VenueChief also runs karting and other venue types. SimPull lets guests book, pay and sign the waiver on their own phone, and Omnisim adds booking and payments on its Pro and Ultimate plans for a 2 to 3% cut of each payment. Both run on Assetto Corsa.

ShiftOS, VenueChief, SimPull or Omnisim

Assetto Corsa on a budget

You run Assetto Corsa and want the lowest sim-control price

Simcenter Control from Assetto Hosting starts from 10€ per simulator a month, with Assetto Corsa control, mod sync and leaderboards on the SimCenter.gg network.

Simcenter Control

Many titles, offline, long track record

You need wide sim title automation or an offline mode

VMS from Sim Racing Limited fully automates Assetto Corsa, Le Mans Ultimate and rFactor 2, gathers data from six more titles, offers an offline mode, and has been around since 2002. In Europe, Sim-Department and LoungeControl also offer offline operation.

VMS, Sim-Department or LoungeControl

WHAT IT COSTS

Monthly price by venue size

Worked out from each vendor's published pricing, before tax. Only four platforms publish enough to calculate a full monthly total, and they don't include the same things, so read the "what you get" column too.

Platform6 sims10 sims20 simsWhat you get at that price
Multitap Cloud$210$325$325Session control, leaderboards, driver emails, Discord bot, one broadcast PC$35 per sim for 1 to 9, $325 flat for 10 or more. No setup fee, month to month, 7-day trial with no card.
ShiftOS$350$450$700Operate (booking, Stripe payments, memberships, waivers, kiosk) plus Launch on every sim$200 per venue plus $25 per sim. Driver automations are the Engage add-on at $100 a month; Compete (US only) is $200 a month.
VenueChief$795$939$1,299Platform (booking, payments, memberships, waivers, kiosks) plus Sim Racing Ops on every sim$579 a month plus $36 per simulator. Campaigns are $125 a month extra; onboarding is a one-time $1,249 or $2,149.
VMS V5.0from £60from £100from £200"Launch, Leaderboards & Data Capture"Published as "from 10 GBP per pod per month" across Starter, Standard and Premium tiers. Tier prices are not published.
Simcenter Controlfrom €60from €100from €200Assetto Corsa control, mod sync, leaderboardsPublished as "From 10€ per simulator / month", tax included, billed monthly.
SimPull$600$1,000$2,000Booking, Stripe payments, phone waivers, leaderboards, Control Room$100 per rig a month, or $80 per rig paid a year up front. 14-day trial, card required. Assetto Corsa only.
GTLane6, 10 or 20 times your one-hour rig rateBooking, memberships, lounge TV, rig session control"Whatever you charge for one hour on a sim is your monthly fee per rig." No setup fee, and no bill in a month with no bookings.
OmnisimFrom €49 per sim, billed yearlySelf-serve launch, leaderboards, challenges; booking and payments from ProStarter €49 a sim for up to 4 sims, Pro €60 plus 3% of payments for up to 8, Ultimate €69 plus 2% with no limit, each shown at 4 sims billed yearly, before VAT. Prices change with the number of sims and are marked "indicative".
LoungeControl, Sim-DepartmentNot publishedBoth list a demo or contact form instead of prices.

Prices as published on October 18, 2026. Multitap Cloud Lite, our leaderboards-only plan, is $25 a month per venue. Extra Multitap broadcast PCs are $22.50 a month each.

THE FULL SHEET

Feature by feature, vendor by vendor

"Not published" means the vendor's site didn't mention it on the pages we checked, not that the product can't do it. Ask them before you rule anything out, and ask us too.

Checked Oct 18, 2026 MultitapUSA ShiftOSUSA VenueChiefUSA VMS V5.0UK Simcenter ControlAndorra LoungeControlGermany Sim-DepartmentGermany GTLaneLithuania SimPullUSA OmnisimEstonia
Pricing and terms
Starting price $35 / sim$325 flat for 10+; Cloud Lite $25 / venue $200 / venueplus $25 / sim $579 / monthplus $36 / sim; booking-only plan $279 From £10 / podtier prices not published From €10 / simtax included Not published Not published 1 hour of rig rateper rig, per month $100 / rigor $80 / rig paid yearly From €49 / simbilled yearly, up to 4 sims; Pro and Ultimate add 2-3% of payments
Setup fee Nonepaid install help optional None $1,249 or $2,149one-time onboarding Not published Not published Not publishedon-site install optional Not published None Not publishedinstall help offered Not publishedsetup call on Pro
Free trial 7 daysup to 2 rigs, no card Not publishedbook a demo; Compete founding offer credits 90 days Trial periodlength not stated Not published Not publishedlive demo instead Not published Not published Not publishedno bill without bookings 14 dayscard required 14 daysno card
Contract Month to monthcancel any time Month to month30 days' notice Month to monthno early-termination penalty Not published Billed monthly Not published Not published Month to monthcancel anytime Month to monthcancel anytime Monthly or yearlycancel anytime
Front desk
Online booking End of Octoberon our roadmap Yesbooking engine with calendar Yes24 hours a day Via third-party apps Not published YesLOUNGECONTROL24 Yesthrough the Pitlane app Yeswith waitlists Yesbook and pay by phone YesPro and up, with QR codes
Customer payments Noworks alongside yours YesStripe YesStripe Yescard and contactless devices Not published Coming soonper their page Yesonline, plus Nayax terminal YesStripe YesStripe Yes2-3% platform fee on top of Stripe
Memberships No Yes Yesplus prepaid passes Yes Not published Not published Not published YesStripe auto-renewal Sign-up captureno recurring billing yet Tickets and ride passes
Digital waivers No Yes Yeswith guardian consent Not published Not published Not published Not published Not published Yessigned on the phone Not published
Customer self-service kiosk No Yescheck-in, waivers, payment Yeswith card readers Yeskiosk check-in Not published Not published YesSD Kiosk with Nayax QR self check-in Guest's phoneno kiosk hardware Self-serve on the rigdrivers launch their own session
On the sims
Session control Yesfull-screen launcher on every sim Yeslauncher plus remote race control Yesup to 16 rigs in one session Yescentral console Yeslaunch events or servers Yesfull remote control Yescentral control software Session controllaunching games not stated YesControl Room; guests launch rigs Yesstandby, lock, maintenance, restart
Sim titles Assetto Corsafullest; ACC and iRacing leaderboards; AMS2, rF2, AC Evo planned Assetto Corsalauncher is AC only rF2, Le Mans UltimateAC limited; iRacing, ACC, AMS2, RaceRoom in development AC, LMU, rF2fully automated; 6 more for data Assetto Corsa Not published Hotlaps for 9 simstitles not listed Lap capture via SimHubAC, ACC, iRacing, AMS2, rF2, LMU and more Assetto CorsaAC1 only; ACC and EVO not supported Assetto CorsaAC EVO and AC Rallye soon
Races and leagues Group races, challengesleagues end of October Yesleagues and championships Live standings, results Yestournaments, hotlap events, leagues Cross-center grid Groups and events YesSD Event Not published Yeshead-to-head races, leagues with standings Challenges, multiplayermultiplayer on Pro and up
Traffic mode Yesown traffic leaderboards, solo or group Not published Not published Not published Traffic server hostingsold as a server product Yestraffic server, street racing Yestraffic server announced Oct 3, 2026 Not published Not published Not published
Mod and content sync Yessync all sims Content library Yesfleet-wide Content management YesMod Sync Not published Sync tool Not published Not published YesUltimate
Telemetry Lap timesno telemetry analysis yet Not publishedautomatic lap recording Yeslap analyzer with AI debrief Yestelemetry comparison Not published Via RACEDATA.ai Yeslive telemetry AI race engineerPro, soon Per-corner debriefAI coach, sent to the guest's phone Not published
Drivers and screens
Local leaderboards Yesup to 20 boards Yes Yes Yesin venue and online Yes Yes Yes On their roadmapPro Yesrig and phone Yeswith driver profiles
Cross-venue leaderboards YesVenueLaps, even on Cloud Lite Yesglobal boards; Compete network $200, US only Not published Multi-venue racing YesSimCenter.gg Yesworldwide Yesoptional network board On their roadmap Yesacross SimPull venues Not publishedmany centers on one account
Driver emails Includedbeaten times, milestones, birthdays, weekly digests Engage add-on$100 / month; win-back, birthday, post-visit Campaigns add-on$125 / month; reminders included Mailchimp sync Not published Not published Automatic emailsbring drivers back Not published Not publisheddebriefs go to the phone Not published
Discord bot YesPBs, traffic scores, records, slash commands Not published Not published Not published Not published Not published Not published Not published Not published Not published
TV and broadcast screens Yesone broadcast PC included Yesspectator mode, boards Yesspectator overlays, now-racing boards YesTV-style coverage Boards on monitorsor your website Yesleaderboards and race broadcast Not published Lounge TVlive bay status Venue screensidle rigs, live leaderboard Yespublic display, Ultimate
Drivers join from home Yespublic group races via Content Manager Not published Not published Not published Not published Not published Not published Not published Not published Not published
Running it
API Includedwith full Cloud, plus webhooks Yes Add-on$179 / month Yesby tier Not published Freebidirectional Not published Not published Not published Not published
Works offline Multitap EventLAN-only edition, coming soon Not published On-premise install Offline mode Not published Offline mode With or without internet Not published Not published Not publishedfully cloud-based
Try it without signing up Live demodemo.mlttp.com Book a demo Book a demo Book a demo Live demo Not published Request a demo Live demodemo.gtlane.com Live demono sign-up Book a demo

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STRAIGHT ANSWERS

Where they're stronger, where we're different

Where others are stronger

  • The front desk. ShiftOS, VenueChief, GTLane, Sim-Department, SimPull and Omnisim take customer payments, ShiftOS and VenueChief add memberships, digital waivers and self-service kiosks, and SimPull puts booking, payment and the waiver on the guest's phone. Multitap doesn't take payments; it works alongside what you already use.
  • Booking today. ShiftOS, VenueChief, LoungeControl, Sim-Department, GTLane, SimPull and Omnisim have online booking now. Ours is on the roadmap for the end of October.
  • More sim titles. VMS fully automates Assetto Corsa, Le Mans Ultimate and rFactor 2, and VenueChief fully runs rFactor 2 and Le Mans Ultimate. Multitap's fullest integration is Assetto Corsa, with leaderboards for ACC and iRacing.
  • Telemetry. VenueChief, VMS and Sim-Department list telemetry analysis, and LoungeControl connects to RACEDATA.ai. We record lap times but don't offer telemetry analysis yet.
  • Lower entry prices. VMS starts from £10 a pod and Simcenter Control from 10€ a simulator, and GTLane bills nothing in a month with no bookings.
  • Offline today. VMS, LoungeControl and Sim-Department run without the internet, and VenueChief offers an on-premise install. Our offline edition, Multitap Event, is coming soon.

Where Multitap is different

  • Driver emails are included. Beaten times, milestones, birthdays and weekly digests go out on their own with Multitap Cloud at no extra cost. At ShiftOS the automations are a $100 a month add-on, and at VenueChief campaigns are $125 a month.
  • A flat price at 10 sims and up. $325 a month covers your whole venue, whether that's 10 sims or 30. On their published pricing, 20 sims is $700 at ShiftOS and $1,299 at VenueChief, though both of those include booking and payments.
  • A Discord bot. The Multitap Leaderboard Bot posts PBs, traffic high scores and records to your server, and drivers can ask it for the leaderboard. None of the other nine list a Discord bot on the pages we checked.
  • Global leaderboards from $25. Every venue, even on Cloud Lite at $25 a month, ranks drivers against other venues on VenueLaps.
  • Drivers can race in from home. Make a group race public and drivers outside the venue join it from Content Manager, next to the rigs in your room.
  • Try it before you talk to anyone. Run the live demo with no signup, then start a 7-day trial on up to two rigs with no card. Simcenter Control, GTLane and SimPull also have live demos.

SOURCES

Where every fact came from

All pages read on October 18, 2026. Vendors change their sites, so check the live page before you decide. If we've got something wrong about your product, email [email protected] and we'll fix it.

Multitap

ShiftOS

VenueChief

VMS V5.0 (Sim Racing Limited)

Simcenter Control (Assetto Hosting)

LoungeControl (Home of Sim Racing)

Sim-Department

GTLane

SimPull (Hacktivist)

Omnisim (Omnisim OÜ)

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