rec.autos.simulators

by **Ruud van Ga** » Fri, 12 Sep 2003 01:15:48

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BTW There's a movie of the motion platform at the bottom at
http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Click on 'GP in action' for a small movie. Not recommended to get too
drunk there. :)

Ruud van Gaal
Free car sim: http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Pencil art : http://www.racesimcentral.net/

by **Doug Millike** » Sat, 13 Sep 2003 09:59:35

> >* When we did our informal experiment, we actually got drunk (monitored
> >with a breathalizer) and kept track of scores in Hard Drivin'...

> BTW There's a movie of the motion platform at the bottom at
> http://www.mainax.com

> Click on 'GP in action' for a small movie. Not recommended to get too
> drunk there. :)

Looked at the big site you recommended (from other post). A nice setup
with a big direct drive motor for steering, about the same physical size as
the torque motor built into the sit down cabinet for Hard Drivin' (but
your modern motor makes more torque).

The local University at Buffalo have a similar sized hexapod motion
platform as well as a 3D display (using a head tracker and goggles) but I
don't think their driving simulation looks nearly as good as Racer. I
forgot where their software came from, maybe it's a demo from SGI or
something (they use Silicon Graphics hardware)?

Anyway, there is a silly pic of a test subject wearing the goggles here:
http://www.vrlab.buffalo.edu/
but I couldn't come up with a picture of their motion base...it's made
by Moog (servo company), which is also here in Buffalo.

-- Doug

rec.autos.simulators

Is there driving simulator in the public domain?

Is there driving simulator in the public domain?

Is there driving simulator in the public domain?