Sim used at F1 events

Hi, I've just been watching (UK) GP weekly tv show. They've just showed a simulator in action at one of the hospitality tents at a GP. It look awesome - a full scale mockup of F1 car, with a very large flat screen display at the front of the cockpit. The steering wheel looks like a genuine F1 wheel. From the quick glance I saw of the screen, the graphics looked awesome - state of the art. Does anyone have more information on this simulator? Info like who did the software, realism etc etc would be useful. Is it just a toy for the corporate guests and VIPs, or is this good enough to used by drivers to practice circuits etc?

Hm.. the only ones i saw was Vodaphone / Ferrari who had Ferrari F1-cars with a display infront (flatscreen) and running F1 2002 by EA Sports. Williams uses EA Spors F1 2001 for PS2 with a moving version of their Williams car (looks fab :) other then that.. no idea "Tim Epstein" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:0k0Y8.8322$[email hidden]... > Hi, > > I've just been watching (UK) GP weekly tv show. They've just showed a > simulator in action at one of the hospitality tents at a GP. It look > awesome - a full scale mockup of F1 car, with a very large flat screen > display at the front of the cockpit. The steering wheel looks like agenuine

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> F1 wheel. > > From the quick glance I saw of the screen, the graphics looked awesome - > state of the art. > > Does anyone have more information on this simulator? Info like who did the > software, realism etc etc would be useful. > > Is it just a toy for the corporate guests and VIPs, or is this good enough > to used by drivers to practice circuits etc? > > > >

Car was green - but I don't know which team it was... Maybe it was F1 2002 - with everything turned up to full! "Andreas Nystrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:wo0Y8.47393$[email hidden]...

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> Hm.. the only ones i saw was Vodaphone / Ferrari who had Ferrari F1-cars > with a display infront (flatscreen) and running F1 2002 by EA Sports. > > Williams uses EA Spors F1 2001 for PS2 with a moving version of their > Williams car (looks fab :) > > other then that.. no idea > > "Tim Epstein" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:0k0Y8.8322$[email hidden]... > > Hi, > > > > I've just been watching (UK) GP weekly tv show. They've just showed a > > simulator in action at one of the hospitality tents at a GP. It look > > awesome - a full scale mockup of F1 car, with a very large flat screen > > display at the front of the cockpit. The steering wheel looks like a > genuine > > F1 wheel. > > > > From the quick glance I saw of the screen, the graphics looked awesome - > > state of the art. > > > > Does anyone have more information on this simulator? Info like who did

the > > software, realism etc etc would be useful. > > > > Is it just a toy for the corporate guests and VIPs, or is this goodenough

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> > to used by drivers to practice circuits etc? > > > > > > > > > >

BRD (the peeps who make the F1 Sim steering wheel and pedals) have full size FI (and other cars) mock ups. I understand they had one at Goodwood this weekend too. You can hire them from them, and you can also buy them (v.expensive though) details are on the BRD website...(theres a link on my webpage under the game hardware section). 8-) *Peter* - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/petergagg/