F1 Simulators Revealed

An anonymous reader writes "Racecar Engineering has posted an exclusive look inside the simulator of a leading grand prix team. Particularly interesting is that the Formula 1 team uses software based on the free simulator Racer (with source code available) albeit with a custom vehicle model and hardware interface via CAN-bus. The article highlights the importance that mainstream racing sims (rFactor, iRacing) have in simulation at the pinnacle of the worlds most advanced sport." Along similar lines, reader PatPending writes "Engineers at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany (surely the greatest of all institutes) have turned a massive robot arm into a Ferrari F1 simulator, discovering a new strain of awesome in the process. The contraption, known as the CyberMotion Simulator, consists of an industrial robotic arm fitted with a racing seat, a force feedback steering wheel and a 3D simulation of the Monza Formula 1 track beamed from a projector on to a curved display."

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oops.

[olsmeister]

Posting to remove an accidental mod.

Glad to see

[Dunbal]

That in a country that was just told by the government of the EU to violate the Maastricht limit and increase their debt to GDP ratio to 90% (instead of the cap at 60%) by taking on bad debt from WestLB and Hypo Real Estate, they still have money for this. Because in Europe most universities and their expensive research programs are fully dependent on government subsidies. You tax dollars at work. Or at play, in this case. At least every German citizen should get to have a go for free.