From day 1, using simulators for driver training has been a core value at Pit Lane Sim Racing which is maintained in our commercial solutions branch, PL Simulators. Our simulators provide the first stage in coaching students of our High Performance Driver Education (HPDE) program. This also gave our local Porsche Club of America (PCA) Chapter’s members the confidence to prepare for their first trip to the Nurburgring Nordschleife by logging hours on the simulator.
With professional drivers at all elite levels of motorsports already utilizing simulators as an effective training tool, the utility of training and seat time on simulators is proven.
Driver's Ed
We offer a wide range of driving simulator options that can be used for Driver Education from desktop simulators to complete enclosed seating with dashboards and anywhere in between. As a driver training tool, simulators can:
- Save on insurance: virtual miles produce no driving incidents
- Reduce fuel or charging time for EVs
- Reduce vehicle maintenance: lower mileage on your driving school car(s) mean reduced wear and tear and lower maintenance costs
- Allow practice inclement weather (i.e. rain, fog, and snow): provide a safer environment for your student drivers to practice driving in low-grip situations and low visibility to adjust to different conditions.
- Offer Day or Night lessons: Prepare your student driver for driving at night no matter when the driving lesson is scheduled
Value-Added Benefits
- Automated on-screen notifications: pop up alerts of driving infractions/mistakes in real time during virtual driving sessions
- Automatically generated reports: consolidated list of driving infractions/mistakes made during a virtual driving session
- Recorded sessions for review with an instructor after sessions
- Increased student capacity with multiple simulators, allow a single instructor to oversee multiple drivers simultaneously
- Optional Accessible Controls for student drivers with disabilities or in rehabilitation
True Motion Simulation
Our Driving Simulators are available in multiple motion configurations ranging from 2 Degrees of Freedom (2 DOF) to true 6 DOF motion simulators, with options available to start at different levels and upgrade.
You will find competing products that promise “full motion” which has become more of a marketing term than a real description of capability. Only true 6 DOF simulators can offer full motion simulation that fully simulate every movement in a real vehicle, including:
- True acceleration
- True braking
- Body roll
- Turning (rotation and lateral g forces)
- Sliding/drifting and traction loss
- Understeer
- Even road surface/texture, engine vibrations
- Much more
Help your student drivers graduate more virtual to real with more effective training and increased confidence with better skills. Real cars aren’t stationary, why should the simulator be?
Recreation & Entertainment
Race on Sunday, sell on Monday
A proven track record of driving simulators at the highest levels of motorsport gives customers confidence and excitement.
A wide range of vehicles is available ranging from super cars to hyper cars to race cars and even off road trucks, prototypes, Formula 1 and more. This gives customers the opportunity to get a taste of what it’s like to drive all these different vehicles on world famous racetracks, roads, and hill climbs.
Using the same simulator, you can offer customers:
- Realistic seating position and wheel and pedal placement
- Simulation of steering feel (i.e. force feedback) and pedal feel, including packaged hydraulic brake systems
- VR integration for unparalleled immersion
- Optional replica dashboards and center consoles
- Head-to-head driving/racing with friends with multiple simulators
- Hot lap competitions, and more
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