WDriving simulators are used for entertainment as well as in training of driver's education courses taught in educational institutions and private businesses. They are also used for research purposes in the area of human factors and medical research, to monitor driver behavior, performance, and attention and in the car industry to design and evaluate new vehicles or new advanced driver assistance systems.
WAutobahn Police Simulator is a police driving simulation game developed by Z-Software and published by Aerosoft GmbH. The sequel version of the game was released on December 7, 2017.
WA full motion racing simulator, sometimes called a full motion sim rig, is a motion simulator that is purposed for racing, and must provide motion simulation in all six degrees of freedom, as defined by the aviation simulator industry many decades ago. The six degrees of freedom coincide with Earth physics, and are commonly referred to as:The three translational movements: Surge, sway and heave The three rotational movements: Roll, pitch, and yaw
WThe National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) at the University of Iowa College of Engineering is among the largest ground vehicle driving simulator in the world along with Toyota's driving simulator at Higashifuji Technical Center.
WOpenDRIVE is an open format specification to describe a road network's logic. Its objective is to standardize the logical road description to facilitate the data exchange between different driving simulators.
WPako 2 is a car chase simulator and endless driving game developed and published by Tree Men Games. Pako 2 was released on November 16, 2017 for macOS and Microsoft Windows and later released on Android and iOS on January 31, 2018. is a sequel of Pako - Car Chase Simulator released in 2014. The vehicle is only controllable by steering left or right without the gas pedal or brakes only on the original release of the game.
WA racing wheel is a method of control for use in racing video games, racing simulators, and driving simulators. They are usually packaged with a large paddle styled as a steering wheel, along with a set of pedals for gas, brake, and sometimes clutch actuation, as well as various shifter controls. An analog wheel and pedal set such as this allows the user to accurately manipulate steering angle and pedal control that is required to properly manage a simulated car, as opposed to digital control such as a keyboard. The relatively large range of motion further allows the user to more accurately apply the controls. Racing wheels have been developed for use with arcade games, game consoles, personal computers, and also for professional driving simulators for race drivers.
WRoadXML is an open file format for the road networks description used by driving simulators.
WScania Truck Driving Simulator: The Game is a truck simulator game developed by SCS Software for Microsoft Windows and macOS. It was released as a promotional product for the later-published Euro Truck Simulator 2 on 8 June 2012.
WTechno Drive is a 1998 driving simulator arcade game developed and published by Namco in Japan. It is known for its unique graphical interface that uses fluorescent colors choices and flat shading. Players control a racecar throughout a variety of different minigames, each testing their skill and reaction time. Minigames include drifting along corners, avoiding collision with other vehicles, and driving with a bowl of liquid attached to the rear of the car. The game was designed for the Namco System 12, an arcade board based on raw PlayStation hardware.
WUrban Jungle is a freeware educational driving game. The game features a virtual version of the city centre of the Croatian city of Rijeka. The player drives a car through the city, performing missions for money while taking care not to break traffic rules; a later update also added a driving school simulation.
WWebots is a free and open-source 3D robot simulator used in industry, education and research.