As you already know, driving simulators are very fun, but most of them are just video games. So Lexus decided they need to build a more realistic one, and they ended building this outstanding machine that covers an area larger then a football field.
This machine is 15-ft by 20 ft and hosts a real Lexus car inside, while the inside works like a mini Omnimax theater, projecting the surrounding streets and traffic in every direction visible from inside the car. The dome is mounted on six hydraulic rams that can tilt the dome to give a feeling of movement just like any fancy flight simulator, bu the real trick is that the entire dome is mounted on rails that can move it in any direction to give a real sensation of speed. Lexus also told us that it can simulate speed up to 1860-mph.
Lexus main goal is to bring random normal drivers to test how they react under a variety of circumstances, without any risk of causing a real accident. For example, they could get someone really hammered, then test their reaction times against a sober driver. What’s cool about using a simulator is that you can run a test with several different drivers under absolutely identical conditions.
