Visuals
In a simulation, the quality of visual graphics directly affects a user's ability to become immersed in the virtual environment.  Our simulator supports visual effects such as fog, rain, dynamic shadows, headlights, deformable terrain, ambient lighting models, and pre-rendered light maps.
SimVista Scene and Scenario Control
All the tools you need to author your own simulation scenarios are available with SimVista, RTI's scene and scenario control subsystem. 

The SimVista graphical user interface (GUI) gives you the power to drag and drop objects into your virtual world and to give them scripted behaviors, bringing them to life.  SimVista comes complete with pallets of objects that can be placed in the scene. It also includes set of tiles  that can be arranged within SimVista to make a seamless driving environment. Other objects that can be dragged off a palette and added to enhance the visual complexity of the scene include buildings, trees, parked vehicles, terrain features, signs, and construction barriers among many others.

Still more objects such as sensors, vehicles, and pedestrians can be introduced and assigned behaviors that will play out during scenario execution. With SimVista you can regulate nearly all aspects of virtual traffic, pedestrian movements and simulator operation. 

Cabs
RTI’s driving simulator comes complete with a modified production vehicle cab.  The cab can be developed to specifications that match your budget and facilities requirements. 

Typically, a production mid-size or compact passenger vehicle is modified to remove powertrain components while electronic instrumentation is added to allow communication with the simulator. The result is a real vehicle that interacts seamlessly with the simulation. Both full vehicle or front half cabs are available.

Control Loading
A high-fidelity control loading system provides feedback on the steering wheel that is directly coupled with the vehicle dynamics at 2000 Hz.  Important factors such as power steering boost curves, and tire aligning torque are included in the steering model. You configure the steering feedback to represent the vehicle you're simulating.

Display Options
The visual display configuration options on RTI’s driving simulator are plentiful.  You can make use of CRT monitors, plasma monitors, CRT, LCD, or DLP projectors in a front or rear projection configuration.  Field of view, resolution, vertical and horizontal offsets, and aspect ratios can be independently configured on a per-channel basis. A typical simulator makes use of 180° forward field of view front projection with optional LCD panel rear view mirrors.

Audio
RTI’s audio subsystem supports spatialized audio presentation. The ambient vehicle noises include engine, transmission, wind and tire noise.  In addition, sounds can be localized to a specific location or object. 

Motion (Optional)
RTI’s driving simulator is fully motion compatible. Both 6DOF and 3DOF low profile motion solutions can be added to your driving simulator to provide fast, smooth, and accurate motion cueing.

RTI’s on road driving simulator leads the industry in the ease with which you can create driving environments and scenario content.