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Did Lotus make the first driving sim?

PostPost by: h20hamelan » Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:54 pm

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PostPost by: The Veg » Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:56 pm

Very nifty!
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PostPost by: Elan45 » Thu Dec 14, 2023 3:45 am

My 20/22 that I've been racing has a simulator body, which is really just a left-over body for a Lotus 22. Sally and I towed the Eleven out to Monteray in 1995, then took a long way back home through mid-Texas to buy this broken Lotus body. It sat out in the hot Texas sun but it has been part of my 20/22 for many years now. My other 20 has a new reproduction 20 body, made by the same fellow who made the repro nose for my Sebring/ LeMans Sprite.

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PostPost by: Andy8421 » Thu Dec 14, 2023 7:40 am

Of mild, slightly off topic interest, Dynisma seem to have located a rich seam to exploit. Given the complexity of modern simulators, it can't make sense for each F1 team to build their own. With the power of modern graphics processing chips and the rise of VR, I can imagine these simulators are very realistic and in demand.

Even more off topic, the 6 degree of freedom actuator the Dynisma simulator is mounted on is a 'Stewart Platform' named after a British (of course) engineer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_platform

Even more off topic, these are widely used. I noticed Harry Potter's broom was mounted on one for green screen special effects. Apparently synchronised to the camera action it gave realistic effects.

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