The computer built into the wrecked car creates a believable simulator that provides an almost surreal experience. Driver in glasses sits in a real pick-up truck on a hydraulic stand.

Car driving impersonation has occurred among chronic gamers and professional racers. A cross-generational fun simulator, apart from the hours spent by teenagers, real pilots concentrate in front of the screen. Fun driving in the living room can be valid practice before a real race without burning high-octane gas and crushing sticky tires.

The level of mediated control reflects the needs of the user, from the steering wheel connected to the static seat, the device level switch to a fully mobile system from assembly-intensive reactions to what happens in the computer. An elaborate copy of the competition cockpit pales next to news from the American company CXC Simulations, which presents the Trophy Truck Simulator simulator, which probably couldn’t be a more faithful imitation of reality.

CXC’s cutting-edge automotive simulation was developed for Norwegian Cruise Line. Cruise ship tour operators modernize their entertainment offerings every year, this time passengers can go wild in highly sophisticated simulators that mimic even high jumps with loose tires off the ground.

The set is made from a real car, the life-size pick-up has the engine and gearbox removed, but the tubular steel frame and body parts remain. Players sit in anatomical shells, use real pedals and wear virtual reality glasses that turn the walls of the room into a chosen circuit. A stationary car is tossed about by hydraulic supports according to the imaginary bumps and centrifugal force of the game. The open country driving experience is enhanced by the fan, which impulsively blows wind into the driver’s face through the blank windshield.

The superb authentic system keeps programmers busy for a long time because the headset captures the pick-up motion and not the required movement of the person sitting in the chair. Off-roading from the CXC accepts a variety of motions so the headset accepts the changing of the platform position and the virtual goggles at the same time. Splitting the two sources required a complex search algorithm, which was accomplished triumphantly and resulted in a perfect response to the action on the screen. Video from the headset is projected on an adjacent TV for the audience’s entertainment – they can see the backlit car from inside and out.

CXC boss Chris Considine described Trophy Truck Simulator as the most amazing project the company has ever undertaken. Designers and programmers met the requirements of a travel agency to come up with a slightly bigger, better and crazier simulator than last year. Regular cooperation results in a fidget pick-up that can reliably respond to every movement of the steering wheel.