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Inside story: How Red Bull's F1 simulator really works

Motorsport.com's Rene Fagnan visited Red Bull's state-of-the-art driver-in-the-loop Formula 1 simulator. The introduction of a ban on most on-track testing a few years ago forced Formula 1 teams to adopt new and innovative ways to develop their cars. Strapped in the cockpit of a 'virtual' car, any driver can now drive hundreds of laps around any circuit on the planet. Essentially, an F1 simulator is made up of a chassis, or tub, attached to electromechanical actuators, controlled by powerful computers, which run the operating software and contain the computational models of the cars and the tracks. In response to input from the steering wheel and the pedals, the actuators move the entire...
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