Automotive Vehicle Simulation Research Software and Hardware

Your RTI simulator is controlled through SimCreator, our real-time vehicle driving simulation and modeling system. Using its graphical interface, you can configure and coordinate vehicles, driving scenarios, dynamics, environments, monitoring, and driver feedback.

This system can model a wide range of vehicle types (four-, six-, or eight-wheeled, tracked, etc.) with varying load types and sizes. The pre-loaded driving environment includes every sort of roadway, route, or set of driving and weather conditions. The simulator can be further augmented with custom road networks and driving environments created in RoadRunner, allowing researchers to fully replicate any road system, traffic pattern, or set of operating conditions. Multiple simulators can be networked to create a rich, naturalistic environment in which many human drivers simultaneously interact with the same scenario. Optional automated driving modules allow for virtual testing of driver assistance systems, enabling safe research on distracted driving, self-driving car technology, ADAS, and more.

Whether you are researching road safety or developing and testing a new vehicle design, SimCreator gives you the platform you need for insightful analysis of the human experience of real-world conditions.

With RTI’s Autonomy Package, you can safely and fully evaluate how people will respond to and interact with autonomous vehicles under widely varying operating conditions and in a wide range of driving environments. RTI’s optional SimADAS and SimDriver modules complement each other to cover the entire spectrum of assistive driving technologies:

SimADAS models advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) features that are already available in vehicles on the road today. With SimADAS, you can explore how drivers will adapt to SAE levels 1 and 2 autonomous features.

SimDriver simulates the experience of using SAE Level 3 and Level 4 systems. SimDriver is especially valuable for exploring driver distraction and vigilance while using autonomous driving features, and is considerably safer and more cost-effective than creating and operating prototype vehicles.

Both SimADAS and SimDriver seamlessly interoperate with all elements of SimCreator, including any third-party components or applications you’ve integrated via the SDK.