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VI-grade Virtual Formula:Try VI-CarRealTime and win a 2 year license

Tuesday, 17 March 2009 13:08

VI-grade logo VI-grade, a global leader in providing simulation tools to the racing and production automotive markets, launched the VI-grade Virtual Formula to assist students in developing their designs, but also inject fun and competition using the virtual world!

The challenge:

Optimize the performance of a virtual race car and minimize the lap time on a given autocross track.
Competition will be won by the team able to provide back to VI-grade the vehicle with the shortest laptime on the given circuit.
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1 - Why lap time simulation?

Lap time simulation has proved to be a valuable tool for OBR (Oxford Brookes Racing) as it saves the team a lot of time and money in both the design and the testing stage of our car build and testing process. Figure 1 shows how lap time simulation is incorporated in the design process in the OBR team.

Figure 1 - Lap Time Simulation in the design process

During the design process OBUSim can be used to monitor the progress of weight and any other performance targets. Once the car has been built and testing has commenced, the lap time simulation team can investigate and validate any proposed set up changes, see figure 2.

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