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Ferrari engineers most advanced Driving Simulator

Ferrari has developed one of the most advanced driving simulators to date.

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Greywulf5975d ago (Edited 5975d ago )

It really is as if the car enthusiasm world doesn't even know theres a true definitive one of a kind racing game out there... whats its name again...?

Cosquae5975d ago

F1 2009?

Since this is for the Ferrari F1 team then I can only assume it's a racing game with all the F1 tracks and cars on it.

Uncle Rico5975d ago (Edited 5975d ago )

Pretty cool piece of tech

MGRogue20175974d ago

True Racing Drivers practice with nothing but the real thing. :)

Uncle Rico5974d ago

I think you missed out the part where they have limited use of the real circuits due to the rules set out by FIA

phosphor1125974d ago

At my school (IUPUI) they have a huge driving/racing sim facilitiy. Of course the media arts guys help them out with basic design (I've embarked on a few projects they've requested for) but those things generally look bad. I'm talking about worse than PS2 graphics. It's hilarious.

"We need you to design a car for us"
"Sure ok"
*takes requirements for the design*
"the car only has one color sir."
"We don't want anything fancy to bog down the systems"
"Umm.. ok"

mint royale5974d ago

@kigmal

Haha damn right!

Mario kart is the best racer i've played this gen.

Forza McLaren!

free2game3655974d ago

Most of these teams use rfactor pro with a custom physics engine, they test is more for the car and not the tracks so most of them just use the basic isi versions of nurburgring and canada or such with custom physics set ups for the tracks.

The Happy Baby5974d ago

I wish you'd stay out of my life and shutup.

LOL. Jon Gries is the man.

Sarcasm5974d ago

Ferrari is ahead of the curve. It's not like they need any more damn wins after the Reign of supremacy that was Michael Shumacher.

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Kyur4ThePain5975d ago

And this is coming to a gaming device near me, when?

DigitalAnalog5974d ago

Because GT5 will definitely "turn" heads this time around.

**No pun intended**... no really.

-End statement

thor5974d ago

I bet you that this simulator doesn't feature damage (at least in the form of spectacular crashes). In fact the visuals in general will be pretty basic I'd wager.

PS360PCROCKS5974d ago

Ok so you think it has none or very limited damage and basic visuals. What is it you think those 10 computers and 60GB ram will be doing exactly?

free2game3655974d ago (Edited 5974d ago )

probably looks a lot like this, a lot of this is for R&D purposes so it probably does simulator mechanical failure and aero damage.

kneon5974d ago

I'd be surprised if they expend much effort modeling damage as there is little value for them in doing so.

Instead I expect this to have near perfect modeling of the car, including aerodynamics, power and all other mechanical components. They need this simulator to supplement on track testing due to FIA testing limitations. I expect this isn't just for the drivers but also for the engineers to try out different settings and "virtual parts" before hitting the track. Visuals are probably near the bottom of the priority list in terms of perfecting the simulation, it's far more important for the car to behave and react as the real car would with different settings, parts etc. on different tracks. That has a far greater impact on the driver being able to learn the feel of the car than awesome graphics. Still I'm sure it's doesn't look like crap either.

PS360PCROCKS5974d ago

Yeah I agree, I didn't expect the damage, I was just quoting what thor said. But I mean 60GB and 10 computers! I realize that a lot of that is for huge mathematical equations that affect physics and so on. But yeah I highly doubt the graphics would be really basic. I mean the cleaner they are the easier it is for the driver to see the track, am I right?

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PS360PCROCKS5974d ago

That's a lot of horsepower for a videogame! 60Gb ram and 10 computers? lol that's crazy, I wanna see that bad boy in action!

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio8d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing8d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster928d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit8d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing8d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster928d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."