Advanced Traffic Simulation Framework for Networked Driving Simulators

Simulating surrounding vehicles in a driving simulator is essential for drivers to experience realistic traffic situations. However, simulating traffic several miles ahead or behind a driving simulator vehicle is not efficient. This paper presents the concept and structure of a traffic simulation framework for an environment of networked driving simulators. The framework enables users to select a target simulator vehicle and generate traffic only in its neighborhood. The other participating drivers are considered, so that they experience realistic traffic behaviour as well. The developed framework has been validated with a demonstrator to graphically observe the interaction of the generated traffic.