The Cranfield Simulator, a new British-made F1 simulator, promises to take the digital driving experience to new heights.
For generations we’ve dreamed of what the future will hold, and yes, some of those dreams looked a little more like nightmares. The Matrix trilogy told us everything we thought was real was false, that it was all a computer-created illusion, while The Lawnmower Man made us believe that the application of virtual reality could tap unknown wells of human potential. In the future, so the sci-fi pundants predict, the grey line between the virtual and the real will get so opaque, we’ll have to question whether it’s even there at all. This is kind of like that.
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Introducing the newest addition to your home entertainment system. Sell your couch, send your kids to boarding school, sleep at the office, do what you have to do to make room for the Cranfield Simulator in your living room, garage, or mancave.
The world’s first F1 driving system designed for home installation, the Cranfield Simulator may sounds like a suburban sex menace but it’s actually the closest thing many of us are going to get to sitting in Lewis Hamilton’s lap.
Delivering an immersive, exhilarating, balls-to-the-proverbial-walls Formula 1 driving experience using patented technology developed to train fighter jet pilots, the simulator lets you choose any car and build it to any specifications, to then be driven like a hound straight from hell on any circuit in the world.
Creating a virtual illusion, the Cranfield system tricks the brain into feeling G-force sensations to create the most realistic and immersive driving experience available. Each simulators is entirely bespoke and built to the specifications of the individual client.
Featuring plug-and-play software and powered by a single mains socket, the simulator has been used by teams from F1, F2, GT and NASCAR to replicate the sensation of sustained motion – you’ll feel every corner, every tap of the brakes, every surge of thrusting exhileration as if you’re behind the wheel of a real racing car.
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The exterior of the simulator is modelled on a real F1 mould and features a high-quality steering wheel and pedals, which help accentuate the carefully tailored inputs of the body’s sensory system to convince the brain it’s driving. Simply make some room, plug it in, grab a daiper, kiss your wife goodbye, and immerse yourself in the future of home-bound self…simulation.
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