Motion cueing in the Renault driving simulator

Motion cueing in a driving simulator is necessary for advanced studies requ iring drivers to accurately perceive and control the motion of their vehicl e. The Renault Dynamic Simulator uses a 6-axes electromechanical mobile pla tform with an adequate motion control software. The physical and perceptual validity of the motion cueing is analyzed with respect to actual vehicle a cceleration data and human self-motion perception criteria. Within the actu ator displacement limits, it is capable of directly rendering transient veh icle accelerations whereas sustained linear acceleration cues are simulated by a coordinated platform tilt. Acceleration transients are extracted by h igh-pass filtering, but a classical implementation based on linear filters may produce artifacts in some key driving situations. A non-linear motion c ueing algorithm was developed to anticipate and reduce these false motion c ues.