Car Simulators Product Catalogue

Car Simulators 

Product Catalogue

2 Car Simulators 

Contents 

ABOUT US – 

Research, Development and Production..........................................................3 

PASSENGER CAR SIMULATORS – 

Traffic Education in a new Dimension ..............................................................4 

APPLICATIONS 

Applications – 

Main Topics of Car Simulators ............................................................................5 

Eco-Driving – 

Easy on the Purse and on the Environment .......................................................6 

Anti-alcohol – 

Wiggly Lines at the Push of a Button..................................................................8 

Motorsports – 

High-Level Edutainment.....................................................................................10 

Fitness to Drive – 

Put the Rule to the Test......................................................................................12 

Driving School – 

Basic Knowledge Made Easy ............................................................................14 

Free Driving – 

Simulated Reality................................................................................................16 

TYPES 

Types – 

Modifiable Ease of Operation ............................................................................19 

Type „Trainer“ – Type F12PT-1L40 

The Mobile and Cost-Effective Alternative ......................................................20 

Type „Trainer“ – Type F12PT-3L40 

Simulator with Three LCD Screens...................................................................21 

Type „Instructor“ – Type F12PI-3A88 

With Room for the Co-Driver.............................................................................22 

Type „Tutor“ – Type F12PF-3A88-NR 

Simulator with Motion System ..........................................................................23 

Type „Realo-Simulator“ – Type F12PT-Realo 

The Mobile Solution............................................................................................24 

Type „Astra-Simulator“ – Type F12PC-Astra-3A88-Q 

The All-In Solution ..............................................................................................25 

Special Types – 

Individual Custom-Made Solutions...................................................................26 

Control Panel – 

High Standard with Room for More ..................................................................30 

Programming Tools – 

Create Your Own Traffic Situation.....................................................................31 

Imprint: 

Responsible: Dr.-Ing. Reiner Foerst GmbH, Industriegelände 5, 51674 Wiehl, Germany 

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Printed in: 06/2010

About Us – 

Research, Development and Production 

In 1976 Dr. Reiner Foerst founded our company. 

He was a simulation theorist with the at that time 

visionary idea of developing driving simulators 

to train novice drivers. Since then the Dr.-Ing. 

Reiner Foerst GmbH develops and produces 

driving simulators for traffic safety, driver training, 

promotion and research. 

We produce a variety of simulators which are 

true to their „real“ prototypes, robust, mobile, 

easily manageable, maintenance-free, modifiable, 

and upgradeable by means of software 

programs. 

Our standard truck and bus simulators are built 

with single-seated operator stands. They come 

with various types of sight-systems based on 

LCDs or projectors. Optionally, the simulator 

can be improved by propping it up on two oversquare 

motion-supports patented by us which 

simulate G forces in a certain scope by moving 

length- and crosswise. The image generator is 

based on a fast-working personal computer 

with special interface hardware. We developed 

a large variety of scenarios for crucial traffic 

situations, as well as educational computer 

instructions and evaluations. 

Additionally there is a control desk informing the 

instructor about the current educational level of 

each pupil and enabling the instructor to intervene. 

Construction of the cabin, software, graphics, 

and drive engineering are subject to constant 

refinement. We are partners in various projects 

of the European Commission. Our products are 

sold worldwide. 

Street simulation in 1978 

Street simulation in 2010 

DIN ISO 9001 certification 

Car Simulators 3

Passenger Car Simulators – 

Traffic Education in a new Dimension 

More and more driving schools realise the advantage of 

driving simulators for today's driver's training. Training on 

a simulator is a cost-effective way to teach and an 

attractive one for the trainee who is able to learn how to 

handle a vehicle in a stress-free manner. 

However, basic driver's training is not the only aspect in 

favour of Foerst simulators – there are a lot more extras 

making it a high-speed crowd puller. Foerst software 

enables the trainer to convey how to drive in an energysaving 

and eco-friendly way and, what's more, to confront 

his trainee with various traffic-related challenges. 

The police, the ADAC, as well as other associations 


working in the field of traffic safety have already discovered 

these options of training and use the simulator's 

possibilities to closely demonstrate the dangers of drunk 

driving to drivers. Various evaluation possibilities as there 

are logfiles, replays, prints, as well as the posibility to 

interlink the simulator to measurement devices make for 

a really good training performance on a Foerst company 

car simulator.

Free driving 

Applications 

Main Topics of Car Simulators 

Eco-driving 

Evaluation Selection 

City driving Drunk driving 

Driving at night Evaluation 

Driving at dusk/dawn Race course 

Controls Driving in foggy 

weather 

Alcohol Simulations 

Driving school Roundabaouts Deer pass 

Fitness to drive 

Software applications: 

To be used for driver's training, traffic safety training, 

fitness tests, and promotional purposes the complete 

software of our simulators comprises of the following 

modules: 

Eco-driving 

Alcohol Simulations 

Free driving 

Motorsports 

Driving school 

Fitness to drive 

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Motorsports

Eco-driving – 

Easy on the Purse and on the Environment 

Accelerator, Brake, Clutch 

RPM 

Gear 

Speed 

Consumption 

Additional information: 


Engine Torque 

Average 

consumption 

7.02 l/100 km 

Economic figure: 51.72 

Total consumption: 0.04 l 

Total distance: 0.5 km 

Time:01:01 

Brief description: 

The driver is offered various routes which he then has to master 

in the most economic manner. Driving takes about 5 min. per 

route. After that, the instructor is able to give hints on how to 

enhance the trainee's driving. At last, the “eco”-classification 

figure informs about the trainee's driving qualities. Here, the 

average speed is related to the average petrol consumption. 

“Changing gears in good time gets you farther” 

is the motto of intelligent eco-driving. 

Energy-efficient, environmentally sensible, and 

relaxed driving may substantially reduce a car's 

petrol consumption, and is, at the same time, 

environmentally sensible as your CO2 emission 

will also be reduced. 

In addition, well trained and proactive driving 

reduces stress for the driver and wear on the 

vehicle while increasing traffic safety. 

Foerst car simulators can be equipped with 

special software modules beating the traditional 

possibilities for eco-driving in real vehicles by far 

in many points. 

The “Eco-driving” software works with shell 

scheme and time diagrams which inform the 

instructor about selected gear, operating point of 

the motor, number of gearshifts, rpm, speed, 

consumption and their respective average. 

At the end of the drive the instructor is given a 

detailed evaluation of the drive, as well as information 

on the particular petrol consumption in 

terms of an “eco”-classification figure. 

Surroundings: 

City, suburb, country road, motorway, mountain road 

Evaluation tools: 

Replay, eco-diagram, shell scheme, analysis of driving violations 

Relevant parameters: 

Eco-parameters, average consumption, average speed, number 

of gear shifts, average rpm 

Traffic density: 

Adjustable

Using the replay-function the driving sequence 

can be read off the diagram including all specific 

data to be evaluated step by step, together with 

the trainee. 

For repeatable roadway arrangements the surrounding 

can be set up on the menue to best 

approximate your simulated eco-training to real 

traffic. 


Alcohol Simulations – 

Wiggly Lines at the Push of a Button 


Mods: 

Effects of alcohol, comparative alcohol-influenced driving 

performance, replay of drunk-driving sequence 

Surroundings: 


Effects of alcohol: 

Tunnel vision, blurred vision, delayed steering time, prolonged 

reaction time 


Choose your drinks: 

Push “Line” to choose 

your drinks and 

affirm with “Mode” 

A glass of water (0.0) 

Two glasses of beer (0.3) 

A bottle of wine (0.5) 

Four glasses of beer (0.8) 

Two bottles of wine (1.1) 

A bottle of whiskey (1.6) 

Estimated by the German Technical Control 

Board, every second road death is caused by 

drunken drivers. In a most practical way the 

Foerst company software permits a close view 

on the effects and risks of drunk driving. 

As an example, a trainee drives a short distance 

under normal conditions, then the effects of 

alcohol on his vision are generated on the screen 

and a time shift is switched on. Due to this 

delayed the car automatically “wiggles” and the 

driver has to struggle to avoid any obstacles 

which may appear. 

Due to a dramatically increased reaction time 

when driving under the influence of alcohol it is 

nearly impossible to perform an emergency 

braking. On the screen both blurred vision and 

tunnel vision are generated to demonstrate the 

effects of alcohol on your vision. 

In addition, this module can also demonstrate 

the effects of different alcoholic beverages on 

your driving. “Sober”, the trainee will drive a on a 

rural road towards a pub where he can then 

choose between different amounts of alcoholic 

beverages to drink. When continuing to drive he 

will then be demonstrated the immediate effects 

on his fitness to drive. Another option is the 

possibility to drive a standard route requiring a 

certain amount of evasion or braking 

Weather conditions: 

Fair weather, fog, rain, snow, darkness 

Determination of the degree of alcoholisation via blood alcohol 

calculator or direct input. 

Different episodes can be selected.

manouevres. A special replay then shows the 

driver how his reaction at these points may have 

been under the influence of alcohol. 

The software module supports various types of 

weather (fair weather, fog, rain, snow, night) and 

the tour can be evaluated via replay. 


Motorsports – 

High-Level Edutainment 

Accelerator, Brake, Clutch Steering 

RPM Speed 

Gear Exceleration long/trans 

Consumption 


Length of course: 

6 km 


Replay, diagrams, interim time 

Drive: 

Front or rear wheel drive 

Tyres: 

New, worn out or wet tyres 


Average consumption 

10.12 l/100km 

With the aid of a Foerst simulator drivers can 

be taught how to handle a vehicle when going 

to extremes – on a virtual course simulating a 

state-of-the-art formula 1 race course. 

This training gives the driver a good insight 

into the physics of driving and helps develop 

an experienced and steady driving style in all 

situations. 

The menu allows you to determine total weight, 

road surface, motor capacity, type of drive, and 

tyre quality. 

In a playful manner and under different conditions 

you can test the effects of racy gear shifting, 

or the physical laws of the centrifugal forces 

in turns. 

A speedy drive on a Foerst race course therefore 

guarantees high-level edutainment. 

Motor capacity: 

Adjustable 

ABS brake: 

Can be disabled 


Fair weather, rain, fog, darkness


Fitness to Drive – 

Put the Rule to the Test 


Test scenarios: 

Reaction time and braking performance (full braking due to a 

stop sign) 

Behaviour in dangerous situations 

Long-drive performance (on motorways with construction sites, 

on country roads) 

Defensive driving 


Whether a driver is fit to drive depends on many 

internal and external factors. Using the Foerst 

software you can put it to the test under various 

conditions. The simulator menue enables the 

trainer e.g. to put a trainee in particular situations 

requiring an immediate reaction. Full braking 

or evasive manoeuvres are e.g. always 

required if a deer runs onto the virtual roadway 

or a stopsign intercepts the drive. The importance 

of proactive and level-headed driving can 

be clearly seen when driving in fog, which bears 

a great risk for rear-end collision accidents. 

Each driver who has ever undertaken a long trip 

in monotonous surroundings knows of the dangers 

of sleepiness behind the steering wheel. 

You can specifically put a driver in this dangerous 

situation on the simulator letting him drive 

on a motorway for a really long time. Afterwards, 

in the diagram, deviations give conclusions on 

concentration and reaction time of the examinee. 

Also, driving along a country road is full of risks. 

After having been behind the steering wheel a 

long time, your reaction time may increase, at 

worst, micro-sleep will be imminent. The simulator 

program not only allows to measure a driver's 

reaction time but also offers the possibility 

to demonstrate the effects of drink-driving or the 

taking of pharmaceuticals on the fitness to drive. 

Here the allrounder of the Foerst company offers 


Collected data (speed, reaction time, clearance, deviation, fitful 

steering, record of traffic violations), Logfiles 

Connecting measurement devices: 

Please contact our experts at Foerst GmbH. We will find custom 

made solutions for your device. Please be informed that additional 

costs may arise.

an option never to be accomplished, of course, 

with a real car in real traffic. 

After the drive there is the possibility to evaluate 

the driver's performance via diagrammes and 

logfiles. These data provide, among others, information 

about speed, pedal positions, clearance 

to the car in front, and time to collision and are 

saved on the hard drive. The trainer can access 

these informations at any time and design follow-up 

drives according to the collected individual 

results. 

The simulator can also be linked with biomedical 

devices to register the physical reactions of a 

trainee in different situations. 


Driving School – 

Basic Knowledge Made Easy 

Training contents: 


Please push accelerator pedal all the way! 

Indicator of petrol level 

Revolution counter 

Blinker 

Steering wheel 

Clutch pedal 

Brake pedal 

Water temperature indicator 

Speed indicator 

Windscreen wiper 

Brake pedal 

Gear shift 

lever 

Hand brake 

lever 

The driving school program consists of topics chosen on a 

menu. They are divided in five levels: 

Basic level (adjusting seat and mirrors, fastening the seat belt, 

control handling, steering exercises, start-up exercises, shifting) 

Developed level (eco-friendly and proactive driving, braking 

exercises, starting on a hill) 

Achievement level (traffic regulations, situations involving other 

road users, keeping a distance, overtaking, changing lanes) 

The driving school program provides the trainer 

with the possibility to instruct his trainees on the 

basic principles of driving. De-clutching, shifting 

and starting up, as well as the use of the other 

controls becomes second nature to your 

trainees while training on the simulator. This is 

the best way to take away a possible fear of the 

first real driving lesson a trainee may have. 

In addition, eco-friendly and proactive driving 

as well as starting on a hill can be trained. 

Whether motorway or country road, in the city or 

in the mountains: driving lessons taken in a 

Foerst simulator guarantee for learning success 

in a stress-free environment – even on wet 

tarmac, in fog, in snow, or in the dark. 

After a scene has been finished the trainer gets 

an on-screen evaluation which is saved on the 

hard drive. The program even comes with a 

“curriculum”-mode automatically guiding the 

trainee through the scenarios. What's more, the 

last ten scenarios can be replayed and watched 

from a bird's eye perspective. 

Special drives (country road, motorway, city, mountain road, 

perception of dangers) 

Weather and sight conditions (wet tarmac, fog, snow, darkness) 

After a scene has been finished there is an on-screen evaluation 

which is being saved on the hard drive. The program comes with 

a “curriculum”-mode automatically guiding the trainee through 

the scenarios.

Driving simulators therefore allow a driver's 

training that is energy-saving, eco-friendly, 

weather-independent, efficient, and free of wear 

close to the usual training by stages – with no 

risk, be it for trainee or machine. Being able to 

replicate traffic situations, to evaluate mistakes 

via replay mode, to repeat all exercises, and to 

analyse every mistake (both handling the controls 

and driving) these allrounders are far ahead 

of real driving school vehicles when it comes to 

efficient training. 


Free Driving – 

Simulated Reality 

Adjustments: 

Surroundings: 



Fair weather, rain, fog, snow, darkness 

Traffic density: 

Adjustable 


The “Free Driving” program familiarises the 

trainee with the demands of an everyday drive. 

Self-determined road users and the use of artificial 

intelligence require the same skills as are 

needed in real-life traffic. 

Especially if weather conditions, light conditions, 

and traffic density are chosen individually you 

will achieve a feeling almost akin to reality. 

In case of a virtual drive in rain or snow – optionally 

with or without ABS – the driver is confronted 

with the perils of aquaplaning, whereas a 

drive in fog or darkness offers the experience of 

the particularities of low visibility.


18 Car Simulators

Types – 

Modifiable Ease of Operation 

The car simulators of the Foerst company are accurat 

replicates, robust, user-friendly, maintenance-free, and 

modifiable. They come with one or two seats or as a 

real vehicle. These high-tech devices are ergonomically 

designed to resemble a real car, and to meet the 

necessities of a driving-school, and they are fully computer-operated. 

To keep the joy of driving at an 

authentic level, the driving stand is mounted with Ford 

Focus originals (pedals, shifter, handbrake, and a 

steering wheel (with levers) vibrating while driving). 


Type „Trainer“ – F12PT-1L40 

The Mobile and Cost-Effective Alternative 

Technical data 

Cabin: single-seated stand 

Total width: 1 m 

Length: 1.80 m 

Height: 1.50 m 

Transportation width: 0.78 m 

Set-up space required: 2.0 x 2.5 m 

Power supply: 230 V, 4.5 A 

Cabin weight: 160 kgs 

Weight of viewing system: 20 kgs 

Virtual visibility angle: 60° 

Viewing system: 1 x 40" LCD-screen 

Audio: dual channel speaker system, 

headset socket 

Due to the small amount of room it takes up this simulator 

is well applicable in a classroom, to e.g. support theory 

lessons. 


Type „Trainer“ – F12PT-3L40 

Simulator with Three LCD Screens 



Total width: 2.45 m 




Set-up space required: 2.0 m x 2.5 m 





Viewing system: 3 x 40" LCD-screens 



Due to the small amount of room it takes up this simulator 

is well applicable in a classroom, to e.g. support theory 

lessons. 


Type „Instructor“ – F12PI-3A88 

With Room for the Co-Driver 


Cabin: two-seated stand 










Viewing system: 3 LCD projection screens with a 

1.80 m x 1.39 m surface at a 

diagonale of 88” 




Type „Tutor“ – F12PF-3A88-NR 

Simulator with Motion System 












Viewing system: 3 LCD projection screens with a 

1.80 m x 1.39 m surface at a 

diagonale of 88” 



The simulator is equipped with a pitching and a rolling 

stand to simulate acceleration forces and ascends. 


Type „Realo-Simulator“ – F12PT-Realo 

The Mobile Solution 

The simulator assembly set "Realo" temporarily turns a fully functioning vehicle into a simulator. Just a few grips 

connect the assembly set to any chosen car without changing it's engineering. 

Two angle sensors are easily attached to both accelerator and brake pedal. The steering angle will be registered 

via sensors located in two rotary plates under the front wheels. 

The sound is generated by one 20 W audio amplifier. Together with its support the projector is fastened on the 

roof. 


Scope of delivery: simulation-pc, interface electronics, sensors for accelerator and brake pedal, audio 

amplifier, projector with support and roll-up projection screen. 



Viewing system: 1 roll-up projector screen with a 63” diagonale and a 2400 ANSI lumen projector 


Type „Astra-Simulator“ – F12PC-Astra-3A88-Q 

The All-In Solution 

The simulator consists of an Opel Astra and a triple channel on-projection viewing system. The simulation computer is 

located inside the vehicle. All controls as well as the control panel are functioning true to original. The rearview mirrors 

are superimposed onto the front images. 

An integrated, pneumatical motion system offers a certain amount of vibrations, pavement irregularities, and accelerator 

forces. 


Cabin: real vehicle 








Viewing system: 3 projection screens with a 1.80 m x 1.39 m surface at a diagonale of 88” 

Audio: dual channel speaker system, headset socket 

Motion system: pneumatic, integrated into the vehicle 



Individual Custom-Made Solutions 

mobile simulator 

Adding extra hard- and software, all Foerst simulators 

can be adjusted to fit the individual requirements of the 

customer. 

There are nearly no limits to the possibilities of custommade 

simulator types and to their build. 

For further information, please contact our specialists at 

Foerst GmbH any time. 


SMART-simulator with motion system 

Type "Demonstrator" for fairs and exhibitions 



Individual Custom-Made Solutions 

Truck simulator cluster 

Passenger car simulator cluster 


Real-vehicle simulator 

Simulator with motion system and windscreen attachement 


Control Desk – 

High Standard with Room for More 

All simulators of the Foerst company stand out due to 

their ease of use. This high standard can even be 

upgraded by introducing an external control desk offering 

a whole series of special functions. 

The additional functions of the external panel, which is 

composed of an extra pc, interfaces, and two 19” 

screens, enable the instructor to cause various incidents 

to happen during a lesson. Interactively, he can, for 

example, change the weather or let a person jump out 

into the street to teach his trainees to expect the unexpected. 

Furthermore, the large size of the desktop enables the 

instructor to access information about the simulation 

while preparing a drive or evaluating lessons. Each 

screen covers several functions: the left-hand screen 

allows the instructor to follow the actions of the trainee, 

to provoke events, to change perspectives, to log 


sequences, and to watch replays, while the right-hand 

screen covers administrative tasks. It shows data and 

results of the trainee's progress, and can be used to 

prepare new scenario sequences for future lessons.

Programming Tools – 

Create Your Own Traffic Situation 

Using the Programming Tool, you can write your own 

scenarios to be run by the F12 driving simulator software. 

This enables you to create a very wide variety of traffic 

situations using all of the predefined graphical databases 

delivered with your simulator. All the exercises found 

in e.g. the “Driving School Program” are scenarios. In 

fact, you can take one of the existing scenarios and create 

your own by modifying it until it fits your needs. 

Examples of what you can do in a scenario script are: 

– Set weather conditions and position traffic signs. 

– Assign a route to the driver (he/she will be instructed 

where to drive). 

– Insert other road users and control their behaviour. 

– Trigger predefined events (e.g. deer running from 

behind a tree). 

– Execute various system commands (e.g. display custom 

messages). 

– Monitor driver’s controls, position and speed and conditionally 

perform other actions. 

The functions used by scenarios to monitor and influence 

the simulation are also available to remote network 

clients. This makes it possible to let your own software 

communicate with the simulator software. 

The Programming Tool consists of a development environment 

to be run on a desktop computer system for writing, 

testing and debugging scenario scripts. 

It comes with a reference manual containing an introduction 

to the scenario programming language and an 

exhaustive reference section describing the interface to 

the simulator software. 


Dr.-Ing. Reiner Foerst GmbH 

Industriegelände 5, 51674 Wiehl, Germany 

Tel: +49 22 62-7 29 70-0, Fax: +49 22 62-7 29 70-12 

info@DrFoerst.de, www.DrFoerst.de

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