In July, we welcomed the return of F1 to our screens as the delayed and shortened season got underway in Austria. As a Dutch company of motorsport fans, the Cruden team was so disappointed to see the first Dutch Grand…
The April 2020 issue of PMW magazine focusses on the use of driving simulators outside F1, acknowledging the impact of increased, affordable computing power in junior formulae and GT racing over recent years. The article includes contributions from simulator manufacturers,…
Teams rely on simulators to test and validate energy management strategies The rise and rise of Formula E and its relevance in the development of electric vehicle technology is, having a profound effect on the development and engineering tools and…
Article 4 of 7 in our Content Series: Cruden’s Dennis Marcus explains the crucial compromise between image detail, resolution and frame rate that sits at the heart of an immersive driving simulator. Toy Story 4 was one of the movie…
Simulators can help automotive manufacturers evaluate a wide range of factors which affect the driving experience, from the vehicle’s dynamic behavior to the driver’s interactions with the controls and instruments. In many of these simulated tests, moving images of the…
Article 3 of 7 in our Content Series: There is a big difference between the 3D graphic requirement for sensor simulations for ADAS development and for fully immersing human driver test subjects. Dennis Marcus explains. Cruden’s automotive customers use…
Article 2 of 7 in our Content series: Dennis Marcus takes us behind the scenes where Cruden’s 3D content artists create detailed track and road graphics. We’re often asked how Cruden goes about building the detailed 3D track environments that…
Article 1 of 7 in our Content series: Cruden’s Dennis Marcus introduces a new series of blog articles on content for real-time simulators. Whether a driver-in-the-loop (DIL) simulator is being driven by a professional racing driver or by a pool…
The four Dutch finalists in the new W Series visited our workshop in Amsterdam last week, to test a formula race car on one of our simulators. In preparation for the final selection stage at the Almeria circuit in Spain,…
Cruden has two exciting new job opportunities. Support Engineer Cruden develops professional open architecture driving simulators for the automotive, motorsport and marine industries. We supply flexible, durable, high performing real-time simulators and their modular components: hardware, software, vehicle models, content…