IPG Automotive have overhauled their simulation software for driver assistance. At the recent conference on ‘active safety through driver assistance’, IPG showed the new object simulation software Car Maker,
which simulates freely configurable traffic situations with any number of fixed or moving objects from parked vehicles, traffic barriers, traffic signs and buildings to oncoming traffic and pedestrians. A test vehicle can be equipped with sensors for adaptive cruise control, lane change assistance, brake assist, park assist, junction assistance, congestions assistance and pre-crash readiness; thus real systems can be tested in a virtual environment.