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don't Williams and other F1 teams use these simulators?
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Well, first it would require to have ability for lateral motion and if that could be done than it would need to have ability for acceleration which would be easy to achieve if the lateral motion could be performed.
If you tilt the bed on its side, a portion of your weight will act on the side of your body, simulating lateral g. However, the maximum you could generate is 1g at 90 deg but it would give you some sensation. You wouldn't be able to simulate the F1 cornering forces in a static situation without some sort of g suit.
Something like that rig can fool the body into believing that it is actually experiencing true G-forces. The idea is not to re-create the exact forces, but to fool the body into believing it is.
Trust me, if you tried something like that, apart from the intellectual knowledge that you were in a sim, you would believe you drove the real thing. It's that realistic.
