Racing Simulator
The goal of this project was to develop a racing car simulator which could predict lap times for a given vehicle and track. This allows the racing car design team to find the best vehicle set-ups while in the testing stage, and allow future concept vehicles to be realised.
I completed this project as part of my BEng degree, while working as the head engineer of Glasgow Universities formula racing student team - UGRacing. This project involved a huge amount of simulation work, subsystem testing and track validation. The simulator has served as a useful design and learning tool to the team, and is now being developed further in their efforts to develop an electric vehicle. If you’re interested, the original thesis can be downloaded here.