You don't need a simulator for that. Just walk outside and #### in your driveway. Lol
Do some companies or CDL schools use SIMULATORS to train drivers?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by TomCougar, Sep 5, 2019.
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Do they even include a choice of Intelligent Life Form in the truck?
Pit Bull would be popular.
I might go for that.
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Here is my new custom Kenworth W900 day-cab tractor: virtual in American Truck Simuator of course! They have a paint garage for all the pimping out stuff. You have to earn money driving to bank cash for truck upgrades and vehicle purchases. You can borrow money to buy a new rig. Seasoned game-play owner-operators can work toward a fleet of their own. So, now after a couple of company hauls, I'm my own virtual O/O. My handle in the game is "Tom Cougar". My virtual truck and private garage is based in Sacramento, CA.
Here is the tough part about mastering PC vehicle sims:
The joystick is totally unnatural for controlling a road vehicle. There are lot of "force feedback" adjustments in this game too. In a real truck, the driver moves his body, eyes and neck to look around. You have to move the in-cab camera with the joystick hat switch while also trying to work the controls at the same time. The mirrors are still functional and the white lines of the mirrors helps to guide the rig within the lane. I have a long way to go to master backing. Almost impossible in cab. Have to use an external cam view to cheat while backing. Very awkward because steering directions are reverse when facing the front of the vehicle: right is left and vice versa. Think of an R/C car or plane. When the model is coming toward you, stick steering directions are flip-flop, confusing!
This game does teach the basic concepts of vehicle backing. I'm considering becoming a real CDL driver so I thought I would play with a sim to get a taste of it. My cheap Logitech joystick is non force feedback so it's a very steady hand on the X axis. In cab GPS with voice is help for navigation. Within the CA central valley I'm taking $5,000 short-haul day-cab jobs as a virtual O/O! Runs between Bakersfield, Stockton, Fresno and Barstow. I owe the virtual bank $130K for this chartreuse KW!
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I do remember my day on the sim.
It was a snowy day with icy roads. The test was seeing the signs such as a truck in the ditch and people going slow. Problem was the handling on the sim was normal. I was flying down the road passing everybody and most missed my exit. Barely made it and ran right up on a toll booth. Flew through booth about 65 mph. Switched lanes to go into tunnel then it cutoff.
Didn’t get any credit for the toll booth maneuvers. Didn’t touch a thing. Pure precision
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