Video Demos

Animation of Test Data

Mechanical Simulation collaborated with Motor Trend for the August 2006 issue of Motor Trend Magazine, which pitted the BMW Z 4 M Coupe (blue vehicle) against the Porsche Cayman S (red vehicle) in a series of vehicle tests.

This set of animations is based on actual GPS and accelerometer data obtained from Motor Trend's vehicle tests. Mechanical Simulation was able to use this data to overlay the two vehicles in three-dimensional animations of the tests.

The vehicles ran through three tests used by Motor Trend for their regular testing process: a slalom, a figure-8 race, and acceleration.

Slalom

Animator EXE (3 MB)
Movie WMV (1 MB)
Figure 8

Animator EXE (3 MB)
Movie WMV (2.5 MB)

Acceleration

Animator EXE (3 MB)
Movie WMV (2 MB)

Animation Information

Viewing Results with the Animator
Hints for using the Animator
Example Animations of Simulations
Animations: Camaro vs. Mustang
Example Animations of Tests
Available Vehicle Shapes
How to Make New Vehicle Shapes

Viewing Results

You can view each test three ways:

  • Click a thumbnail Image for a static image of the test, taken from the animator.
  • If you have a Windows PC and permission to download EXE files, click Animator EXE for the full, self-contained animation.
  • Click Movie WMV to view a recording of the animation with Windows Media Player (file type = .wmv).