APPLICATION OF THE VISUAL ENVIRONMENT SIMULATOR IN CAR SIMULATORS
A car simulator is a complex of simulators combined for the purpose of full-scale simulation of the behavior of a car on the road, depending on the control actions given by the driver. The car simulator simulates in real time the behavior of a certain unit of the apparatus, synthesizing informationabout its behavior in the form of the readings of the simulator of the corresponding instrument of the cabin equipment. Today, the purpose of the car simulator is to instill professional driving skills in drivers. The driver acquires professional driving skills by setting control actions on the simulators of controls and processing information about the behavior of the car model in the external environment model received from the rest of the simulators of the car simulator. The theory of the formation of a cognitive model of perception of a visually observed environment makes it possible to create a unified conceptual apparatus that determines the requirements for car simulators, when students can acquire professional driving skills.