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National Corvette Museum will get two driving simulators

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Bowling Green Corvette Examiner

Hi tech Corvette driving simulators coming to NCM

Two high-tech driving simulators are coming soon to the National Corvette Museum.

The funding mechanism for the driving simulators is the Warren County Fiscal court where the National Corvette Museum is located.

The officials approved a $214,700 bid from Virage Simulation, a Montreal, Canada firm for the simulators.

Two simulators will be purchased. Each will have a car seat an full replication of controls with a variety of road conditions and vibration.

Three 52 inch screens will give the impression of 180 degree view using peripheral vision coming into use.

“A full set of visual scenes reproduces city, highway, industrial, farm land and mountain environments,”

is how the bid quotation describe the system.

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Mark Leevan lives within a few short miles, a few short seconds if driving a Corvette, of the only place in the world Corvettes are made. His love for Corvettes started in 1958, a car he still pines over. Follow Mark on Twitter: @markleevan or email: MarkLeevan@gmail.com.

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