RML Group selects VI-CarRealTime for its successful Cruze World Touring Car Championship programme

Marburg, Jul 16th, 2013 – VI-grade, the leading provider of best-in-class products and services to bridge the gap between real world testing and technical simulation, today announced that RML Group, the UK-based leading high performance automotive engineering and multi-discipline motorsport organization, has selected VI-CarRealTime, the specialized real-time vehicle simulation environment from VI-grade, to optimize the design of their vehicles, to support and further develop the high level of engineering and operational success of its racing programs. In detail, RML is starting to use VI-CarRealTime from VI-grade for a number of projects, but primarily on the very successful Chevrolet Cruze competing in the FIA World World Touring Car Championship (WTCC).  

 

 

“Track time is very limited in the WTCC, meaning accurate and detailed preparation is key. VI-CarRealTime helps us in the preparation for each race, but also in the analysis of development ideas and proposals which ultimately lead to the car going faster around the track” says Chris Cronin, Race Engineer WTCC, RML Group. “The value of VI-CarRealTime to RML is significant, adding understanding and validation to vehicle development projects, optimization of the numerous set-up parameters on the cars before arriving at a circuit and importantly building up the engineering knowledge and understanding within the company.”

 

 

 

“We are very excited about the collaboration with RML Group” says Diego Minen, Technical Director of VI-grade. “We are looking forward to continue supporting the success of this important racing team, part of the community of our customers belonging to the racing industry.”

 

VI-CarRealTime provides a vehicle simulation environment where the same simplified vehicle model can be used by vehicle dynamics and controls engineers to optimize vehicle and control system performance.  The product enables engineers to quickly and easily perform large Design of Experiments (DOE) and multi-objective optimization studies. VI-CarRealTime is the only real-time solution available in the market that can automatically and seamlessly export a real-time vehicle model directly from ADAMS/Car™. Similarly, VI-CarRealTime also enables to share component property files such as tires, springs, dampers, and bumpstops with ADAMS/Car™.  VI-CarRealTime provides validated models which can be used by controls and hydraulic engineers to optimize the controller design based on accurate vehicle performance. VI-CarRealTime can be integrated with Matlab Simulink for controls systems. 

 

RML is one of the world’s leading high performance automotive engineering companies. In competition RML specializes in delivering Touring Car, GT, Sports Prototype and off-road programs in major motorsport series for global automotive brands. RML has won multiple World-Championships for its partners and has a winning pedigree in every series in which it has competed over the past twenty years. The RML designed and built Cruze has won the 2010, 2011 and 2012 World Touring Car Championship and applies this nimble, innovative and winning mindset to also developing high performance road car derivatives and advanced automotive engineering solutions for OEMs. RML is also leading the 2013 World Championship.   

 

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