A vintage car boot sale will be back in King's Cross this summer with carefully selected traders, classic vehicles, street food and a bar in a retro double.
A vintage car boot sale will be back in King's Cross this summer with carefully selected traders, classic vehicles, street food and a bar in a retro double.
Published: 27 May 2021
► Uses military tech to create g-forces
► The most convincing sim you can buy?
Strapping into Cranfield Simulation’s Axsim rig is a bit like getting your blood pressure taken, only with a five-point racing harness instead of an air-inflated armband. Featuring high-end components and the company’s military-focused innovations, the Axsim is the closest you can get to driving a high-downforce car short of paying for a go in a Williams or Haas. And it’s all down to how it conveys g-forces.
Most moving sims – often on a sled or hexapod – give the initial feeling of g-forces, but they’re unable to sustain them for a realistic amount of time. The result? You end up losing that sense of movement, and the sense of immersion is lost. Take Spa’s Pouhon, for example; lots of rigs can give you the jolt of flicking the car into the fast double left, but they’re unable to recreate the sensation of the car loading up g-force
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