Feel the machine.
Responsive handling and physically grounded force feedback. A direct connection from the contact patch to your hands.
DRIVING
A NEW DIMENSION OF DRIVING
Feel everything.
Understand why.
A driver’s instinct. An engineer’s insight.
One extraordinary connection.
PHYSICS WITHOUT THE BLACK BOX.DRIVING WITHOUT THE DISCONNECT.PROGRESS THROUGH UNDERSTANDING.
01 / THE VISIONDRIVER. ENGINEER. EXPLORER.
Beyond the
lap time.
What if you could feel a car at its limit — and understand exactly what brought it there?
ATLAS is a vehicle dynamics lab built around three equal ambitions: compelling driving, credible physics, and the tools to understand both. A place to chase a better lap, build a better setup, or explore the forces that make a car feel alive.
The reward is more than speed. It’s knowing why.
See the physics.
Reveal the forces beneath the bodywork. Explore grip, weight transfer and the chain of events behind every response.
PHYSICSEngineer the outcome.
Turn an observation into an experiment. Change a parameter, compare the evidence, and feel the difference for yourself.
ENGINEERING & LEARNINGTHE SPACE ATLAS IS BUILT FOR
Where driving simulation
meets engineering discovery.
The immersion that draws you in. The visibility that keeps you learning. ATLAS is being designed to connect the driver’s seat and the engineering lab in one accessible experience.
THE DRIVER’S SEAT
Instinct. Immersion. Pace.
ATLASFEEL ↔ UNDERSTAND
THE ENGINEERING LAB
Evidence. Experiment. Insight.
02 / THE EXPERIENCE
Instinct,
meet insight.
The wheel goes light. The rear begins to rotate.
That moment is where the lab begins.
ONE CONTINUOUS DISCOVERY
Every lap.
A better understanding.
Drive first. Go deeper when curiosity takes over. The planned ATLAS experience brings feeling, evidence and experimentation into a single loop.
- 01
Feel.
Find the balance. Sense the grip. Drive the car.
- 02
See.
Reveal tyre forces, chassis motion and steering torque.
- 03
Understand.
Connect what you felt to the physics behind it.
- 04
Change.
Make an informed adjustment. Test a clear hypothesis.
- 05
Drive.
Return to the track. Compare. Refine. Repeat.
03 / INSIDE THE LABPLANNED CAPABILITIES
The invisible.
Made understandable.
A connected set of tools designed to turn vehicle behaviour into something you can see, question and improve.
ATLAS PROTOTYPE / ORIGINAL VISUAL CONCEPTATLAS / SYSTEM EXPLORERVISION PREVIEW
PHYSICS VISION
Look beneath
the bodywork.
Switch from pure driving to a view of the forces shaping it. See tyre loads, slip, suspension movement and steering contributions in context.
- Force vectors & friction circles
- Contact patches & tyre saturation
- Steering torque decomposition
- Physics Explorer & contextual overlays
THE QUESTION IT ANSWERS
“Why did the steering go light?”
HERMES / TELEMETRY
Every response.
A trail of evidence.
Revisit a corner with synchronised telemetry and Engineering Replay. Compare two runs and connect a setup change to what actually happened.
- Compare Runs & setup change history
- Scrubbable Physics Timeline
- Event markers & virtual sensors
- Telemetry export & focused analysis
THE QUESTION IT ANSWERS
“Did that change make the car better?”
ATHENA / AI ENGINEER
A second perspective.
Grounded in your drive.
An AI engineer and coach designed to work from telemetry, driver inputs and vehicle setup. Explain observations, surface uncertainty, and suggest the next useful experiment.
- Contextual explanations & driver coaching
- Setup guidance with a reason behind it
- Suggested experiments & confidence
- Dynamic Whiteboard for deeper learning
THE QUESTION IT ANSWERS
“What should I investigate next?”
DAEDALUS / VEHICLE DESIGN
Build the car.
Understand the choices.
A vehicle and setup workspace where geometry, mass, tyres and powertrain become connected design decisions. Every adjustment should carry an engineering interpretation.
- Data-driven vehicle packages
- Meaningful setup controls & guidance
- Vehicle Designer & Experiment Lab
- Longer-term mod & setup-sharing support
THE QUESTION IT ANSWERS
“What happens if I change this?”
ARGUS / VALIDATION
Confidence
has to be earned.
A validation framework designed to compare model behaviour against reference curves and repeatable tests. Record assumptions, parameter sources and known simplifications.
- Reference curves & regression scenarios
- Repeatable vehicle dynamics experiments
- Parameter provenance & model limits
- Python research alongside the C++ core
THE QUESTION IT ANSWERS
“How do we know the model is credible?”
ONE PHYSICS FOUNDATION. MANY WAYS TO UNDERSTAND IT.
These tools describe the intended product. The imagery is concept art.
04 / THE ENGINEERING DEPTH
Every force
has a story.
ATLAS starts at the contact patch and follows the connection through the whole vehicle. The goal: a coherent physical model whose behaviour can be inspected and explained.
Build cars.
Understand physics.
Feel every force.
01Tyres & contact patches
Explore the relationship between load, slip and grip — including what changes when braking and cornering happen together.
- Pacejka-based forces, combined slip and aligning moment
- Load sensitivity, camber and relaxation behaviour
- Planned pressure, temperature, wear and contact-patch models
02Suspension & chassis
Understand how the platform moves, where the load goes, and why a setup change alters the car’s balance.
- Springs, asymmetric dampers, bump stops and anti-roll bars
- Unsprung mass, motion ratios, roll, pitch and heave
- Load transfer, inertia, roll centres and anti-dive / anti-squat
- Setup metrics, suspension geometry and aero platform
03Steering & force feedback
Build the steering system, then send its torque to the wheel. Trace the feedback from the tyres through the rack and column.
- Tyre aligning moment, caster, mechanical trail and scrub
- Rack friction, damping, column inertia and assist models
- Torque decomposition, FFB oscilloscope and clipping visibility
- Hardware adapters separated from the vehicle model
04Powertrain & drivetrain
Follow torque from the engine to the road and see how power delivery changes the balance on entry, through a shift and on corner exit.
- Engine torque and inertia, clutch slip and engine braking
- Sequential shifting, torque cuts, rev-matching and anti-stall
- Clutch-pack differential preload, power and coast ramps
- Wheel torque, driveline state and drivetrain telemetry
05Aero, brakes & vehicle setup
Explore the interactions that make a car a system: speed, ride height, braking, alignment and mass distribution.
- Drag, downforce balance and planned aero maps
- Ride-height, rake and platform sensitivity
- Brake bias, wheel locking and combined tyre demand
- Alignment, fuel, mass and interpretable setup controls
06An independent physics foundation
The C++ Atlas core is designed to stay independent of the presentation engine. A fixed simulation step and explicit vehicle state provide a foundation for driving, analysis and research.
- Godot presentation today; rendering through the Apollo host layer
- Python reference models, Argus validation and documented assumptions
- Separated simulation, telemetry, rendering and hardware adapters
- Future FMI interoperability and reusable vehicle packages
05 / FIND YOUR WAY IN
One lab.
Many reasons to drive.
Built for people who love the feeling of driving — and those who can’t stop asking how it works.
Find your edge.
Connect your inputs to the car’s response. Learn the limit, understand the balance, and develop repeatable skill.
DRIVER DEVELOPMENTTest the hypothesis.
Use controlled experiments, setup comparisons and replay to investigate how the vehicle behaves.
ENGINEERING EXPLORATIONMake theory tangible.
Turn vehicle dynamics into something you can experience. Learn through guided experiments, challenges and the ATLAS Academy.
INTERACTIVE LEARNINGExplore what’s possible.
Investigate vehicle concepts, build configurations and develop models on an inspectable physics foundation.
VEHICLE & MODEL CREATION06 / THE ROAD AHEADAMBITION, WITH A CLEAR FOUNDATION.
A world of possibility.
Built from the physics up.
ATLAS is in active development. The path starts with a driving prototype and grows towards a complete driver–engineer experience.
THE FOUNDATION
A working core.
The Python physics prototype has been ported to C++, with Godot providing the current driving and graphics environment.
PROTOTYPE IN DEVELOPMENTCurrent focus: handling, integration and validation.
THE CONNECTED LAB
Understand the drive.
Physics Vision, force-feedback analysis, Hermes telemetry, Engineering Replay and Compare Runs bring the vehicle’s behaviour into view.
PLANNEDTHE LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Turn insight into skill.
Athena, the Academy, Physics Explorer, setup challenges and controlled experiments help drivers and engineers progress.
PLANNEDTHE WIDER VISION
Build. Race. Explore.
Vehicle design, broader car and track libraries, an engineer role with an AI driver, and longer-term career, race-weekend and multiplayer possibilities.
LONGER-TERM VISIONA range of driving experiences. From lightweight road cars and karts to single-seaters, GT cars and the ATLAS Prototype. Final vehicles and content will depend on development and licensing.
Progress through understanding. Start with a clean driving view. Reveal deeper tools as your questions grow. A better grasp of the car becomes part of the progression.
ENGINEER. ANALYSE. MASTER.