Towards a Common Understanding of Driving Simulator Validity

Abstract

Driving simulators are among the most often used research tools in the AutomotiveUI community. However, no common understanding on when a simulator should be considered valid and how driving simulator validity should be investigated exists, despite numerous publications related to the topic throughout the past four decades. The present paper aims at achieving a more refined understanding of what driving simulator validity actually is. We propose a framework which may be used in context of driving simulator studies and provide recommendations for researchers approaching simulator validation.