Good news for anyone who loves motorcycles and would like to improve their riding abilities: Dorna. MotoGP’s rights holder, has teamed up with Moto Trainer to develop an advanced simulator.
The rig actually takes a real motorcycle and analyzes your throttle and shifting, so it probably isn’t suitable for the den like your driving simulator. On the other hands, it’s as realistic as it gets.
The rig comes with all of all MotoGP tracks pre-loaded, so you can benchmark real riders’ times. But, if you get tired of those, the rig also hooks up to an XBOX or PC and you can play the MotoGP game on it.
Like those rad arcade games, you can lean the motorcycle up to 50 degrees on the module to help learn weight transfer and simulate grip through the corner. Another fun detail is that the curbs you see next to the bike in the pictures are actually the box it comes in.
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Dorna is reportedly looking to expand into eSports racing, and this simulator is part of its endeavor in it.
As you’d imagine, the Moto Trainer isn’t cheap. The full simulation rig, software, active suspension, and leaning costs 13,000 Euros (around $15,500 USD), while the basic one that’s just a frame and curbs, but without the lean or fork feedback motors that lend it its realistic feeling, costs about 5,000 Euros (nearly $6,000).
That ain’t cheap, but think of it this way. If you have a sports bike and live somewhere weather conditions render riding hard or even impossible, it could double the amount of time you use it. Plus, you get to hone your skills without any actual risk associated with using public roads.