Haoran Zhou 1 and Andrew Park 2 , 1 Troy High School, 2200 East Dorothy Ln., Fullerton, CA , 2 University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697
Drive Wise is a Unity-based driving simulator created to address the problem of unsafe responses to road hazards, especially among inexperienced drivers. Because dangerous situations such as hydroplaning, tire failure, and side collisions are difficult to practice safely in real life, the project proposes a virtual training environment using a Logitech steering wheel and scenario-based simulation [1]. The program links together three main systems: car controls, environmental hazard physics, and interface flow with AI-generated feedback. Important development challenges included creating believable driving physics, collecting meaningful performance data, and generating useful analysis from that data. To evaluate the project, two experiments were designed: one testing whether hazard scenarios were balanced fairly, and another testing whether the AI feedback was helpful to users [2]. The results suggested that scenario tuning strongly affects performance and that feedback quality depends on how specific the recorded data is. Overall, DriveWise offers a safe, interactive, and educational approach to driving practice
Driving Simulator, Unity, Logitech Wheel, Artificial Intelligence