Ansible Motion delivers Theta Seat Sport simulators

LONDON: Ansible Motion, leading manufacturer of Driver-in-the-Loop (DIL) simulators featuring advanced computational and mechanical performance capabilities, has expanded its partnership with Penske Autosport with the delivery of four new Theta Seat Sport simulators.

Following the deployment of Ansible Motion’s Delta S3 DIL simulator to Penske Autosport in 2024, the racing team now has a multi-sim testing and development centre.

This new five-simulator setup enables the driver of the existing Ansible Motion Delta S3 simulator at DS Penske – featuring full dynamics, 48K image rendering, a full 360° wrap-around screen and real Formula E cockpit – to interact virtually in real-time on-track with four drivers in separate Theta Seat Sport simulators.

Also enabling the multi-sim setup is equally cutting-edge software from AVL Racetech – a long-time technical partner of Ansible Motion – with its vehicle modelling network, providing unified multi-simulator connectivity.

Theta Seat is a part of Ansible Motion’s range of static and compact DIL simulators intended for virtual system integration and vehicle product development.

The newly-introduced Sport variant – the first in the company’s new motorsport product series – is designed specifically for motorsport applications, with a sophisticated, engineering-grade computational architecture that powers highly detailed vehicle and environment models, plus interconnection capacity for multiple networked DIL simulators.

Supported by a modular, plinth-based physical structure, Theta Seat Sport provides a scalable and reconfigurable architecture that can easily adapt to different race series and scale from affordable price point specifications with gaming-standard controls up to sophisticated, more immersive setups with multi-function racing steering wheels and upgrade kits for Ansible Motion’s existing supplemental cueing and active loading systems for steering torque, pedal actuation, harness tension, helmet force and high-frequency actuation.

Seamless integration with the world’s most advanced, engineering-grade driving simulation software – supplied by Ansible Motion’s sister company, rFpro - delivers real-world physics, high fidelity track simulations for Formula E, enhancing driver immersion alongside the cutting-edge vision, motion, and audio systems.

Manufactured in the UK at Ansible Motion’s facility, Penske Autosport’s new Theta Seat Sport simulators were delivered in January 2025, just 3 months after order placement, and are already operational as the team competes in Formula E’s eleventh season.

Ansible Motion has over 14 years of experience delivering high-dynamics, high-fidelity, high-precision driving simulators to support success on and off track, at every level of professional motorsport, including F1, WRC, WEC, NASCAR, INDYCAR and Formula E.