[w_t_payne]

Very interesting perspective.

I always assumed people would integrate an external simulator like CarMaker rather than build their own.

I'd be exceedingly interested in hearing about your product when it comes available (although my interest is in simulation for maritime autonomy rather than automotive).

[qasar]

We're super familiar with CarMaker -- great for dynamics and some level 2 stuff but there are some big difference between autonomy levels (from simulation perspective at least). At higher levels, autonomy algo development is more like modern software development. CarMarker is a fantastic product (along with CarSim, dSpace ASM...etc) but they were built for a different use cases. A very crude analogy would be tools for J2MEE vs modern tools for iOS/Android. Our product is available, just not very public about our more detailed approaches because that is really where our IP is. Feel free to reach out if you want to chat. Obv, i'm super interested in the topic.