[Dr_Emann]

"Participants got behind the wheel of a driving simulator equipped with everything you’d find in a real car – from the steering wheel to the pedals and dashboard. A large touchscreen, similar to those found in newer vehicles, allows for music to play and text messages to come through. Three oversized monitors provide 180 degrees of visual coverage to create a realistic, immersive driving environment."

Seems pretty clearly a simulator, they use that word several times.

[dyauspitr]

Still a simulator is not going to replicate the mind set of actually driving a vehicle. It probably helps a little bit that the participants are high, but still it’s not even close.

[vrighter]

racing drivers train on them. So I'd say they get pretty close.

[bushwart]

The point is that there are many kinds of driving simulators. Some are better at simulating than others.