Observe. Understand. Improve.
VSE — vehicle simulation infrastructure for ADAS, robotics, and racing.
The problem
Every major tool has a structural weakness at scale.
Editor-centric engines were designed for games, not cloud infrastructure. Headless deployment and container orchestration are afterthoughts bolted onto systems built for desktop authors.
Expensive proprietary ecosystems charge for portability. Vendor lock-in is not a side effect — it is the product. Every integration deepens the dependency.
ROS-native tools trade render fidelity for integration convenience. Synthetic training data is only as good as the physics and optics that generate it.
The solution
VSE is built differently.
Differentiation
No existing tool has all five.
| Tool | Open Source | USD-Native | Vulkan | Headless | Scriptable | Deterministic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unreal Engine | ||||||
| Unity | ||||||
| NVIDIA Omniverse | ||||||
| ROS / ROS 2 | ||||||
| VSE |
— = bolted-on / partial support
Performance targets
Built to the numbers.
at 1440p · RTX 3080 class GPU
simultaneous at race pace
physics simulation tick rate
container cold start to first frame
streaming budget · LRU eviction
bitwise identical across platforms
Proving ground
Formula 1. Where we start.
F1 simulation demands everything VSE is built to deliver — real-time multi-body physics, aerodynamic interaction, Pacejka tire dynamics, broadcast-grade rendering, and deterministic replay for race analysis. All at 60+ fps.
Unlike autonomous vehicle or industrial simulation, F1 carries zero regulatory overhead. No ISO 26262. No SOTIF. No UN-R157. It is the highest fidelity proving ground available to a new platform.
The F1 sim racing community is technically demanding, globally active, and hungry for open infrastructure that the major titles have never provided.
"If VSE can put 20 Formula 1 cars on Monza in real time — it can handle anything."
Roadmap
From scaffold to public demo.
Jul 2026
M0
Vulkan Bootstrap
Sep 2026
M1
Render Graph + PBR
Oct 2026
M2
USD Scene Loading
Dec 2026
M3
F1 Car Physics
Feb 2027
M4
Monza Circuit
Apr 2027
M5
Public Demo v0.1.0
Early access
VSE ships publicly in April 2027.
Be there when it does.