It is called the "Sim-to-Real" gap. A simulator is a model. And all models are wrong.
Humans learn driving through vulnerability. We know the physics of a crash because we are made of meat and bone. We stop at red lights because we fear the thud . google driving simulator
The strings are pulled by the simulator. It is called the "Sim-to-Real" gap
Google (via its sibling company, Waymo) realized this early. The road is a sparse dataset. Most driving is boring. The truly dangerous moments—the tire rolling out of a driveway, the deer jumping the median, the drunk driver running a red light—happen maybe once every 100,000 miles. Humans learn driving through vulnerability
At its core, the simulator is a reality engine. It takes high-definition 3D scans of real cities—Austin, Mountain View, Tokyo. It models the physics of tire friction, the reflectivity of wet asphalt at night, and the delay of a brake light turning on.