The Ford Vehicle Vibration Simulator accurately produces vibration from virtually any road condition in a controlled laboratory environment, offering a completely new dimension in vibration research. 

Another advantage the Ford VVS offers is that the test subject has no way of knowing what vehicles they are being asked to evaluate, which eliminates preconceived biases from the test subject. 

Depending on the circumstance, vehicle vibrations can be isolated to the seat, the steering wheel, or floor pan, if required. The simulator uses a variety of floor pans, seats, and steering wheels, making it ideal for testing individual components. 

Housed in the Ford Research Laboratory, the FDS gives engineers the opportunity to recreate a realistic driving experience in a safely controlled environment that offers a virtual world of diverse weather and road conditions. This virtual world is simulated with computer programs that emulate handling and powertrain responses, demonstrating how computer modeling is continuously changing the face of the automotive industry.

The FDS offers both extreme flexibility (i.e. weather conditions) and controllability (i.e. traffic patterns).

The Ford Driving Simulator's richly textured virtual environment is generated by a system that uses a state vector input that describes the driver's eye-point position and orientation, as well as position of other vehicles in the scene.