{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e57be55824bbe58f860bd190","clusterId":"c_874371a0bb5603fd586fdb7b","slug":"hori-and-hino-motors-build-a-driving-school-simulator-for-tokyo-game-show-2026","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"HORI and Hino Motors Develop Driving School Simulator for TGS 2026","summary":"HORI announced on September 10 that it will commercialize a full-scale driving school simulator developed with Hino Motors, and will exhibit it at Tokyo Game Show 2026, which runs from September 17 to 21. Two versions are planned: JAPAN DRIVER TRAINING SIMULATOR for ordinary automobiles and JAPAN TRUCK DRIVING SIMULATOR for large vehicles. The vehicles covered run from standard cars to medium 4-ton trucks, 10-ton trucks, towing vehicles, and buses. Hino Motors supplied vehicle data and engine sound sampling for the 3DCG reproduction of training vehicles. The simulator reproduces left-side driving practice based on Japanese traffic rules, and the course of the practical skills contest for truck drivers. HORI says it planned the product in response to the expansion of the specified skilled foreign worker program into the automobile transportation field. Pricing has not been announced.","whyItMatters":"HORI built its business on game peripherals, and this product moves its hardware into professional driver training, a market segment the cluster ties to foreign worker licensing demand.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eDevelopment also involved Hanyu Motor School, a designated driving school in Saitama Prefecture with strengths in logistics driver education, and Tetra Shift Co., Ltd., a startup that develops driving education content for foreign nationals.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eJAPAN DRIVER TRAINING SIMULATOR: ordinary automobile version.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eJAPAN TRUCK DRIVING SIMULATOR: large-vehicle version.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hardware comes in two forms: a three-screen cabinet that reproduces the driver\u0026#39;s seat, and a compact notebook PC type. The steering wheel has force feedback and vibration reproduction, covering road surface vibration and the reactive force when turning curves. HORI says users can practice contest skills without securing a practice location or vehicle.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree training tools are built in: a replay function for reviewing drives afterward, an around-view window for checking vehicle behavior, and a ranking function that scores accuracy and time per task. Vehicle behavior such as the inner wheel difference and overhang of large vehicles is reproduced.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHORI\u0026#39;s predecessor was Hori Electric Works, founded in 1967, and the company makes gamepads and arcade sticks for fighting games. Both simulators will be playable at the HORI booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"HORI's simulator is aimed at Japan's driving schools, not players. Hino's engine audio and truck data exist to train foreign workers under the expanded visa program, so the buyer is an institution.","twitterPost":"HORI's driving simulator is built for driving schools, not players. Hino data and visa-program growth point to institutional buyers.","threadsPost":"HORI's simulator goes at Japanese driving schools, not game players. Hino Motors supplied truck data and engine audio because the demand HORI cites is the visa program's expansion into automobile transport, which makes the buyer an institution rather than a fan.","newsletterBlurb":"HORI is moving from gamepads and arcade sticks into professional driver training. The company announced a full-scale driving school simulator developed with Hino Motors, with versions for ordinary cars and large vehicles, and will put it on trial play at Tokyo Game Show 2026 from September 17 to 21.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260910-466580/\",\"title\":\"HORI Announces Genuinely Practical 'Driving School Simulator'; Developed Jointly with Hino Motors, a Simulator with a 'Full Set of Dedicated Devices'\"},{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/10/172089.html\",\"title\":\"Controller Maker HORI Develops Driving School Simulator! Covers Everything from Standard Cars to Large Vehicles - Exhibiting at TGS2026\"},{\"source\":\"GameBusiness.jp\",\"url\":\"https://www.gamebusiness.jp/article/2026/09/12/28014.html\",\"title\":\"Controller Maker HORI Develops Driving School Simulator! 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