* The original version of this article was published by Nissan Motor Corporation. Nissan Formula E Team’s most important development tool isn’t the race car; it’s a state-of-the-art simulator helping to shape the team’s on-track success Formula E race weekend. Over 9,000km from the circuit, a special ops team is working hard in the Nissan Formula E Team HQ in Paris, putting in vital and sustainable work to help drivers Oliver Rowland and Norman Nato secure more points in their pursuit of championship success. Plenty about Formula E tallies beautifully with the advancing world of driver-in-the-loop simulators. The sport’s limited track testing time and its celebrated street circuits, which can’t be recced or rehearsed in any traditional sense, both ensure a state-of-the-art sim isn’t just desirable, it’s the bedrock of a successful team. Tommaso Volpe, the managing director and team principal of the Nissan Formula E Team, explains, “With Formula E’s limited physical testing, the ability to run highly accurate simulations is crucial not only for race preparation but also for car and powertrain development. This new simulator is already helping us accelerate our engineering process, validate software and optimize the car long before we reach the circuit.” A new dawn The Dynisma DMG-1, installed at the Nissan Formula E Team HQ in 2025, helps combat the frenetic pace of a Formula E race weekend. Drivers Oliver Rowland and Norman Nato can walk each track with their engineers on the Friday morning ahead of practice, feeding vital information they pick up on surface or corner geometry changes – to which the series’ temporary city courses can be especially vulnerable – directly back to the team’s Paris base so that their race tactics can evolve via the sim ahead of the physical car running on track. A pair of British drivers