Exclusive look at McLaren's space-age road-car simulator

These are the first images of McLaren's state-of-the-art simulator that could be used to develop the next car you buy. That's because the sports and racing car legend's simulator will be used by car manufacturers to develop and test vehicles of the future. This is Money and MailOnline's Rob Hull was granted an exclusive first peek at the new road-car simulator - a more advanced edition of the Formula 1 version currently used by Fernando Alonso, Stoffel Vandoorne and other drivers to hone their racing skills. He visited McLaren's motoring headquarters to find out why there's a growing demand for vehicle simulation, in what other scenarios it can be incorporated and - to his own detriment - what it's like to use one? Exclusive: These are the first images of McLaren's new'MTS Vehicle Dynamics Simulator' that will be used by the brand and other manufacturers to test and develop their cars of the future If anybody knows the answer to questions like these it's McLaren - it's been using simulators as part of its Formula 1 programme since 1997.