Apparatus for simulating driving a land vehicle

Apparatus for simulating driving a land vehicle, comprising:

• a base provided with a flat support surface on which a mobile platform is positioned,
• first means for moving said mobile platform along two linear directions perpendicular to each other (X, Y) and for rotating said mobile platform along a third direction, or axis, that is perpendicular to a plane that contains the X, Y, directions, wherein said first movement means comprise a plurality of cables connected with a first portion thereof to the mobile platform and with a second portion thereof to respective actuation members, which are able to determine a movement of the mobile platform with respect to the base,
• a driving position associated with said mobile platform, and
• second means for moving said one driving position with respect to the mobile platform, comprising a plurality of linear connection elements, each associated with a respective first end to the mobile platform, and with a respective second end, opposite the first end, directly or indirectly to the driving position,
• wherein each of said first ends is pivoted with a base joint to a corresponding sliding block, the sliding block slidingly associated with a rectilinear guide, and each of said second ends is pivoted to the driving position with a butt or cardanic joint, said sliding block and said guide defining another base joint, wherein said second means allow a movement of said driving position according to further three directions (x, y and z), and a rotation around the same three directions (x, y and z), and
• wherein said mobile platform is provided with a hollow connection body open at least at a top part to which said cables connect, and in that said guides are disposed at an incline with respect to the support surface inside said connection body, each guide being stably connected on one side to an upper part of said connection body and on an opposite side to a bottom wall of said connection body.