Comparative feedback metric for driver training

A system for simulating driving around a race track, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• receive driver data representing driver inputs to a vehicle;
• determine a current vehicle state for at least one location on the race track based on the received driver data;
• determine expert driver data representing inputs of an expert driver at the determined vehicle state for the at least one location;
• predict how the expert driver would proceed from each current vehicle state based on the expert driver data;
• and
• map the current vehicle state at the at least one location to one or more recommended vehicle settings for a remaining portion of the race track based on predicting how the expert driver would proceed.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• receive driver data representing driver inputs to a vehicle;
• determine a current vehicle state for at least one location on a race track based on the received driver data;
• determine expert driver data representing inputs of an expert driver at the determined vehicle state for the at least one location;
• predict how the expert driver would proceed from each current vehicle state based on the expert driver data;
• map the current vehicle state at the at least one location to a recommended trajectory from each current vehicle state based on predicting how the expert driver would proceed;
• and
• display the recommended trajectory on a user interface as the driver traverses the race track.