Academy offers simulator-based driver education programs that schools and districts can bring in for a day, a week or a term. Every program is delivered by our staff with our equipment.
Driver education has a practical problem that has nothing to do with willingness. Behind the wheel instruction needs a car, an instructor and a road, which caps how many students can be trained and makes some situations impossible to teach at all.
A simulator does not solve all of that. What it does is let a student experience a hazard, a skid or a wet-road stop without any of the risk, and let them do it repeatedly. It also lets more students get hands-on time in a fixed window, because a simulator does not need a public road.
It does not replace behind the wheel instruction and it does not satisfy any state licensing or driver education requirement. We would rather say that plainly than have a district discover it after a purchase order.
Please note: Academy Sim Racing does not currently have simulators installed in Florida school districts. The programs described here are services Academy offers and can deploy. Any reference to a district on this site describes an area we can serve, not an existing installation or partnership.
What Academy is, and is not. Academy Sim Racing supplies racing and driving simulators and runs staffed programs with them. We are not a licensed driving school and we do not employ state-certified driver education instructors. Nothing we provide counts toward Florida licensing requirements, the supervised driving hours a learner must complete, or any state-required driver education course. Districts and schools should deliver those through their own certified staff or an appropriately licensed provider. What we offer is supplementary practice and hazard exposure alongside them.
Four program shapes, described in detail.
Simulators as part of an existing driver education course.
Awareness-focused programs, often tied to a safety week or assembly.
Hazard recognition and response, for students who already drive.
Short, high-throughput formats built around a defined week.
Which one suits you depends on how many students and how long you have.
We bring the simulators to your campus, run the sessions and take everything away again. The most common request, and the easiest to arrange.
Equipment on site for a defined period, such as a semester or a safety initiative, with our staff supporting it.
Where a district wants a permanent capability, we can discuss what that looks like. This is a conversation rather than a catalog item.
How many students, and over how long. Those two numbers determine everything else, including how many simulators make sense and whether one day is realistic.
A gym, cafeteria, media center or large classroom all work. We need floor space and mains power at the setup point, and a way to get equipment in from a vehicle.
Our staff operate the simulators. Your driver education teacher or SRO usually leads the instructional side, and we work to their plan rather than replacing it.
Tell us early how your district buys things. Quotes, W-9s, insurance certificates and vendor registration all take longer than the scheduling does.
Tell us the school or district, roughly how many students and what you are trying to achieve. We will come back with options and costs.