Seven Technical Issues That May Ruin Your Virtual Tests for ADAS

A number of simulation platforms allow the validation of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in virtual road environments. However, the development of virtual tests on top of such platforms may face technical issues. Some are related to the management of the modular and configurable architecture of the simulators. Others come from the physical aspects of the simulation. Also, time and concurrency issues may affect the control of dynamic scenarios. This paper shares our experience with the virtual testing of ADAS during a period of time of more than one year. The technical issues yielded simulation crashes, ill-controlled test executions, incorrect verdict assignments, and caused a waste of time in the running and analysis of useless tests. We discuss the issues and provide recommendations for the practitioners.