Motor vehicle simulation system for simulating a virtual environment with a virtual motor vehicle, the motor vehicle simulation system having - a simulation unit which is designed to generate pictures of a virtual environment with a virtual motor vehicle, - a display apparatus wearable at the head of a user, which is designed to display the pictures generated by the simulation unit, and - a real operating element, - wherein the simulation unit is further designed to define, at a generation of pictures of the virtual environment, a perspective starting from a virtual location, from which the virtual environment is shown, and - wherein the motor vehicle simulation system is designed to show a virtual operating element in the pictures of the virtual environment, characterised in that - the motor vehicle simulation system has a detecting means which is designed to identify at least one relative position (R R) between the display device wearable at the head and the real operating element, wherein the simulation unit is designed to take into consideration the identified relative position (R R) in the generation of pictures such that the virtual operating element is shown at a place in the virtual environment which has a relative position (R V) to the virtual location, wherein the relative position (R V) between the virtual operating element and the virtual location corresponds to the relative position (R R) between the display device wearable at the head and the real operating element, - wherein the real operating element is configured such that using the real operating element the motor vehicle simulation system can be operated by the user for the configuration of the virtual motor vehicle, - wherein the real operating element has a touch-sensitive operating surface such that the real operating element is designed to detect a touch of the operating surface on the part of the user, - wherein the real operating element is designed at a touch of the operating surface to detect a touch location as position of the at least one part of the hand of the user, and - wherein the motor vehicle simulation system is designed to show the virtual operating element as virtual touchscreen and to show the detected position at a corresponding point on the virtual touchscreen by means of a virtual display element (20b; 21b). - a simulation unit which is designed to generate pictures of a virtual environment with a virtual motor vehicle, - a display apparatus wearable at the head of a user, which is designed to display the pictures generated by the simulation unit, and - a real operating element, - wherein the simulation unit is further designed to define, at a generation of pictures of the virtual environment, a perspective starting from a virtual location, from which the virtual environment is shown, and - wherein the motor vehicle simulation system is designed to show a virtual operating element in the pictures of the virtual environment, - the motor vehicle simulation system has a detecting means which is designed to identify at least one relative position (R R) between the display device wearable at the head and the real operating element, wherein the simulation unit is designed to take into consideration the identified relative position (R R) in the generation of pictures such that the virtual operating element is shown at a place in the virtual environment which has a relative position (R V) to the virtual location, wherein the relative position (R V) between the virtual operating element and the virtual location corresponds to the relative position (R R) between the display device wearable at the head and the real operating element, - wherein the real operating element is configured such that using the real operating element the motor vehicle simulation system can be operated by the user for the configuration of the virtual motor vehicle, - wherein the real operating element has a touch-sensitive operating surface such that the real operating element is designed to detect a touch of the operating surface on the part of the user, - wherein the real operating element is designed at a touch of the operating surface to detect a touch location as position of the at least one part of the hand of the user, and - wherein the motor vehicle simulation system is designed to show the virtual operating element as virtual touchscreen and to show the detected position at a corresponding point on the virtual touchscreen by means of a virtual display element (20b; 21b).