Patent ID: 7657358

Claim:
An entertainment system, comprising: a first vehicle that transports a first user including: a user interface adapted to accept a vehicle input from the first user; an event sensor adapted to sense a plurality of trigger events; a steering subsystem that is adapted to allow steering of the first vehicle and includes a disabled mode that reduces control of the first user over the steering of the vehicle; a propulsion subsystem that is adapted to propel the vehicle and includes a disabled mode that reduces control of the first user over the propulsion of the vehicle, and includes an enhanced mode that increases input to the propulsion system; a processor connected to the user interface and to the event sensor, and adapted to operate in the following modes: normal mode—wherein the processor controls the first vehicle based substantially on the vehicle input from the first user; and a plurality of simulation modes—wherein the processor controls at least one of the steering subsystem and the propulsion subsystem of the first vehicle based on a modification of the vehicle input from the first user according to simulate a physical event; wherein the plurality of simulation modes include: a reduced traction simulation that activates the disabled mode of the steering subsystem, a disabled simulation that activates the disabled mode of the propulsion subsystem, and a turbo boost simulation that activates the enhanced mode of the propulsion subsystem; a plurality of event elements separate from the first vehicle and adapted to communicate a trigger event to the event sensor; wherein the processor transitions from normal mode to a simulation mode upon the sensing by the event sensor of a trigger event communicated from an event element.