I´m not sure about other simulators, but here are some Gazebo-related links that might be useful:
- As described in the
animate_pose
tutorial, you can animate objects
without using the physics engine. If
you have a model of one or multiple
cars, it should be possible to let
them move using this mechanism.
- There has been some work on importing
Open Street Map data into Gazebo,
code
here.
I´m not sure how mature and finished
this is, though.
- The driving scenario from the VRC
competition as visible in this
video
is available as part of
drcsim
(vrc_task_1.world) and might be
useful to look at.