SIMULATION APPARATUS AND PROCESSING LOAD ADJUSTMENT DEVICE

In a simulation apparatus for a cockpit system of a vehicle, a driving environment simulation unit performs simulation of a driving environment of the vehicle involving a driving behavior to acquire driving behavior data and generate a travel image as an image simulating scenery visible from the vehicle during travelling. A travel image display unit displays the travel image. A component display unit displays an image of a component generated based on the driving behavior data. A processing load calculation unit calculates a processing load of the simulation apparatus based on at least one of a time difference between acquisition of the driving behavior data and display of the image of the component corresponding to the driving behavior data and a time difference between acquisition of the driving behavior data and display of the travel image generated in response to the driving behavior data.