What is Sim-to-Real Gap?
The difference between how a model behaves in simulation versus on the real vehicle or track.

sim 20 m · real 26 m · gap 6 m
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In real work
The sim-to-real gap showed up under wet leaves. The planner was overconfident until we retrained on logged edge cases.
In the illustration
Identical carts brake at the same mark; the sim cart stops at 20 m, the real cart slides through the leaves to 26 m, and the caliper spans the difference.
Measure the sim-to-real gap in your engineering tools for the parking feature: the same ten manoeuvres in simulation and on the track, with the error in final position for each.
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