Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Google Maps Driving Sim
A 2-dimensional driving simulator built upon Google Maps
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Google Maps Driving Sim launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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TravelAnimator▲536Turn Google Maps URLs into stunning map animations.
Jan 2026 · travelanimator.com · its alternatives →
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Ask Maps questions, drive with immersive navigation.
Mar 2026 · blog.google · its alternatives →
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Pick up passengers from the town and drive them safely
2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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APIs are a little like the open road—always waiting, full of opportunity, but hardly utilized. So here’s America, composed of several APIs that paint a vivid, real-time picture of a good old-fashioned road trip. Get local classifieds and photos. Tune into local radio stations. Talk wit other drivers. And more. Exploring the country by car was an invaluable experience for me during my time in the states. I’ve since moved to Barcelona, and find myself missing the territory. This is my attempt at recreating the magic.
2022 · 4m3ric4.com · its alternatives →
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A very early version of Google's prototype vehicle
2014 · blog.google · its alternatives →
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Snazzy Maps▲231Simple & Free To Use Themes for Google Maps
2014 · snazzymaps.com · its alternatives →
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Mapbox Drive▲108In-car navigation for the future (an SDK for cars)
2016 · mapbox.com · its alternatives →
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Google Maps 4.0▲270New material design brings bold graphics and fluid motion
2014 · google.com · its alternatives →
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This little app is a simple simulator of cars on a highway. Play with the parameters or stop any car by touching it. Choose between two kind of AI engines
2016 · muehlemann.com · its alternatives →
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User-created maps shared with the world
2014 · accounts.google.com · its alternatives →
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New maps product that also works offline and has cool x-ray
2015 · urbanengines.com · its alternatives →
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Journey through landscapes and landmarks around the States
2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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Simulate anything on a map from a text prompt -- and conduct risk analysis against LiveUA map's global realtime data points from social media and news sources. I trained a GPT-2-size model on historical incident data used to predict things that will go wrong. As historian Benjamin Breen mentions, the leading language models are good historians, so the application will simulate historical events pretty well also. I include a Multi-Agent RL Urban Mobility model in progress displayed on the map as small white cubes representing traffic and pedestrians. Around SF, it uses real census data and…
2025 · mused.com · its alternatives →
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Create interactive Google Street View hyper-lapse animations
2014 · its alternatives →
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Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →