YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) -- It's a machine so fast it performs more computations per second than there are stars in our galaxy. It's so large it's housed in a building the size of an aircraft hangar.

It is the race simulator’s turn for a makeover, one that will let the grubby gamer’s toy come up from the basement to breathe fresher air as part of the faux-museum setting of so many modern homes.