I've read a wonderful paper on what information people use when driving, it is pretty similar to this driving simulation. The basic cue is "where you will be in T milliseconds", extrapolated using the current vehicle velocity, and trying to keep that point on the road by steering and throttling. Here is that paper, A unifying theory of driver perception and steering control (2019) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337024514_A_Unifyin...
