A simulation specialist is gearing up for a rip-roaring year of Red Arrows and cars faster than bullets.

Metropolis Entertainment has joined forces with the RAF and the Science Museum to create the “ride of a lifetime” in a Typhoon jet fighter simulator – which has nearly a million YouTube hits.

Now it is preparing to mark the 50th anniversary of the Red Arrows with a new simulation that immerses visitors in all its twists and turns.

The ride is due out in May and will have the official stamp of approval from the fighter pilots who are helping develop it and will vouch for it being the most realistic simulated experience of its kind.

Metropolis, based at East Sussex National Golf Club, near Uckfield, was formed by former staff of Crawley-based Rediffusion, now Thales, who helped develop Disney’s Star Tours theme park ride in the 1990s.

When the market became oversaturated marketing director Paul Spence and hydraulic engineer Steve Judd broke away and formed Metropolis with a focus on education – but with no fewer thrills.

It now works in museums and school roadshows and produced a ten-minute film of the lunar landings with Apollo astronaut David R Scott.

The 4D computer animated simulation gives the sensation of landing on the moon, driving the lunar buggy and taking off.

The Legend of Apollo and Fly with the Red Arrows are two of the Science Museum’s top attractions.

Paul said: “What’s unusual is we do everything, we produce the films, design and create the concepts. We’re fairly unique.

“It’s just like being in the aircraft. If it wasn’t realistic there wouldn’t have been any point in it.

“It’s all about immersing the audience into the experience and we are pretty good at what we do.”

The Eurofighter Typhoon Simulator boasts all the excitement of a low-level flying sortie in an unforgettable six-minutes.

The enthralling corkscrew ride reaches the dizzying heights of 40,000ft, followed by a rapid descent to 250ft and a low level tour of Wales and the Lake District.

Metropolis is also working on a simulation of the Bloodhound SSC, a supersonic car in development, with aims to reach a landspeed of 1050mph – faster than a bullet.

The company has also worked with Toyota and BMW and is developing a submarine simulator in Brazil to coincide with the World Cup.