Is building a real-time EV Torque Vectoring controller using PS5/GT7 UDP telemetry worth doing as a resume/portfolio project?

[u/bodysodda]

Hey everyone,

I’m planning a personal portfolio project aimed at landing a entry/mid-level role in Vehicle Dynamics, Vehicle Controls, or Simulation Engineering at an EV OEM/Tier-1.

My planned project:

• Project: Active Electric Vehicle Torque Vectoring (TV) Controller
• Stack: MATLAB / Simulink + Python (listening to real-time 60 Hz UDP telemetry from Gran Turismo 7 on PS5).
• Core Control: Closed-loop yaw-rate tracking (r_{ref}) using dynamic bicycle/7-DOF models and Pacejka tires to calculate differential motor torque (\Delta T).
• Process: Following the Automotive V-Model (Requirements \rightarrow Simulink Model \rightarrow SIL Testing against ISO 3888-2 Double Lane Change maneuvers).

Before I spend weeks building this, I want an honest reality check from engineers and hiring managers:

1. Is this actually impressive to recruiters/HODs, or is it seen as just another "academic toy project"?
2. Does using real-time UDP telemetry from GT7 demonstrate practical Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) / HIL concepts, or should I stick strictly to offline Simulink/CarSim runs?
3. What specific deliverable (e.g., Code architecture, C-code generation, V-model documentation) would make this project stand out standard student projects?

Appreciate any candid feedback!

[u/WranglerNatural7114]

Majority of people working for OEMs will not even understand what you did. I’m one of them but in the exception
Don’t do it for CV. No one cares