Simulators in driving schools are a thing since a long time in France.

Here a few links from a quick search:

http://thegooddrive.fr/fr/accueil.html

https://www.ecf.asso.fr/Les-plus-ECF/The-Good-Drive

https://www.ecf.asso.fr/Site-ECF-PRO/Blog/Simulateur-de-cond...

https://acreos.eu/en/home/

You can use DeepL to translate French to English.