Adaptive headlamps with innovative lighting functionalities can increase traffic safety. Subtractive light modulatorssuch as Digital-Micromirror-Devices (DMD), liquid crystal displays (LCD) or liquid crystal on silicon devices(LCoS) are considered to be used as an implementation with a high resolution. In order to realize the regulatedlight distribution as well as to improve the optical efficiency and on-road projection quality of such headlampsystems, an inhomogeneous illumination on the modulator and whereafter low distortion projection optics areconsidered. In this paper we present simulation results of an optical concept of inhomogeneous illumination forheadlamps.