TORCS

TORCS (The Open Racing Car Simulator) is a highly portable multi platform car racing simulator.  It allows you to drive in races against opponents simulated by the computer. 

You can also develop your own computer-controlled driver (also called a robot) in C or C++. 

TORCS is designed to enable pre-programmed AI drivers to race against one another, while allowing the user to control a vehicle using either a keyboard, mouse, or wheel input. The concept is derived from RARS (the Robot Auto Racing Simulator).

The game offers a wide variety of real-life high-performance vehicles as well as Formula 1 racers and off-road rally racers.

TORCS

License Freely distributable Developer Eric Espié and Christophe Guionneau and other contributors Website torcs.sourceforge.net Requirements Minimum: 550MHz CPU, 128MB RAM, OpenGL 1.3 compatible graphics card with 32 MB RAM OpenGL Or Mesa GLUT 3.7 Or FreeGlut (better for full screen support than GLUT) PLIB 1.8.3 version libpng and zlib OpenAL Support: Quick Start Guide, FAQ, Berniw's Homepage, Mailing List, Track Tutorial, The TORCS Racing Board Selected Reviews: blogspot, About.com, Unix Review

Features include:

• 50 different cars
• More than 20 tracks
• 50 opponents to race against
• Graphic features lighting, smoke, skidmarks and glowing brake disks
• Simulation offers:
• Simple damage model
• Collisions
• Tire and wheel properties (springs, dampers, stiffness, ...), 
• Aerodynamics (ground effect, spoilers, ...)

Last Updated Monday, September 15 2008 @ 02:24 PM EDT