TORCS – The Open Racing Car Simulator

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.

Features include:

• 3D Car racing simulation for gamers, researchers, engineers and teachers.
• 50 different cars.
• More than 20 tracks.
• 50 opponents to race against.
• Sophisticated physical model.
• 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, …).
• Supports all input devices (steering wheels, joystick, game pads).
• Lots of community content/add-on software available.
• Easy to modify.
• Modular architecture.
• Cross-platform game – runs on Linux (x86, AMD64 and PPC), FreeBSD, OpenSolaris, MacOSX and Windows operating systems.

Website: torcs.sourceforge.net
Support: FAQ, Mailing List
Developer: Eric Espié and Christophe Guionneau and other contributors
License: Freely distributable

TORCS is written in C++ and C. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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