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TORCS

TORCS (The Open Racing Car Simulator) is an open-source 3D car racing simulator available on Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, AmigaOS 4, AROS, MorphOS and Microsoft Windows. TORCS was created by Eric Espié and Christophe Guionneau, but project development is now headed by Bernhard Wymann. It is written in C++ and is licensed under the GNU GPL. TORCS is designed…

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Developers
Bernhard Wymann, et al.
Engine
PLIB
License
GNU GPL, Free Art license
Original authors
Eric Espié and Christophe Guionneau
Platform
Cross-platform
Release
1997

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TORCS

Nodes41
Edges40
Triples77
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.04878
Components1

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TORCS

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related to Development · 17
TORCS → Christophe Guionneau, Development, Eric Espié, Guionneau, It, Open Racing Car Simulator, OpenGL, ORCS, Racing Car Simulator, RARS, RCS, Revision Control System, Robot Auto Racing Simulator, Soap Box Derby-style, The, When, When Espié
related to Use in research · 15
TORCS → According, Computational Intelligence, Coulom, Dimitrakakis, Due, Espié, Games, Guionneau, IEEE Conference, Simulator, Since, Sumner, The Open Racing Car, TORCS FAQ, Wymann
related to Competitions · 12
TORCS → AI, Demolition Derby Competition, Faculty, Internet-connected, Milano, Politecnico, Simulated Car Racing Championship, The TORCS Racing Board, TORCS Racing Board, University, Unlike, Würzburg
has impact · 8
TORCS → CNN, In December, Linux, Linux Journal, October, SourceForge, The, Top
related to Future goals · 6
TORCS → AI, Andrew Sumner, Aside, Bernhard Wymann, Christos Dimitrakakis, The
see also · 5
TORCS → Dreams, List, Motor Racing, UDP, Video
related to TORCS forks · 2
TORCS → Speed Dreams, Torcs-NG
Developers · 1
TORCS → Bernhard Wymann, et al.
Engine · 1
TORCS → PLIB
License · 1
TORCS → GNU GPL, Free Art license

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racing guionneau car espié development game simulator wymann open projects eric christophe bernhard linux ai graphics simulation research 3d engine

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TORCSDevelopersBernhard Wymann, et al.1.00infobox
TORCSEnginePLIB1.00infobox
TORCSLicenseGNU GPL, Free Art license1.00infobox
TORCSOriginal authorsEric Espié and Christophe Guionneau1.00infobox
TORCSPlatformCross-platform1.00infobox
TORCSRelease19971.00infobox
TORCSRepositorysourceforge.net/projects/torcs/1.00infobox
TORCSStable releasev1.3.9 / April 10, 2026; 4 months ago (2026-04-10)1.00infobox
TORCSTypeRacing game1.00infobox
TORCSWebsitetorcs.sourceforge.net1.00infobox
TORCSWritten inC++1.00infobox
TORCShas impactIn December0.60section

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