torcs-users Mailing List for TORCS - The Open Racing Car Simulator

Hi,

Q) How do I launch TORCS?
A) Open a terminal window and type torcs.

You will see many lines of status when torcs loads.
Maybe you are missing some libraries.

also look at /var/log/messages.

I don't use PC BSD so I'm just guessing.

David

Hi all,

I installed PC-BSD/amd64 on an AMD64 and then TORCS from the "Software and
Updates" utility (a kind of PC-BSD ports)

TORCS does not launch - it shows briefly on the KDE taskbar and then
disapears. It runs in the background taking up some GBs of RAM but I don't
see it. The KDE desktop shows some visual glitches and slows right down.
It's difficult to type this after TORCS has started and failed in the
background. I once (very briefly) saw TORCS flicker on to the screen when I
gave up and started another game, but that hasn't happened again.

The graphics card is a Radeon 9700 Pro. I tried changing screens.xml to my
desktop res + full screen with no effect. Desktop is 1360x768.

How do I launch TORCS?

Thank you,

glinfo follows:

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GL_EXT_point_parameters GL_EXT_polygon_offset GL_EXT_rescale_normal
GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shadow_funcs
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Aug 16, 2011 12:32:22 PM, tor...@ha... wrote:

Hey,

does anyone know how I get the real steering angle of car?
I don't mean the control variable.

Thanks!

Regards
Torben

***************************************************************
If you know (a) = the wheelbase and you know (b) = the turning radius
you draw a right-angle triangle where the hypotenuse
is (c) = square-root(a*a + b*b).
Law of sines:
sine(A)/a = sine(C)/c
sine(A) = a*sine(C)/c
sine(A) = a*sine(90)/c
sine(A) = a*1.0/c
sine(A) = a/c
Angle A in degrees:
A = arcsine(a/c)
Answer:

A = arcsine(a/square-root(a*a +b*b))

David

Hey,

does anyone know how I get the real steering angle of car?
I don't mean the control variable.

Thanks!

Regards
Torben

Hi,

This ultimately improved (nobody can do better) patch makes the Viper
the only realistic car in torcs. Drive the other cars to simulate
Chain Racing (just imagine chaining cars in tandem and racing).

no

On 04/08/2011, Wil Willis <the...@co...> wrote:
> anyone active on this list now days?
>
> I have a nice MOMO wheel and pedals for the sim.
>
> regards,
>
> wil
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anyone active on this list now days?

I have a nice MOMO wheel and pedals for the sim.

regards,

wil