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VDrift - A Car Racing Simulator for Multiple Platforms

VDrift is a cross-platform, open source driving simulation made with drift racing in mind. It is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) v3. It is currently available for FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.

Mission Statement

The goals of the VDrift project are:

• to be a high-quality, open source racing simulation featuring enjoyable and challenging gameplay;
• to take advantage of modern computing hardware to accurately simulate vehicle physics in rich and immersive racing environments; and
• to provide a platform for creative experimentation to a community of developers and artists.

Getting Started

General

• Official website
• About the project
• Authors and contributors
• License
• Reporting problems
• Useful links

Installation

• Requirements
• Downloading
• Installing

Configuration

• Configuring the display
• Configuring the sound
• Configuring the controls
• Logitech G25 support
• Setting up force feedback

Playing

• Replays
• Drifting techniques
• Drift scoring

Files

• User settings directory
• Data directory
• VDrift.config
• Adding video modes
• options.config
• Sound and graphics formats
• JOE format
• JOEPack format
• Config file format
• Menu file format

Development

• Getting the development version
• Working with the development version
• Compiling
• Packaging
• Testing
• Debugging
• Coding guidelines
• Source code documentation
• Numerical Integration

Cars

• Getting cars
• Car files and formats
• Creating cars
• Car parameters
• Car graphics
• Car sounds
• 3D modeling

Tracks

• Getting tracks
• Track files and formats
• Creating tracks
• Importing Racer tracks