<s>
Rigs	B-Language
of	I-Language
Rods	I-Language
(	O
RoR	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open	I-License
source	I-License
vehicle-simulation	O
game	O
which	O
uses	O
soft-body	O
physics	O
to	O
simulate	O
the	O
motion	O
destruction	O
and	O
deformation	O
of	O
vehicles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rigs	B-Language
of	I-Language
Rods	I-Language
was	O
initially	O
created	O
as	O
an	O
off-road	O
truck	O
simulator	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
developed	O
into	O
a	O
versatile	O
physics	O
sandbox	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simple	O
2D	O
skins	O
can	O
be	O
made	O
to	O
wrap	O
the	O
vehicle	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
supplemented	O
with	O
static	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
objects	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recent	O
development	O
has	O
allowed	O
for	O
static	O
meshes	B-Algorithm
to	O
be	O
deformed	O
according	O
to	O
a	O
skeleton	O
of	O
nodes	O
,	O
much	O
like	O
the	O
system	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
1nsane	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mapping	O
system	O
uses	O
terrain	O
data	O
defined	O
in	O
a	O
raw	B-Application
image	I-Application
file	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
that	O
found	O
in	O
a	O
digital	B-Application
elevation	I-Application
model	I-Application
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
form	O
a	O
realistic	O
surface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terrains	O
can	O
be	O
made	O
using	O
any	O
other	O
program	O
that	O
can	O
generate	O
a	O
black	O
and	O
white	O
raw	B-Application
image	I-Application
format	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
sandbox	O
,	O
Rigs	B-Language
of	I-Language
Rods	I-Language
has	O
no	O
fundamental	O
gameplay	O
goal	O
,	O
but	O
scripting	O
support	O
contributes	O
to	O
missions	O
and	O
game	O
play	O
interaction	O
like	O
the	O
timing	O
of	O
checkpoints	O
along	O
a	O
road	O
or	O
dragstrips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previously	O
,	O
Lua	B-Language
was	O
supported	O
as	O
the	O
scripting	O
engine	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
has	O
now	O
been	O
replaced	O
by	O
AngelScript	B-Application
since	O
version	O
0.38	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Physicist	O
Brian	O
Beckman	O
described	O
Rigs	B-Language
of	I-Language
Rods	I-Language
as	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
driving	O
simulations	O
I	O
have	O
ever	O
seen.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Rigs	B-Language
of	I-Language
Rods	I-Language
was	O
featured	O
in	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
UK	O
in	O
the	O
Christmas	O
2007	O
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
French	O
magazine	O
MicroSim	O
previewed	O
Rigs	B-Language
of	I-Language
Rods	I-Language
in	O
their	O
June	O
2008	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rigs	B-Language
of	I-Language
Rods	I-Language
author	O
,	O
Pierre-Michel	O
Ricordel	O
,	O
was	O
invited	O
to	O
talk	O
about	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
the	O
French	O
convention	O
,	O
Libre	O
Software	O
Meeting	O
on	O
July	O
10	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
some	O
Rigs	B-Language
of	I-Language
Rods	I-Language
developers	O
gathered	O
to	O
write	O
a	O
new	O
proprietary	O
program	O
called	O
BeamNG.drive	B-Language
using	O
the	O
basics	O
from	O
what	O
they	O
had	O
learned	O
making	O
Rigs	B-Language
of	I-Language
Rods	I-Language
,	O
which	O
they	O
later	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
commercial	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
