<s>
Speed	B-Application
Dreams	I-Application
,	O
often	O
shortened	O
to	O
and	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
and	I-Application
open	I-Application
source	I-Application
3D	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
,	O
AROS	B-Application
,	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
and	O
Haiku	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Started	O
in	O
2008	O
as	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
the	O
racing	O
car	O
simulator	O
TORCS	B-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
mainly	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
released	O
under	O
GPL	B-License
v2+	O
and	O
Free	O
Art	O
License	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
recent	O
release	O
being	O
version	O
2.2.3	O
of	O
August	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
an	O
accurate	O
driving	O
behaviour	O
,	O
with	O
different	O
physics	O
engines	O
available	O
,	O
sets	O
the	O
project	O
among	O
the	O
few	O
open	O
source	O
racing	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
codebases	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
can	O
be	O
played	O
with	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
input	B-Device
devices	I-Device
,	O
including	O
keyboards	O
,	O
mouses	O
,	O
joypads	O
,	O
joysticks	O
,	O
racing	O
wheels	O
and	O
pedals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
context	O
the	O
most	O
relevant	O
change	O
since	O
TORCS	B-Application
−	O
introduced	O
in	O
2.0	O
−	O
is	O
the	O
"	O
Career	O
"	O
mode	O
:	O
here	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
compete	O
with	O
different	O
car	O
classes	O
,	O
during	O
multiple	O
seasons	O
,	O
on	O
randomly	O
selected	O
tracks	O
and	O
against	O
balanced	O
random	O
opponents	O
,	O
earning	O
points	O
in	O
championship	O
rankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
same	O
purpose	O
version	O
2.0	O
provides	O
also	O
a	O
text-only	O
mode	O
:	O
the	O
race	O
is	O
run	O
without	O
graphics	O
−	O
no	O
hardware	O
acceleration	O
being	O
required	O
−	O
and	O
the	O
results	O
are	O
displayed	O
through	O
a	O
command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
they	O
are	O
software	O
modules	O
executed	O
at	O
every	O
simulation	O
frame	O
to	O
compute	O
the	O
cars	O
 '	O
parameters	O
such	O
as	O
position	O
,	O
speed	O
,	O
damage	O
,	O
collisions	O
,	O
suspensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Name	O
Description	O
SimuV2	O
The	O
original	O
TORCS	B-Application
pseudo-3D	O
physicsA	O
"	O
Pseudo-3D	O
"	O
engine	O
projects	O
the	O
car	O
's	O
physics	O
on	O
a	O
plane	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
car	O
model	O
defines	O
a	O
bounding	B-Algorithm
box	I-Algorithm
according	O
to	O
which	O
the	O
physics	O
engine	O
detects	O
side	O
and	O
bottom	O
collisions	O
;	O
these	O
produce	O
car	O
damages	O
,	O
computed	O
on	O
a	O
scale	O
ranging	O
from	O
0	O
to	O
10000	O
;	O
damages	O
affect	O
only	O
cars	O
 '	O
performances	B-General_Concept
,	O
without	O
producing	O
any	O
graphical	B-Application
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sound	O
management	O
is	O
achieved	O
through	O
OpenAL	B-Application
or	O
,	O
optionally	O
,	O
PLIB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
"	O
arcade	O
"	O
mode	O
,	O
legacy	O
of	O
TORCS	B-Application
,	O
is	O
still	O
maintained	O
as	O
of	O
version	O
2.0	O
;	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
authors	O
of	O
the	O
Italian	O
manual	O
for	O
TORCS	B-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
more	O
suitable	O
for	O
the	O
novice	O
player	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
addition	O
to	O
is	O
the	O
Formula	O
One-style	O
timer	O
with	O
an	O
accuracy	O
of	O
a	O
millisecond	O
(	O
ten	O
times	O
more	O
precise	O
than	O
TORCS	B-Application
 '	O
one	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TORCS	B-Application
was	O
born	O
with	O
focus	O
set	O
more	O
on	O
AI	O
racing	O
than	O
on	O
human	O
driving	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nonetheless	O
,	O
unlike	O
the	O
fate	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
legacy	O
content	O
,	O
reworked	O
but	O
mostly	O
maintained	O
,	O
in	O
late	O
2009	O
all	O
the	O
robot	O
engines	O
inherited	O
from	O
TORCS	B-Application
were	O
removed	O
and	O
replaced	O
by	O
new	O
,	O
more	O
advanced	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
software	O
modules	O
,	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
which	O
control	O
the	O
behaviour	O
of	O
cars	O
during	O
any	O
kind	O
of	O
practice	O
,	O
qualification	O
or	O
race	O
session	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Human	O
players	O
are	O
treated	O
just	O
like	O
any	O
other	O
robot	O
:	O
their	O
variables	O
are	O
controlled	O
by	O
user-defined	O
input	B-Device
devices	I-Device
and	O
can	O
be	O
influenced	O
by	O
automated	O
driving	O
aids	O
such	O
as	O
ABS	O
,	O
TCS	O
or	O
speed	O
limiter	O
for	O
pit-stops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Name	O
Description	O
Author	O
Simplix	O
Described	O
as	O
"	O
cautious	O
and	O
not	O
too	O
aggressive	O
"	O
,	O
Simplix	O
robots	O
won	O
the	O
2008	O
and	O
2009	O
seasons	O
of	O
the	O
TORCS	B-Application
world	O
endurance	O
championship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wolf-Dieter	O
Beelitz	O
USR	O
Based	O
on	O
K1999	O
racing	O
line	O
computation	O
algorithm	O
,	O
USR	O
robots	O
won	O
the	O
2007	O
season	O
of	O
the	O
TORCS	B-Application
world	O
endurance	O
championship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andrew	O
Sumner	O
kilo2008	O
Based	O
on	O
a	O
heavily	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Locus	O
"	O
robot	O
tutorial	O
by	O
Andrew	O
Sumner	O
,	O
kilo2008	O
attended	O
the	O
2008	O
and	O
2009	O
seasons	O
of	O
the	O
TORCS	B-Application
world	O
endurance	O
championship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robots	O
from	O
the	O
1936	O
GP	O
car	O
series	O
are	O
named	O
after	O
real	O
drivers	O
of	O
that	O
period	O
;	O
the	O
names	O
of	O
most	O
other	O
robots	O
are	O
fictitious	O
,	O
although	O
many	O
names	O
of	O
developers	O
and	O
contributors	O
appear	O
,	O
mostly	O
in	O
the	O
Torcs	B-Application
Racing	O
Board	O
1	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
being	O
loaded	O
,	O
robots	O
compute	O
a	O
racing	O
line	O
,	O
which	O
depends	O
on	O
the	O
track	O
's	O
XML	B-Protocol
description	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
release	O
2.0	O
,	O
the	O
pit	O
stop	O
simulation	O
system	O
remains	O
unchanged	O
from	O
TORCS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
pit	O
stops	O
no	O
graphical	B-Application
animation	O
is	O
displayed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
has	O
inherited	O
from	O
TORCS	B-Application
a	O
per-driver	O
penalty	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Penalties	O
are	O
triggered	O
by	O
violations	O
to	O
pit	O
lane	O
rules	O
:	O
breaking	O
the	O
speed	B-Application
limit	I-Application
in	O
the	O
pit	O
lane	O
(	O
90	O
km/h	O
)	O
results	O
in	O
a	O
drive-through	O
penalty	O
,	O
while	O
crossing	O
the	O
pit	O
lane	O
border	O
produces	O
a	O
stop-and-go	O
penalty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
inherited	O
from	O
TORCS	B-Application
the	O
possibility	O
to	O
accelerate	O
and	O
slow	O
down	O
the	O
simulation	O
;	O
release	O
2.0	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
extended	O
this	O
feature	O
so	O
that	O
,	O
while	O
keeping	O
constant	O
the	O
actual	O
duration	O
of	O
the	O
simulated	O
frame	O
,	O
the	O
rendered	O
simulation	O
speed	O
could	O
range	O
from	O
64	O
times	O
slower	O
to	O
16	O
times	O
faster	O
than	O
default	O
,	O
with	O
increment	O
steps	O
of	O
powers	O
of	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Used	O
to	O
define	O
settings	O
for	O
cars	O
(	O
about	O
200	O
customizable	O
values	O
)	O
,	O
tracks	O
,	O
in-game	O
menus	O
,	O
game	O
options	O
and	O
robot	O
engines	O
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
markup	O
accounts	O
for	O
about	O
40%	O
of	O
the	O
whole	O
project	O
's	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
for	O
3D	O
models	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
maintained	O
the	O
.acc	O
format	O
,	O
TORCS	B-Application
evolution	O
of	O
the	O
equally	O
plain-text	O
.ac	O
format	O
from	O
AC3D	B-Language
allowing	O
smoothing	B-Application
and	O
shadow	O
mapping	O
on	O
the	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
file	O
formats	O
introduced	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
backward	B-General_Concept
compatibility	I-General_Concept
was	O
preserved	O
:	O
can	O
load	O
cars	O
,	O
tracks	O
and	O
robots	O
designed	O
for	O
TORCS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
opposite	O
is	O
only	O
partially	O
true	O
,	O
as	O
TORCS	B-Application
ca	O
n't	O
handle	O
the	O
unknown	O
parameters	O
from	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
inherited	O
from	O
TORCS	B-Application
the	O
handling	O
of	O
some	O
graphics	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
custom	O
3D	O
wheels	O
,	O
working	O
lights	O
(	O
front	O
,	O
rear	O
,	O
brake	O
and	O
reverse	O
)	O
and	O
glowing	O
brake	O
disks	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
static	O
preview	B-Application
of	O
the	O
car	O
's	O
appearance	O
is	O
displayed	O
during	O
the	O
car	O
's	O
selection	O
:	O
a	O
special	O
"	O
garage	O
"	O
track	O
was	O
created	O
with	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
shooting	O
preview	B-Application
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Available	O
cars	O
are	O
grouped	O
into	O
categories	O
,	O
usually	O
containing	O
6	O
to	O
8	O
models	O
of	O
comparable	O
performances	B-General_Concept
and	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
models	O
available	O
in	O
,	O
and	O
especially	O
the	O
content	O
inherited	O
from	O
TORCS	B-Application
,	O
are	O
inspired	O
from	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
existing	O
racing	O
cars	O
;	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
avoid	O
possible	O
legal	O
issues	O
,	O
the	O
names	O
of	O
manufacturers	O
,	O
of	O
brands	O
and	O
of	O
models	O
were	O
replaced	O
by	O
fictional	O
ones	O
before	O
release	O
1.4.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Torcs	B-Application
Car	O
Setup	O
Editor	O
,	O
generally	O
shortened	O
to	O
TCSE	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
program	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
by	O
Vicente	O
Martí	O
Centelles	O
;	O
it	O
allows	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
all	O
the	O
car	O
's	O
XML	B-Protocol
parameters	O
from	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
interface	I-Application
;	O
it	O
can	O
automatically	O
compute	O
many	O
values	O
,	O
draw	O
different	O
charts	O
of	O
the	O
car	O
's	O
performance	O
and	O
display	O
a	O
3D	O
dynamic	O
preview	B-Application
of	O
the	O
car	O
's	O
appearance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Track	O
segments	O
are	O
split	O
into	O
more	O
sub-segments	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
get	O
a	O
smoother	O
result	O
on	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
on	O
the	O
physics	O
side	O
through	O
interpolation	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traditionally	O
,	O
TORCS	B-Application
tracks	O
had	O
been	O
divided	O
in	O
3	O
categories	O
:	O
road	O
,	O
dirt	O
and	O
oval	O
;	O
the	O
Grand	O
Prix	O
Circuits	O
category	O
was	O
newly	O
introduced	O
in	O
to	O
gather	O
the	O
available	O
race	O
tracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
popular	O
graphical	B-Application
track	O
editor	O
,	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
TORCS	B-Application
in	O
Java	B-Language
by	O
Charalampos	O
Alexandropoulos	O
,	O
features	O
slider	O
widgets	O
to	O
edit	O
most	O
parameters	O
and	O
a	O
real-time	O
2D	O
preview	B-Application
of	O
the	O
track	O
's	O
wireframe	B-Algorithm
appearance	O
;	O
as	O
a	O
downside	O
,	O
it	O
does	O
n't	O
support	O
parameters	O
newly	O
introduced	O
in	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
ones	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
dynamic	O
sky	O
dome	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
track	O
's	O
3D	O
description	O
is	O
a	O
plain	O
text	O
AC/ACC	O
file	O
usually	O
generated	O
by	O
a	O
command-line	B-Application
script	O
named	O
trackgen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
tool	O
supports	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
heightmaps	B-Data_Structure
and	O
object	O
maps	O
to	O
enhance	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
final	O
result	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
.AC	O
format	O
is	O
natively	O
handled	O
by	O
the	O
AC3D	B-Language
software	O
,	O
an	O
ACC	O
importing/exporting	O
script	O
makes	O
Blender	B-Application
a	O
common	O
choice	O
among	O
designers	O
for	O
providing	O
tracks	O
with	O
complex	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
application	O
for	O
automated	O
track	O
generation	O
,	O
named	O
"	O
Interactive	O
Track	O
Generator	O
for	O
TORCS	B-Application
and	O
Speed	B-Application
Dreams	I-Application
"	O
,	O
was	O
developed	O
at	O
the	O
Dipartimento	O
di	O
Elettronica	O
e	O
Informazione	O
(	O
ICT	B-General_Concept
)	O
of	O
the	O
Italian	O
Politecnico	O
di	O
Milano	O
university	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
aims	O
at	O
applying	O
evolutionary	O
computing	O
,	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
genetic	B-Algorithm
programming	I-Algorithm
,	O
for	O
a	O
procedural	O
generation	O
of	O
TORCS/Speed	O
Dreams	O
tracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
graphical	B-Application
and	O
physical	O
features	O
,	O
computing	O
power	O
required	O
has	O
risen	O
compared	O
to	O
TORCS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
the	O
simulation	O
,	O
dual	O
threading	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
version	O
1.4.0	O
:	O
dividing	O
the	O
simulation	O
work	O
between	O
a	O
physics	O
and	O
a	O
graphics	O
thread	O
allows	O
the	O
program	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
from	O
multi-core	B-Architecture
CPUs	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
architecture	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
still	O
quite	O
the	O
same	O
of	O
TORCS	B-Application
,	O
features	O
a	O
flexible	O
structure	O
that	O
loads	O
as	O
separated	O
modules	O
the	O
components	O
of	O
the	O
simulation	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
physics	O
,	O
graphics	O
and	O
robot	O
engines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
engine	O
,	O
PLIB	O
's	O
SimpleSceneGraph	O
,	O
offers	O
high-level	O
access	O
to	O
OpenGL	O
functions	O
;	O
PLIB	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
possible	O
choice	O
to	O
deal	O
with	O
sound	O
,	O
the	O
other	O
one	O
−	O
selectable	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
−	O
being	O
OpenAL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
legacy	O
from	O
TORCS	B-Application
was	O
the	O
need	O
of	O
freeglut	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
removed	O
after	O
version	O
1.4.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
SDL-port	O
of	O
the	O
code	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
get	O
rid	O
of	O
the	O
need	O
of	O
freeglut	B-Application
,	O
was	O
active	O
from	O
October	O
2008	O
to	O
February	O
2010	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
merged	O
with	O
the	O
main	O
project	O
's	O
trunk	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
in	O
some	O
distributions	O
freeglut	B-Application
still	O
figures	O
as	O
a	O
dependency	B-Application
for	O
the	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ENet	O
library	O
was	O
used	O
during	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
network	O
play	O
;	O
while	O
this	O
feature	O
was	O
not	O
released	O
in	O
version	O
2.0.0	O
,	O
it	O
remained	O
as	O
a	O
dependency	B-Application
in	O
most	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
community	O
leaders	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
born	O
as	O
a	O
reaction	O
to	O
the	O
slow	O
development	O
pace	O
and	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
willingness	O
to	O
integrate	O
some	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
like	O
Force	O
Feedback	O
,	O
into	O
TORCS	B-Application
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
start	O
the	O
team	O
was	O
composed	O
by	O
only	O
two	O
developers	O
,	O
both	O
from	O
France	O
;	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2008	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
joined	O
by	O
5	O
more	O
members	O
,	O
mostly	O
old	O
TORCS	B-Application
contributors	O
who	O
shared	O
the	O
above	O
frustration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
content	O
of	O
the	O
r1-3-1	O
branch	O
of	O
the	O
TORCS	B-Application
CVS	O
repository	O
was	O
forked	O
into	O
a	O
new	O
SVN	O
repository	O
on	O
14	O
September	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
first	O
the	O
name	O
chosen	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
"	O
Torcs-NG	O
"	O
(	O
Next	O
Generation	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
non-free	O
"	O
content	O
inherited	O
from	O
TORCS	B-Application
was	O
also	O
moved	O
to	O
an	O
unmaintained	O
"	O
legacy	O
"	O
branch	O
and	O
replaced	O
with	O
new	O
cars	O
,	O
tracks	O
and	O
robot	O
engines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
public	O
release	O
was	O
then	O
issued	O
on	O
March	O
27	O
,	O
2010	O
as	O
"	O
1.4.0	O
"	O
,	O
preserving	O
the	O
old	O
versioning	O
system	O
of	O
TORCS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
were	O
the	O
user	O
and	O
developer	O
mailing	O
lists	O
on	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
:	O
created	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
main	O
project	O
,	O
they	O
remain	O
by	O
far	O
the	O
most	O
used	O
channel	O
,	O
the	O
speed-dreams-devel	O
list	O
having	O
reached	O
a	O
milestone	O
of	O
10,000	O
messages	O
on	O
March	O
16	O
,	O
2012	O
;	O
there	O
followed	O
public	O
forums	O
on	O
SourceForge.net,	O
which	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
were	O
never	O
widely	O
used	O
;	O
an	O
official	O
Twitter	B-Application
account	I-Application
was	O
created	O
two	O
weeks	O
before	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
1.4.0	O
:	O
as	O
of	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
followed	O
by	O
147	O
subscribers	O
and	O
has	O
sent	O
124	O
tweets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
created	O
official	O
pages	O
on	O
the	O
popular	O
social	O
networks	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
Google+	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
users	O
are	O
n't	O
forced	O
to	O
compile	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
:	O
binary	O
packages	O
are	O
available	O
,	O
either	O
provided	O
within	O
a	O
distribution	B-Application
or	O
through	O
external	O
repositories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
package	O
made	O
available	O
was	O
an	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
.deb	O
of	O
version	O
1.4.0	O
,	O
created	O
by	O
PlayDeb.net	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
it	O
did	O
n't	O
get	O
updated	O
for	O
development	O
releases	O
of	O
version	O
2.0	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
created	O
an	O
official	O
PPA	O
on	O
Launchpad	B-Protocol
;	O
as	O
of	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
is	O
packaged	O
for	O
the	O
following	O
distributions	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Distribution	B-Application
name	O
Notes	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
Xtradeb.net	O
Debian	O
User-built	O
package	O
on	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
(	O
1.4.0	O
)	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Application
"	O
Community	O
"	O
repository	O
(	O
2.0.0	O
i686	O
and	O
x86_64	O
)	O
Mageia	O
Provided	O
with	O
Mageia	O
's	O
development	O
release	O
Cauldron	O
(	O
2.0.0	O
)	O
Fedora	O
Official	O
1.4.0	O
packages	O
for	O
Mandriva	O
have	O
been	O
reported	O
to	O
work	O
fine	O
;	O
An	O
RPM	B-Application
source	O
package	O
of	O
version	O
2.0.0	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
of	O
version	O
1.4.0	O
for	O
the	O
Haiku	B-Language
operating	I-Language
system	I-Language
was	O
reported	O
in	O
August	O
2010	O
and	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
Haikuware.com	O
in	O
April	O
2011	O
;	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
packager	O
,	O
only	O
minor	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
code	O
were	O
needed	O
to	O
get	O
running	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
was	O
made	O
available	O
also	O
on	O
the	O
digital	O
distribution	B-Application
platform	O
Desura	B-Language
in	O
March	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
believed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
TORCS	B-Application
,	O
the	O
product	O
-	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
German	O
company	O
jalada	O
GmbH	O
-	O
had	O
been	O
rebranded	O
as	O
jalada	O
Ultimate	O
Racing	O
and	O
sold	O
for	O
12.09	O
€	O
since	O
August	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
allows	O
reselling	O
of	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
this	O
commercial	O
redistribution	O
does	O
n't	O
comply	O
with	O
the	O
requirement	O
of	O
express	O
attribution	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
authors	O
which	O
is	O
stated	O
by	O
the	O
Free	O
Art	O
License	O
,	O
applied	O
to	O
the	O
whole	O
artwork	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
has	O
received	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
reviews	O
,	O
on	O
technology	O
websites	O
,	O
distribution	B-Application
platforms	O
and	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Published	O
in	O
the	O
November	O
7	O
,	O
2011	O
issue	O
of	O
the	O
German	O
computer	O
magazine	O
c't	O
,	O
a	O
review	O
of	O
2.0-beta1	O
pointed	O
out	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
cars	O
 '	O
physics	O
and	O
race	O
balancing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
files	O
have	O
been	O
downloaded	O
595,000	O
times	O
from	O
the	O
SF.net	B-Application
portal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
figure	O
,	O
though	O
,	O
is	O
disputable	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
January	O
2011	O
attacks	O
on	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
has	O
received	O
an	O
average	O
user	O
rating	O
of	O
88%	O
out	O
of	O
95	O
reviews	O
on	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
portal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
gaming	I-Application
portal	O
Penguspy	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
date	O
,	O
had	O
received	O
a	O
mark	O
of	O
9.49/10	O
out	O
of	O
65	O
votes	O
,	O
which	O
earned	O
the	O
project	O
the	O
first	O
place	O
within	O
the	O
"	O
Racing	O
"	O
category	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
18th	O
place	O
overall	O
(	O
8th	O
considering	O
only	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
games	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Desura	B-Language
,	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
period	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
score	O
was	O
of	O
6/10	O
out	O
of	O
90	O
reviews	O
;	O
the	O
discrepancy	O
can	O
be	O
interpreted	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
coexistence	O
−	O
on	O
this	O
platform	O
−	O
of	O
both	O
open	O
source	O
and	O
proprietary	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
