<s>
VDrift	B-Application
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
,	O
free/open	O
source	O
driving	O
simulation	O
made	O
with	O
drift	O
racing	O
in	O
mind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
v3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
currently	O
available	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goals	O
of	O
the	O
VDrift	B-Application
project	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
to	O
be	O
a	O
high-quality	O
,	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
racing	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
featuring	O
enjoyable	O
and	O
challenging	O
gameplay	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
VDrift	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Joe	O
Venzon	O
in	O
early	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fan	O
of	O
Gran	O
Turismo	O
,	O
Joe	O
had	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
fun	O
trying	O
to	O
drift	O
in	O
GT4	B-Device
,	O
though	O
he	O
was	O
disappointed	O
with	O
GT4	B-Device
's	O
physics	O
after	O
loss	O
of	O
traction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Looking	O
around	O
online	O
,	O
the	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
Vamos	O
Automotive	O
Simulator	O
performed	O
much	O
better	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
features	O
were	O
minimal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Building	O
around	O
Vamos	O
,	O
using	O
code	O
adapted	O
from	O
his	O
earlier	O
3D	O
engine	O
experiments	O
,	O
Joe	O
created	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
VDrift	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
developed	O
on	O
a	O
SourceForge	B-Application
repository	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
seems	O
to	O
have	O
shifted	O
around	O
2011	O
to	O
a	O
GitHub	B-Application
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
became	O
a	O
quite	O
popular	O
downloadable	O
freeware	O
title	O
and	O
was	O
downloaded	O
between	O
2005	O
and	O
May	O
2017	O
alone	O
via	O
SourceForge	B-Application
over	O
2.3	O
million	O
times	O
,	O
Softpedia	O
counted	O
58,000	O
downloads	O
,	O
and	O
Softonic	B-Application
another	O
175,000	O
downloads	O
in	O
May	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
Free	B-License
and	I-License
open	I-License
source	I-License
license	O
of	O
Vdrift	B-Application
forks	B-Application
and	O
derivatives	O
are	O
possible	O
and	O
encouraged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stunt	O
Rally	O
is	O
an	O
example	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
VDrift	B-Application
and	O
uses	O
OGRE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
