& News About Upcoming Races
March 31, 1995
RARS is the Robot Auto Racing Simulation, a competition for
programmers and an on-going challenge for practicioners of Artificial
Intelligence and real-time adaptive optimal control. It consists of
a simulation of the physics of cars racing on a track, a graphic
display of the race, and a separate control program (robot "driver")
for each car. All RARS software and activities are free and open to
the public. It runs on DOS, Windows, OS/2, UNIX, Linux, and several
other platforms. For more information e-mail to mindw...@cftnet.com or
rscott@alpha..
Contents
Submissions
Todays Races
Preliminary lap times
Race Report
Authors Point Standings
Upcoming Races
Comments
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Submissions
Please! Any people who want to submit for the first time please
give yourselves more than a day or two (I made that mistake when
I started). Submissions are to be SOURCE CODE only (unless in
the unlikely event you use Borland C++ for OS/2).
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Here is a repeat of the announcement about todays races:
March 31st, (Unlimited Division Races)
No. of races 2 novice and 2 expert each division
Tracks: Fiorano2 and Adelaide2
Laps: 80 each race
Software version: 0.64
Surface Type: 1
no practice, random starting order.
This is a modified .64 where all cars must cross the finish line
once before the race is over. Which had no effect this session.
The drivers will be uploaded to ftp.ijs.com to a file called
driv0331.zip in 1-3 days. These will only be the new drivers
updated this session (Ramdu, Highland)
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Preliminary lap times
Fiorano2
Car Laps Avg MPH Damage Fuel Notes
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Exp Lisa 7 73.43 126 New version
Exp WappuCa3 7 73.18 130
Exp Ralph 7 72.04 129 New version
Exp Ramdu 7 70.83 126 New version
Exp Burns 7 70.08 128
Exp Jas 7 69.96 128
Exp FerdRARi 7 68.13 129
Exp Sarah 7 68.66 123 New version
Nov Heath4 7 67.73 124
Nov Herbie 7 67.21 132 New version
Nov Gator 66.25 128
Nov Dale_E 7 65.48 127
Nov Tokkie 2 64.71 30091 140 (Disqualified)
Nov Sneezy 1 63.07 30083 142 (Disqualified)
Exp Marvin 7 62.72 130
Nov Highland 1 65.21 125 New version
Nov LaBambi 7 61.92 28321 127
Nov Carski 3 60.61 30288 138
Exp Phill 7 63.47 128
Nov Bulle 1 60.1 143 (disqualified)
Adelaide2
Car Laps Avg MPH Damage Fuel Notes
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Exp Lisa 7 82.42 4722 121 New version
Exp WappuCa3 7 80.96 126
Exp Ralph01 7 80.08 126 New version
Nov Bulle 75.56 124
Nov Herbie 7 73.98 127 New version
Exp Ramdu 7 73.66 119 New version
Exp Jas 7 73.64 123
Exp Sarah 7 73.51 119 New version
Exp Burns 7 72.39 124
Exp FerdRARi 7 71.83 124
Nov Dale_E 7 70.86 125
Nov Heath4 7 70.16 118
Nov Tokkie 7 69.10 120
Nov Highland 7 68.39 120 New version
Nov Sneezy 7 68.92 4232 119
Nov Gator 68.43 124
Nov LaBambi 7 67.8 123
Nov Carski 7 67.02 124
Exp Marvin 7 65.28 124
Exp Phill 7 62.24 123 nv
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Race Reports
I have disqualified all cars than cannot complete 7 laps solo (but
only for those tracks).
Novice race 1: (mv0331n1.zip)
7 cars for 80 laps. The track was fiorano2.trk. The drivers were:
LaBambi, Carski, Highland, Gator, Heath4, Herbie, and Dale_E.
The initial RVG seed was 9865.
results of race 1:
starting positions:
Highland, Dale_E, Gator, Herbie, Heath4, Carski, and LaBambi.
1 Herbie avg spd 66.48 80 laps 22643 damage 103 fuel 10 pts accum
2 Gator avg spd 66.19 80 laps 11723 damage 61 fuel 6 pts accum
3 Heath4 avg spd 67.65 41 laps 30096 damage 0 fuel 4 pts accum
4 Dale_E avg spd 56.68 29 laps 30502 damage 68 fuel 3 pts accum
5 Highland avg spd 64.8 12 laps 30384 damage 105 fuel 2 pts accum
6 Carski avg spd 60.33 3 laps 30264 damage 137 fuel 1 pts accum
7 LaBambi avg spd 56.18 1 laps 30108 damage 144 fuel 0 pts accum
Is it just me or does this seem a little like demolition derby?
Novice race 2: (mv0331n2.zip)
10 cars for 80 laps. The track was adelaid2.trk. The drivers were:
Sneezy, LaBambi, Carski, Highland, Gator, Heath4, Herbie, Tokkie,
Bulle, and Dale_E.
The initial RVG seed was 20265.
results of race 1:
starting positions:
Tokkie, Herbie, Bulle, LaBambi, Sneezy, Dale_E, Gator, Heath4,
Carski, and Highland.
1 Bulle avg spd 69.35 80 laps 17606 damage 135 fuel 10 pts accum
2 Tokkie avg spd 68.7 80 laps 19953 damage 113 fuel 6 pts accum
3 Highland avg spd 68.11 79 laps 16719 damage 123 fuel 4 pts accum
4 Dale_E avg spd 63.32 74 laps 13094 damage 24 fuel 3 pts accum
5 Carski avg spd 66.85 40 laps 30001 damage 149 fuel 2 pts accum
6 Herbie avg spd 72.56 15 laps 30038 damage 99 fuel 1 pts accum
7 Sneezy avg spd 67.88 12 laps 30119 damage 94 fuel 0 pts accum
8 LaBambi avg spd 66.59 8 laps 30015 damage 115 fuel 0 pts accum
9 Gator avg spd 66.45 4 laps 30524 damage 129 fuel 0 pts accum
10 Heath4 avg spd 69.04 3 laps 30404 damage 133 fuel 0 pts accum
Here too.
Herbie and Bulle were the only two clear winners that were did
well enough to advance to the expert status.
Expert race 1: (mv0331e1.zip)
10 cars for 80 laps. The track was fiorano2.trk. The drivers were:
Ramdu, Ralph01, Lisa, WappuCa3, Marvin, Jas, Burns, FerdRARi,
Herbie, and Phill.
The initial RVG seed was 6238.
results of race 1:
starting positions:
Ramdu, FerdRARi, WappuCa3, Phill, Burns, Lisa, Herbie, Ralph01,
Jas, and Marvin.
1 Ralph01 avg spd 69.32 80 laps 26332 damage 67 fuel pts accum
2 WappuCa3 avg spd 67.66 79 laps 28128 damage 75 fuel 10 pts accum
3 Phill avg spd 63.42 74 laps 28958 damage 85 fuel 6 pts accum
4 Marvin avg spd 62.54 73 laps 26317 damage 96 fuel 4 pts accum
5 Ramdu avg spd 70.21 53 laps 32940 damage 128 fuel 3 pts accum
6 Herbie avg spd 66.5 45 laps 30718 damage 37 fuel 2 pts accum
7 Burns avg spd 69.7 45 laps 30238 damage 10 fuel 1 pts accum
8 Lisa avg spd 72.86 23 laps 30318 damage 70 fuel 0 pts accum
9 Jas avg spd 66.98 19 laps 30144 damage 90 fuel 0 pts accum
10 FerdRARi avg spd 67.53 13 laps 30165 damage 110 fuel 0 pts accum
Expert race 2: (mv0331e2.zip)
11 cars for 80 laps. The track was adelaid2.trk. The drivers were:
Ramdu, Ralph01, Lisa, WappuCa3, Marvin, Jas, Burns, FerdRARi,
Herbie, Bulle, and Phill.
The initial RVG seed was 31335.
results of race 1:
starting positions:
FerdRARi, WappuCa3, Jas, Ramdu, Ralph01, Herbie, Marvin, Phill,
Burns, Bulle, and Lisa.
1 Herbie avg spd 73.04 80 laps 27916 damage 48 fuel 10 pts accum
2 Ralph01 avg spd 72.57 80 laps 29678 damage 2 fuel pts accum
3 Jas avg spd 72.36 80 laps 25607 damage 0 fuel 6 pts accum
4 FerdRARi avg spd 71.66 79 laps 23686 damage 16 fuel 4 pts accum
5 Bulle avg spd 71.31 79 laps 28315 damage 148 fuel 3 pts accum
6 WappuCa3 avg spd 71.72 76 laps 31334 damage 27 fuel 2 pts accum
7 Marvin avg spd 65.12 72 laps 28148 damage 40 fuel 1 pts accum
8 Burns avg spd 72.5 68 laps 30040 damage 40 fuel 0 pts accum
9 Phill avg spd 69.33 16 laps 30176 damage 88 fuel 0 pts accum
10 Ramdu avg spd 71.59 13 laps 31261 damage 89 fuel 0 pts accum
11 Lisa avg spd 80.33 8 laps 30024 damage 113 fuel 0 pts accum
These races are getting crowded. Phill had a new car (a turtle modified)
which may have been a factor.
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Points for Day - Unlimited Division
Driver Race 1 Race 2 Total Seasons Seasons Total
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Expert
Ramdu 3 3 19
Jas 6 6 3.5 27.5
Marvin 4 1 5 2 23
Phill 6 6 3.5 11
FerdRARi 4 4 1 14.5
Lisa 23
Sarah 3
WappuCa3 10 2 12 8 24
Burns 1 1 2
Herbie 2 10 12 8 8
Bulle 3 3 0
Novice
Heath4 4 4 15
Carski 1 2 3 7.5
LaBambi .5
Sneezy 13.5
Dale_E * 3 3 6 2.5 12.5
Bulle * 10 10 6 (advances)
Tokkie * 6 6 2.5 7
Highland 2 4 6 2.5 5.5
Gator 6 6 2.5 2.5
Herbie * 10 1 11 10 (advances)
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Expert Division History - Unlimited Division
Finishes
Car Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 11/12 11/26 12/10 01/07 02/04 03/03 03/31 Driver Country
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Ramdu 19 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 8 2 1 4 4 Randy Saint (U.S.A)
Jas 27.5 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 8 10 4 1 1 3.5 Jurgen Sang Germany
Marvin 23.5 1 1 0 1 2 0 10 0 3 6 2 0 2 Nicole Greiber Germany
Phill 11 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 2.5 0 3.5 Mike Carty USA
FerdRARi 14.5 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 2.5 6 1 Ferd TrauttmansdorffCanada
Lisa 23 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 10 Henning Lkaskala Germany
Sarah 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Daniel Ash USA
WappuCa3 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 8 Jussi Pajala Finland?
Burns 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Safai Ma Canada
Herbie 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Alex Aleksic Yugoslavia
Bulle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marc Gueury Belgium
Novice Division History - Unlimited Division
Finishes
Car Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 11/12 11/26 12/10 01/07 02/04 03/03 03/31 Driver Country
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Heath4 15 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 3.5 4 3.5 1 Patrick Tierney Canada
Carski 7.5 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 1.5 3 2 Robert Skupinkski USA
LaBambi .5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .5 Al Davis USA
Sneezy 13.5 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 4 1.5 2 0 2 Larry Ludwick USA
Dale_E 12.5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2.5 David Sparks USA
Tokkie 7 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .5 4 2.5 Hannes Nell S. Africa
Highland 5.5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.5 Graeme Weston-Lewis USA
Gator 2.5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 David Lutz USA
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This is the point standings for the Unlimited Division.
Expert Division
Randy Saint 19 pts (U.S.A) Ramdu
Jurgen Sang 27.5 pts (Germany) Jas
Nicole Greiber 23.5 pts (Germany) Marvin
Mike Carty 11 pts (U.S.A.) Phill
Ferd Trauttmansdorff 14.5 pts (Canada) FerdRARi
Henning Klaskala 23 pts (Germany) Lisa
Daniel Ash 3 pts (U.S.A.) Sarah
Jussi Pajala 24 pts (Finland) Wappuca3
Safai Ma 2 pts (Canada) Burns
Mario Aleksic 8 pts (Yugoslavia) Herbie
Marc Gueurny 0 pts (Belgium) Bulle
Novice Division
Patrick Tierney 15 pts (Canada) Heath4
Robert Skupinski 7.5 pts (U.S.A.) Carski
Al Davis .5 pts (U.S.A.) LaBambi
Larry Ludwick 13.5 pts (U.S.A.) Sneezy
David Sparks * 12.5 pts (U.S.A.) Dale_E
Hannes Nell * 7 pts (S. Africa) Tokkie
Graeme Weston-Lewis 5.5 pts (U.S.A.) Highland (was Coultsft)
David Lutz 2.5 pts (U.S.A.) Gator
(* means has 1 win towards advancement to expert)
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Upcoming RARS Race Meets
RACING SCHEDULE (all races track surface 1, v. .64)
April 14th, Fiorano2 and Adelaid2 Stocker Division Races, 40 laps
April 28th, Fiorano2 and Adelaid2 Unlimited Division Races, 80 laps
May 12th, R.A. and Adelaid2 Stocker Division Races, 40 laps
TENTATIVE RACING SCHEDULE (all races track surface 1)
May 26th, * Midget car races (all divisions together) Stef2 and S2, 30 laps
Midget car racing event! All source codes must be shorter than
450 cc's. (cubic characters). Your car name (and function
name) must be at least 2 characters long (perhaps your
initials?). Sorry *nix peoples, a CR will be counted as a CRLF.
Besides, whats one character between friends. Please submit a
seperate letter or file with comments on your submission. For
this race, all drivers will be OPEN SOURCE CODE.
June 9th, R.A. and Adelaid2 Unlimited Division Races, 80 laps
Future: Random tracks anyone? (I also still have 6 or so unreleased
grand prix tracks.) How many people would object to an
ALL OPEN SOURCE CODE event? Does anyone have a rough
schedule of the international f1 circuit. I understand
that Brazil (Iago?) was run this weekend and perhaps I
can schedule our races to correspond with these other
races.
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Comments from Ralph
There were a bunch of collisions today. Lisa, Phill and Highland were
three new versions which didn't have collision avoidance. Phill and
Highland were Turtle modifieds (hooray!). But, Mike, please change
the name FROM turtle to some other more distinctive name.
Also, I have not really gotten v.65 or .66 working yet on my
machine, so until I do the races will still be .64's. I will
concentrate on .65 for now and when I get it working I
will let everyone know. Then I will work on .66. Watch the
upcoming races for the version numbers.
Good luck and see you in two weeks.