rec.autos.simulators

>Just started messing around with things and i notcied the AI is
>getting better and better.
>So i installed a clean version and just let one AI drive..
>He started out with laptimes longer than 2 minutes...
>Driving like an old tart..
>In my "regular" version they're down to 1.37.xx...and i bet they will
>get even faster...
>I have no idea yet what exactly is going on...if the AI is actually
>teaching itself or if the AI sorta looks at the lines from the human
>driver and incorporates that....but this sure is rather amazing...
>This sim is getting more and more jawdropping

>Willem

>> /slap myself

>   Nascar Heat had this 'learning' ai about two years ago.(or whenever that
>title came out.)
>dave henrie

> >> /slap myself

> >   Nascar Heat had this 'learning' ai about two years ago.(or whenever
that
> >title came out.)
> >dave henrie

> Hi,

> is it 'learning" or 'auto-ajusting' AI ?

>> >> /slap myself

>> >   Nascar Heat had this 'learning' ai about two years ago.(or whenever
>that
>> >title came out.)
>> >dave henrie

>> Hi,

>> is it 'learning" or 'auto-ajusting' AI ?

>     How about 'copying?(GPL is self adjusting, so I thought I was being
>clever by NOT mentioning that too.)   If you take a new track, the AI will
>most likely be slow as molasses.  This is more evident in the mods like the
>CART or IRL Heats which have huge speed increases.  But if you take the
>track and run about 10 solo laps the AI will take the best of that and
>pattern not only it's speed but it's lines as well.
>    Thus if you did what I did and repeatedly cut the corner on a  D shape
>track like Texas,  the AI will divebomb down to do the same...not very
>friendly if you are trying to sneak underneath a car at that point.
>dave henrie

>>I think the way to reset the AI's knowledge is
>>to rename them.  I did that once at some point last
>>night, and saw a bunch of "AI first time" messages
>>in the upper left hand corner of the screen at the start.
>>I guess that means the AI is learning the track again.
>>I can't remember if the messages appeared on the next race
>>after renaming the AI.

>Interesting.  I wonder if the hold grudges?

>I was racing on the GPL server early this morning and I swear that
>after a lap or two of tight racing, the AI car was intentionally
>bumping me throughout the race.  It would be interesting if that is a
>learned behavior, and you could create a series of drivers and
>actually have them develop personalities as you race each other.

>Jason

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> > /slap myself

>    Nascar Heat had this 'learning' ai about two years ago.(or whenever
that
> title came out.)
> dave henrie