RARS Bi-weekly Race Report
& News About Upcoming Races
July 28, 1996
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
rsc...@cybercom.net.
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:
July 28th, (Unlimited Division Races)
No. of races 2 novice and 2 expert each division
Tracks: RA and Adelaide2 (alternate: Hockenheim)
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.
The drivers will be uploaded to ftp.ijs.com to a file called
driv0728.zip in 1-3 days. These will only be the drivers
updated this session (Hunter, Lisa).
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Preliminary lap times
RA
Car Laps Avg MPH Damage Fuel Notes
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Exp Lisa 7 96.66 Updated
Exp Ralph 7 96.54 Updated
Exp Bulle 96.33 Older Version
Nov Rachel 95.19
Exp Ramdu 7 94.02
Exp Wappucar 92.95
Exp Burns 91.44
Exp Sarah 90.36
Exp Jas 90.08
Exp Herbie 7 88.67
Nov Gator 87.35
Exp FerdRARi 7 86.48
Nov Sneezy 86.24
Nov Heath4 85.76
Exp Tokkie 85.54
Nov Carski 84.58
Nov LaBambi 83.92
Exp Dale_E 83.56
Nov Highland 83.47
Exp Marvin 2 82.26 Disqualified
Exp Phill 71.12
Exp Hunter64 25.37 New Version
Hock
Car Laps Avg MPH Damage Fuel Notes
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Exp Ralph01 7 103.58 New version
Exp Lisa 7 100.89 New Version
Exp Herbie 7 94.03
Exp Wappucar 7 94.03 21347
Exp Ramdu 7 93.37
Exp Jas 7 92.49
Exp Sarah 7 92.13
Exp Bulle 3 91.54 30000+ Older Version (disqualified)
Exp Burns 7 90.70
Exp FerdRARi 7 89.75
Nov Sneezy 7 88.06
Nov Heath4 7 87.99
Exp Tokkie 7 87.95
Nov Gator 7 86.91
Nov LaBambi 7 85.52
Nov Highland 7 85.28
Nov Carski 7 85.11
Exp Marvin 7 84.53
Exp Dale_E 1 79.84 30000+ Disqualified
Exp Phill 7 72.11 9800
Exp Hunter64 7 25.50 New Version
Nov Rachel 1 Disqualified
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Race Reports
Novice Race 1: (mv0728n1.zip)
7 cars for 80 laps. The track was ra.trk. The drivers were:
Sneezy, LaBambi, Carski, Gator, Rachel01, Heath4, and Highland.
The initial RVG seed was 170.
results of race 1:
starting positions:
Sneezy, Carski, Gator, LaBambi, Heath4, Highland, and Rachel01.
1 Gator avg spd 87.14 80 laps 22927 damage 48 fuel 10 pts accum
2 Heath4 avg spd 85.32 79 laps 19217 damage 91 fuel 6 pts accum
3 Carski avg spd 84.42 78 laps 23722 damage 138 fuel 4 pts accum
4 LaBambi avg spd 83.75 77 laps 8780 damage 16 fuel 3 pts accum
5 Highland avg spd 83.3 77 laps 11293 damage 120 fuel 2 pts accum
6 Sneezy avg spd 86.02 16 laps 30358 damage 48 fuel 1 pts accum
7 Rachel01 avg spd 94.67 10 laps 30692 damage 93 fuel 0 pts accum
Novice Race 2: (mv0728n2.zip) Hock
I raced experts along as traffic.
8 cars for 80 laps. The track was hock.trk. The drivers were:
Sneezy, LaBambi, Carski, Gator, Heath4, Highland, Phill, and Hunter64.
The initial RVG seed was 40137.
results of race 1:
starting positions:
Heath4, Hunter64, Phill, LaBambi, Sneezy, Gator, Highland, and Carski.
1 Heath4 avg spd 87.43 80 laps 25088 damage 84 fuel 10 pts accum
2 Gator avg spd 86.66 80 laps 20803 damage 12 fuel 6 pts accum
3 Carski avg spd 84.88 78 laps 24756 damage 13 fuel 4 pts accum
4 Highland avg spd 84.58 32 laps 30761 damage 93 fuel 3 pts accum
5 LaBambi avg spd 84.98 26 laps 30115 damage 0 fuel 2 pts accum
6 Sneezy avg spd 88.09 23 laps 30594 damage 148 fuel 1 pts accum
7 Phill avg spd 71 3 laps 30003 damage 131 fuel 0 pts accum
8 Hunter64 avg spd 25.53 1 laps 35430 damage 147 fuel 0 pts accum
With a first and a second, I advanced Heath4 to expert.
Expert race 1: (mv0728e1.zip)
15 cars for 80 laps. The track was ra.trk. The drivers were:
Ralph01, Dale_E, FerdRARi, Bulle, Sarah, Herbie, Phill, Burns,
Hunter64, Jas, WappuCa3, Heath4, Lisa, Ramdu, and Tokkie.
The initial RVG seed was 70444.
results of race 1:
starting positions:
Heath4, Phill, Hunter64, Ralph01, Ramdu, Tokkie, Lisa, FerdRARi,
Herbie, Bulle, Sarah, Dale_E, Burns, WappuCa3, and Jas.
1 Ralph01 avg spd 94.02 80 laps 27338 damage 38 fuel 10 pts accum
2 WappuCa3 avg spd 92.91 80 laps 18638 damage 54 fuel 6 pts accum
3 Ramdu avg spd 91.07 78 laps 25233 damage 130 fuel 4 pts accum
4 Bulle avg spd 84.89 73 laps 23010 damage 30 fuel 3 pts accum
5 Dale_E avg spd 82.75 71 laps 10699 damage 85 fuel 2 pts accum
6 Tokkie avg spd 84.95 25 laps 30237 damage 0 fuel 1 pts accum
7 Jas avg spd 84.1 24 laps 30049 damage 2 fuel 0 pts accum
8 Sarah avg spd 89.49 23 laps 30183 damage 0 fuel 0 pts accum
9 Phill avg spd 69.43 7 laps 31499 damage 109 fuel 0 pts accum
10 Burns avg spd 85.83 4 laps 30601 damage 123 fuel 0 pts accum
11 Heath4 avg spd 83.28 4 laps 30967 damage 120 fuel 0 pts accum
12 FerdRARi avg spd 83.84 4 laps 30061 damage 124 fuel 0 pts accum
13 Herbie avg spd 85.39 2 laps 33088 damage 134 fuel 0 pts accum
14 Hunter64 avg spd 25.71 1 laps 31036 damage 148 fuel 0 pts accum
15 Lisa avg spd 0 0 laps 30653 damage 147 fuel 0 pts accum
Expert race 2: (mv0728e2.zip)
15 cars for 80 laps. The track was hock.trk. The drivers were:
Ralph01, FerdRARi, Bulle, Sarah, Herbie, Phill, Burns, Hunter64,
Jas, Marvin, WappuCa3, Heath4, Lisa, Ramdu, and Tokkie.
The initial RVG seed was 57398.
results of race 1:
starting positions:
FerdRARi, Herbie, Jas, Tokkie, Lisa, Hunter64, Heath4, WappuCa3,
Phill, Burns, Marvin, Ramdu, Ralph01, Bulle, and Sarah.
1 Ralph01 avg spd 100.3 80 laps 14689 damage 58 fuel 10 pts accum
2 Jas avg spd 90.25 72 laps 30159 damage 44 fuel 6 pts accum
3 FerdRARi avg spd 89.36 71 laps 6219 damage 53 fuel 4 pts accum
4 Tokkie avg spd 87.44 70 laps 15489 damage 10 fuel 3 pts accum
5 Marvin avg spd 84.03 67 laps 29310 damage 86 fuel 2 pts accum
6 WappuCa3 avg spd 87.14 28 laps 30002 damage 139 fuel 1 pts accum
7 Heath4 avg spd 87.26 26 laps 30055 damage 130 fuel 0 pts accum
8 Ramdu avg spd 92.6 20 laps 31869 damage 25 fuel 0 pts accum
9 Sarah avg spd 90.48 12 laps 30227 damage 65 fuel 0 pts accum
10 Burns avg spd 87.02 12 laps 30091 damage 76 fuel 0 pts accum
11 Bulle avg spd 83.55 4 laps 32963 damage 119 fuel 0 pts accum
12 Lisa avg spd 90.33 3 laps 30299 damage 130 fuel 0 pts accum
13 Phill avg spd 70.76 3 laps 38029 damage 131 fuel 0 pts accum
14 Herbie avg spd 84.5 2 laps 30311 damage 137 fuel 0 pts accum
15 Hunter64 avg spd 25.51 1 laps 30290 damage 147 fuel 0 pts accum
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Points for Day - Unlimited Division
Driver Race 1 Race 2 Total Seasons Seasons Total
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Expert
Ramdu 6 6 3 31.5
Jas 1 10 11 6 33.5
Marvin 3 3
Phill 13.5
FerdRARi 6 6 3 26
Lisa
Sarah
WappuCa3 10 2 12 10 54
Burns
Herbie
Bulle 4 4 1 8.5
Tokkie 2 4 6 3 15.5
Hunter
Dale_E 3 3 6
Heath4 1 1
Novice
Heath4 * 6 10 16 8 29.5 (advances to expert)
Carski * 4 4 8 4 26.5
LaBambi 3 2 5 2.5 11
Sneezy 1 1 2 1 15
Highland * 2 3 5 2.5 19
Gator* 10 6 16 8 13.5
Rachel
* one win towards expert
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Expert Division History - Unlimited Division
Finishes Novice Division History - Unlimited Division Finishes This is the point standings for the Unlimited Division. Expert Division Novice Division -------------------------------------------------------------------- RACING SCHEDULE (all races track surface 1) Aug 11th, S2 and Stef2 Midget Division Races, 30 laps Aug 25th, R.A. and Adelaid2 Unlimited Division Races, 80 laps TENTATIVE RACING SCHEDULE (all races track surface 1) Alternates: Again there weren't many updates. Of course, most cars could survive And so ends the 2nd Rars Racing Season, with the following winners JUSSI PAJALA with 54 points and 1st place! Congratulations to all! The next season will start in 4 weeks with RA and Adelaide2 with an You MUST either state that you wish to continue with your current car or Good luck and see you in two weeks.
Car Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 11/12 11/26 12/10 01/07 02/04 03/03 03/31 04/28 06/09 06/30 07/28 Driver Country
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Ramdu 31.5 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 8 2 1 4 4 8 1.5 3 Randy Saint (U.S.A)
Jas 33.5 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 8 10 4 1 1 3.5 6 Jurgen Sang Germany
Marvin 27 1 2 0 1 2 0 10 0 3 6 2 0 2 3.5 Nicole Greiber Germany
Phill 13 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 2.5 0 3.5 1 1.5 Mike Carty USA
FerdRARi 26 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 5 2.5 6 1 4 3.5 3 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 54 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 8 10 10 10 Jussi Pajala Finland?
Burns 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 Safai Ma Canada
Herbie 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 Alex Aleksic Yugoslavia
Bulle 8.5 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.5 3 1 Marc Gueury Belgium
Tokkie 15.5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.5 6 3 Hannes Nell S. Africa
Hunter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Karl Lewin USA
Dale_E 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 4 David Sparks USA
Heath4 Patrick Tierney Canada
Car Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 11/12 11/26 12/10 01/07 02/04 03/03 03/31 04/28 06/09 06/30 07/28 Driver Country
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Carski 26.5 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 0 1.5 3 2 2 3 10 4 Robert Skupinkski USA
LaBambi 11 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .5 1 6 2.5 Al Davis USA
Sneezy 15 0 0 2 0 3 1 4 4 1.5 2 0 2 1.5 1 Larry Ludwick USA
Highland 19 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.5 4 4 2.5 Graeme Weston-Lewis USA
Gator 13.5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 3 8 David Lutz USA
Rachel 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Mark Nau USA
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Randy Saint 31.5 pts (U.S.A) Ramdu
Jurgen Sang 33.5 pts (Germany) Jas
Nicole Greiber 27 pts (Germany) Marvin
Mike Carty 13.5 pts (U.S.A.) Phill
Ferd Trauttmansdorff 26 pts (Canada) FerdRARi
Henning Klaskala 23 pts (Germany) Lisa
Daniel Ash 3 pts (U.S.A.) Sarah
Jussi Pajala 54 pts (Finland) Wappuca3
Safai Ma 10 pts (Canada) Burns
Mario Aleksic 10 pts (Yugoslavia) Herbie
Marc Gueurny 8.5 pts (Belgium) Bulle
Hannes Nell 15.5 pts (S. Africa) Tokkie
Karl Lewin 0 pts (U.S.A.) Hunter (was Pietro)
David Sparks 6 pts (U.S.A.) Dale_E
Patrick Tierney 0 pts (Canada) Heath4
Robert Skupinski 26.5 pts (U.S.A.) Carski
Al Davis 11 pts (U.S.A.) LaBambi
Larry Ludwick 15 pts (U.S.A.) Sneezy
Graeme Weston-Lewis* 19 pts (U.S.A.) Highland (was Coultsft)
David Lutz * 13.5 pts (U.S.A.) Gator
Mark Nau 2 pts (U.S.A.) Rachel
(* means has 1 win towards advancement to expert)
Upcoming RARS Race Meets
Alternate: Hungary
One of the top two races will be 'rained out' and will be
replaced by Silverstone (which is being run that day). I will
flip a coin that day to figure out which race is to be
'rained out'.
Alternate: Spa-Frachochamps
Sep 8th, S2 and Stef2 Midget Division Races, 30 laps
Alternate: Monza-76
Aug 11 Hungaroring Hungary
Aug 25 Belgium spa-frachochamps
Spt 8 Monza-76
Spt 22 Estoril
Oct 13 Suzuka
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Comments from Ralph
Hock. I am surprised that neither Randy nor Jussi updated their cars.
Jeugen Sang with 33.5 points and 2nd place!
Randy Saint with 31.5 points and 3rd place!
Nicole Grieber with 27 points and 4th place!
Ferdinand Trautmansdorff with 26 points and 5th place!
Henning Klaskala with 23 point and 6th place!
alternate of Spa-Frachochamps. As I said I might, the rules are
slightly changed.
you MUST enter another car. Either way, you must state if you wish to
be placed in the expert or the novice division. If you are a novice, you
can as you desire, declare yourself an expert. Once you declare your
status as an expert, you cannot go back to novice. In addition, EXPERT
cars will be made public after they've aged 2 races. Please read the
cars header as to whether you can use the authors ideas.