RARS Bi-weekly Race Report
& News About Upcoming Races
July 14, 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 [email hidden] or
[email hidden].
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).
Buenos.trk----------------------------------------------------------
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1000 1800.80
1500.00 2625.00
1968.50 1220.00
1969.00 750.00
2000.00 1400.00
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Buenos Aries
by [email hidden]
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Here is a repeat of the announcement about todays races:
July 14th, S2 and Stef2 Midget Division Races, 30 laps
Alternate: Silverstone
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'.
No. of races Depends on number drivers (minimum 6)
2 preliminary (half lap count)
2 novice(bottom half of preliminarys)
2 expert(top half of preliminarys)
Laps: 30 each race(15 for preliminary)
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
driv0714.zip in 1-3 days. All drivers will be there.
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Preliminary lap times
SilverStone
Car Laps Avg MPH Damage Fuel Notes
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RS 80.32
OG 76.47
S2
Car Laps Avg MPH Damage Fuel Notes
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RS 7 62.14
OG 59.77
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Race Reports
mv0714r1.zip
2 cars for 30 laps. The track was silver2.trk. The drivers were:
OG, and RS.
The initial RVG seed was 42028.
results of race 1:
starting positions:
RS, and OG.
1 RS avg spd 80.51 30 laps 2293 damage 12 fuel 10 pts accum
2 OG avg spd 76.25 29 laps 2793 damage 145 fuel 6 pts accum
mv0714r2.zip
2 cars for 30 laps. The track was s2.trk. The drivers were:
OG, and RS.
The initial RVG seed was 62886.
results of race 1:
starting positions:
OG, and RS.
1 RS avg spd 62.27 30 laps 438 damage 52 fuel 10 pts accum
2 OG avg spd 59.89 29 laps 755 damage 41 fuel 6 pts accum
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Points for Day
Pr eli mi na ry Todays Seasons
Driver Race 1, 2 Total Novice Expert Total Total(Nov, Exp)
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OG 6, 6 12 na na 10N 10,0
Ra 10,10 20 na na 10E 0,10
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This is the point standings for the Midget Division. (last 5 outings)
Randy Saint 0,10 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 (U.S.A)
Oscar Gustafsson 10, 0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 (U.S.A)
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This is the RARS address book.
Randy & Marianne Saint <[email hidden]>
Oscar Gustafsson <[email hidden]>
Upcoming RARS Race Meets
RACING SCHEDULE (all races track surface 1)
July 28th, R.A. and Adelaid2 Unlimited Division Races, 80 laps
Alternate: Hockenheim
Aug 11th, S2 and Stef2 Midget Division Races, 30 laps
No. of races Depends on number drivers (minimum 6)
2 preliminary (half lap count)
2 novice(bottom half of preliminarys)
2 expert(top half of preliminarys)
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'.
TENTATIVE RACING SCHEDULE (all races track surface 1)
Aug 25th, R.A. and Adelaid2 Unlimited Division Races, 80 laps
Alternate: Spa
Alternates:
Spt 8 Monza-76
Spt 22 Estoril
Oct 13 Suzuka
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Comments from Ralph
Small turnout. Probably my fault. You MUST resubmit your car
for the season. After that I'll resubmit it myself. I will
give this division ample time to build up.
Enclosed is my rendition of Buenos Ares. Get used to it. It will
replace Adelaid2 within a month or so. Someone please post a new
copy to the list with the instruments properly placed.
***TENTATIVE***
I will be restarting the Unlimited division soon. You will have to
send me a letter or a car stating your intentions on continuing
to race. In addition, you must state the division you wish to
compete in, novice or expert. I will no longer promote cars
automatically. If you want to stay in novice, fine. If you
think you're ready for expert, fine. 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.
Hopefully, there will be some prestige to being expert as there
are plenty of negatives to go with it.
Comments? Anybody NOT like it?
***TENTATIVE***
Good luck and see you in two weeks.
