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TORCS
Race against computer-controlled drivers on road, oval and dirt tracks with TORCS, an open-source racing simulator for Windows that also supports building your own AI drivers.
What is TORCS?
TORCS, The Open Racing Car Simulator, combines human driving with programmable racing opponents. Choose a car and track for practice sessions or championships, race against AI drivers, or share a local split-screen race with up to four human players. Controls include keyboard, mouse, gamepad, joystick and steering wheel, subject to operating-system support.
For developers, the Robot Module Interface exposes simulation state and driving controls to custom AI drivers. The project provides a C++ Robot Tutorial and supports headless command-line races for simulation work. The separate Simulated Car Racing Championship server patch is needed for that project's network-controlled driver workflow; it is not the built-in C++ robot interface.
This entry links to the publisher's Windows EXE installer for version 1.3.10, released on October 1, 2026. TORCS requires working OpenGL graphics drivers. The gameplay screenshot is a publisher capture from version 1.3.9, not a test of this installer.
What it offers
- Drive road, oval and dirt circuits against computer-controlled opponents.
- Choose practice sessions or championships, with local split-screen racing for up to four human players.
- Use keyboard, mouse, gamepad, joystick or steering wheel controls when supported by the operating system.
- Develop custom C++ AI drivers through the Robot Module Interface and run headless command-line races.
Good to know
- Working, properly configured OpenGL graphics drivers are required; the publisher documents startup failures caused by faulty graphics drivers.
- The SCR network-controlled driver workflow requires a separate server patch; the standard Robot Tutorial covers built-in C++ drivers instead.
Product images
Sources
References used for this listing. Retrieval dates do not indicate hands-on testing.
- TORCS - The Open Racing Car Simulator ↗Retrieved
- Download TORCS ↗Retrieved
- TORCS: FAQ ↗Retrieved
- Documentation - TORCS ↗Retrieved
- Licenses and Provenance - TORCS ↗Retrieved
- TORCS gameplay screenshot manifest ↗Retrieved
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