==== Car Racing ====

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  * [[#Introduction|1. Introduction]]
  * [[#Summary|2. Summary]]
  * [[#Instructions| 3. Instructions]]
  * [[#History| 4. History]]
  * [[#Resources| 5. Resources]]

==== 1. Introduction ====

**Step 1) Download and install TORCS from [[http://torcs.org|TORCS.org]]
**   * Download page : [[http://torcs.sourceforge.net/index.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=3|Click]] 
   * Download page for windows users : [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/torcs/files/torcs-win32-bin/1.3.3/torcs_1.3.3_setup.exe/download|Click]]

**Step 2) Enjoy the game by yourself** \\

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**Step 3) The purpose of this competition is to make a controller for the racing car \\
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**Step 4) Make your own controller with or without computational intelligence (hard-coding rule is also OK)\\
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 * [[#Instructions|How to Start]]

**Step 5) Please check the [[wiki:calender|conference schedule of 2012.]]  \\


****Step 6) Submit your entry (source code) with documents (brief introduction on your controller) to the competition organizer \\

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==== 2. Summary ====


   * Main Website : [[http://games.ws.dei.polimi.it/competitions/scr/|]]

   * Software Manual : [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/cig/files/SCR%20Championship/Manual/|]]

   * Rules : [[http://games.ws.dei.polimi.it/competitions/scr/|]]

   * Languages : C++, Java 

   * Community : [[http://groups.google.com/group/racingcompetition|]]


==== 3. Instructions ====

  * **[[wiki:car_racing_beginners|Build Your Own Controller]]** 
 
  * **[[wiki:client_tutorial|Tutorial (videos)]]** 

  * **[[wiki:car_racing_kr|Build Your Own Controller (Korean Version)]]**
   



==== 4. History ====



^ Year ^ Events ^ Types ^ Results ^ Winner ^ Comment ^ 
| 2012   |   Evo 2012     |    |    [[http://www.slideshare.net/dloiacono/evostar|Results]]                      |   Mr. Racer     |            |
| 2011   |   CIG 2011     |       |    [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?m=201109|Results]]                    |   Mr. Racer     |            |
| :::    |   :::          |  :::  |    [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?m=201201|Source Codes of Entries]]    |               |           |
| :::    |   GECCO 2011   |       |    [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?m=201107|Results]]                    |  Mr. Racer     |            | 
| :::    |  Evo 2011      |       |    [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?p=214|Video, Tracks]]      |    Mr. Racer   |            |
| :::    |  :::           |  :::  |    [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?p=211|Results]]            |          :::   |  :::       |
| 2010   |  CIG 2010      |       |    [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?p=170|Results]]            |    Autopia     |   dirty tracks          |
| :::    |  WCCI 2010     |       |    [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?p=166|Results]]            |    JORGE MUNOZ   |   technical (F1-like) tracks         |
| :::    |  GECCO 2010    |       |    [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?p=162|Results]]            |    Autopia     |   motor speedways    | 
| :::    |  EvoStar 2010  |    Car Setup Optimization   |  [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?p=147|Results, Video]]  |  Jorge Muñoz   |     |
| 2009   |  All Events    |       |     [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?p=131|Source Codes of Entries]]   |      |      |
| :::    |  CIG 2009           |    |    [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?p=99|Results]]               |  COBOSTAR           |              | 
|  :::   |  GECCO 2009    |       |   [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?p=90|Results]]  |  Onieva&Pelta  |        |
| :::    |  :::    |   Car Setup Optimization   |  [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?p=92|Results, Source Codes of Entries]]  |   Pietro Versari et al.           |                |
| :::    |  CEC 2009  |      |  [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?p=89|Video1]] [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?p=88|Video2]] [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?p=87|Video3]] [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?p=86|Video4]]  |    COBOSTAR  |       | 
| 2008   |  CIG 2008  |      |  [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?p=78|Source Codes of Entries]]  |   Luigi Cardamone   |       |
| :::    |    WCCI 2008   |      |   [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?p=61|Source Codes of Entries]]   |  Matt Simmerson     |      |
| :::    |  :::       |      |   [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?p=56|Results1]] [[http://cig.ws.dei.polimi.it/?p=50|Results2, Source Codes of Entries, Video]]     |  :::        |     :::     |


====5. Resources ====


  * Links 
    * [[http://www.berniw.org/|Berniw's Homepage]]
    * [[http://trackgen.pierlucalanzi.net/|Interactive Track Generator for TORCS and Speed Dreams]]

  * PowerPoint Slides
    * [[http://sclab.yonsei.ac.kr/courses/09AgentGame/Racing%20Competition.ppt|]]
    * [[http://sclab.yonsei.ac.kr/courses/09AgentGame/Overview_1.pdf|]]
    * [[http://sclab.yonsei.ac.kr/courses/09AgentGame/Related%20Work.ppt|]]

  * Papers 
    * [[http://julian.togelius.com/Loiacono2010The.pdf|Gentle Introduction]]
    * [[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/int.21512/abstract|Autopia]]
    * [[http://www.ieee-cig.org/cig-2009/Proceedings/proceedings/papers/cig2009_035e.pdf|Onieva & Pelta]]
    * [[http://www.coboslab.psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/ext00209/user_upload/Publications/Submitted/TorcsRacerSubmission.pdf|COBOSTAR]]
    * [[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925231212000094|BFB3]]
    * [[http://www.ieee-cig.org/cig-2009/Proceedings/proceedings/papers/cig2009_021e.pdf|Imitation Learning]]