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[aungsithu]

Hi,

I'm working a racing sim.
There's no player controlled car in this application.
All the cars will race automatically.
I could implement AI cars following waypoints as a guide on the track.
One specific requirement for my application is these cars must be finished the race in specific order (ranks, position, whatever).
If I use pure AI and physics then the result may not be exactly as I want.

So, any ideas on this specific requirement?

Thanks in advance.

[alphadog]

Check out:
http://www.red3d.com/cwr/steer/

[imerso]

I used splines (ex: http://en.wikipedia....ki/Cubic_spline) in one racing game with a great success.

First I created some base splines around the track, then randomized slightly every knot, giving the AI racers a visually natural feeling of "intelligent" driving, because they never followed exactly the curves.

That was just quick to implement and quite rewarding.