VDrift 2006-10-06 review

VDrift is a cross-platform, open source driving simulation made with drift racing in mind. VDrift project is powered by the excell

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 0K Developer: Joe Venzon

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VDrift is a cross-platform, open source driving simulation made with drift racing in mind.

VDrift project is powered by the excellent Vamos physics engine. It is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) v2. It is currently available for Linux and Windows.

This game is in the early stages of development but is already very playable.

Here are some key features of "VDrift":
Tracks: Nurburgring, Catalunya, Road Atlanta
Cars: Mustang, S2000, Carrera
Very realistic physics
Basic foliage scenery system
Elevated tracks and heightmapped terrain
Several different camera modes
Basic replay system with Skip Forward/Skip Backward
Day/night weather cycle
Fully customizable controls
Joystick and keyboard input filtering
Brake lights

Goals

VDrift aims to be a realistic racing game where it is possible to do drift racing on road courses. Other things that have a high probability of being implemented:

ability to exchange replays
allow the player to tune the car in the game and exchange settings
grip mode with single player time trial, head to head multiplayer, and time trial multiplayer
drift mode with single player time trial, head to head multiplayer, and time trial multiplayer
autocross mode with in-game editor, singleplayer time trial, multiplayer time trial

Requirements:
SDL
SDL_image
OpenAL or FMOD
OpenGL