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# Speed Dreams
Speed Dreams is a free and open source motorsport simulator. Originally
a fork of the [TORCS](https://torcs.sourceforge.net/) project,
it has evolved into a higher level of maturity, featuring realistic physics
with tens of high-quality cars and tracks to choose from.
> **This repository only contains the engine source code.**
> **End users are expected to download the pre-built packages listed below.**
>
> The assets repository is located on
> https://forge.a-lec.org/speed-dreams/speed-dreams-data/
![A collage of in-game screenshots](./doc/readme/collage.jpg)
## Pre-built packages
Speed Dreams binaries are available for the following platforms:
- Debian/Ubuntu (TODO)
- Microsoft Windows (TODO)
## Building from source
Speed Dreams can be built from source using the conventional build process
in CMake projects:
```
cmake -B build
cmake --build build/ # Optionally, add -j8 or any other number for faster builds
```
### Dependencies
#### Debian/Ubuntu
```
sudo apt install git cmake build-essential libopenscenegraph-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libsdl2-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev librhash-dev libenet-dev libpng-dev libjpeg-dev zlib1g-dev libminizip-dev libopenal-dev libplib-dev libexpat1-dev libcjson-dev openjdk-17-jdk openjdk-17-jre
```
> The version for the `openjdk-*` packages might change among distributions.
## License
By default, Speed Dreams code is licensed under the GPLv2-or-later license,
as specified by the [`LICENSE`](./LICENSE) file, whereas non-functional data
is licensed under the [Free Art License](http://artlibre.org/) by default.
However, some sections of the code and some other assets are distributed under
various free (as in freedom) licenses. Please read their license files
located in their respective directories for further reference.
## Trademark disclaimer
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Ubuntu is a registered trademark of Canonical Ltd.

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Introduction
------------
This is an all in one package of Speed Dreams. Be aware that some included
artwork has non free (in the GPL sense) licenses, you will find a "readme.txt"
in those directories.
The rest is either licensed under the GPL V2 (see COPYING.txt) or the Free Art License.
Non-Free content (in GPL sense)
-------------------------------
Here the list with the directories containing non free content, look at the
readme.txt for details:
- <empty list>
Changes since last release
--------------------------
See CHANGES.txt
Things that are still to be done, ideas to be ...
-------------------------------------------------
See TODO.txt
Installation instructions
-------------------------
See INSTALL.txt
Testing
-------
If you find problems which should be already fixed or new ones
please report them to the speed-dreams-users mailing list.
Getting Help
------------
During the game press F1
(do it as well during the ride to learn about the options).
For more in depth information visit https://sourceforge.net/projects/speed-dreams/,
you'll hopefully find there some information (documentation, HOWTO, FAQ ... work-in-progress).
If you are stuck please report problems through speed-dreams-users mailing list
or our Tracker (visit https://sourceforge.net/p/speed-dreams/tickets/ and login to SF.net for that).
Car Setups
----------
You can have you own version on the car setups for the human driver
- Linux : ~/.speed-dreams-2/drivers/human/...
- Windows : <My documents>\speed-dreams-2.settings\human\...
depending on the car used. You can change them with a text editor,
for more information look into the robot tutorial chapter 5
(http://www.berniw.org/tutorials/robot/).
Creating Tracks
---------------
There is a track editor in development, have a look at https://sourceforge.net/p/speed-dreams/discussion/
Robot programming
-----------------
You find a robot programming tutorial on www.berniw.org in the TORCS section.
Robot racing
------------
Visit www.berniw.org/trb for more information.

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