TORCS 1.3.1 Download & Installation



Binary Installer Package For Windows


Linux Binary with Installer

This binary is dynamically linked, be aware that it is possible that this does not work on your system. If you try it anyway please report any problems or as well successful installs, such that we can improve it (without feedback this is not possible, of course the installer works on our systems). You can get it here. Install it with "torcs-1.3.1-linux-glibc-2.3-pIII.bz2.run". To resolve missing dynamic libraries you can run "torcs -l" (have a look at the command line options). It requires at least a Pentium 3 compatible CPU to run.


MacOS X Package (1.2.4)


For Linux and FreeBSD from "all-in-one" Source Package

  1. Check the dependencies
  2. Download the source package torcs-1.3.1.tar.bz2.
  3. Unpack the package with "tar xfvj torcs-1.3.1.tar.bz2".
  4. Run the following commands:

    $ cd torcs-1.3.1
    $ ./configure        # --prefix="target dir", --enable-debug or --disable-xrandr might be of interest
    $ make
    $ make install
    $ make datainstall
    

    Default installation directories:


  5. Run the "torcs" command (default location is /usr/local/bin/torcs), you can use those command line options.
    All the configuration data, race results and players options will be saved below the $HOME/.torcs directory.


For Windows From "all-in-one" Source Package

  1. Requires VC++ 6.0 (tested with sp6).
  2. Download the source package torcs-1.3.1.tar.bz2.
  3. Unpack the package with "tar xfvj torcs-1.3.1.tar.bz2" or any application you like, be careful to select a path without whitespaces and other special characters.
  4. Hint: You can build a release and a debug version side by side, the required step for the debug version is showed in brackets "()".
  5. Open a command prompt and cd into the torcs-1.3.1 directory.
  6. Run setup_win32.bat (setup_win32_debug.bat).
  7. Run setup_win32-data-from-CVS.bat (setup_win32-data-from-CVS_debug.bat).
  8. Open the file TORCS.dsw with vc++ 6.0.
  9. Select the TORCS project and the win32-Release (win32-Debug) version.
  10. Compile the project (0 warnings).
  11. cd into the "runtime" ("runtimed") directory.
  12. Run "wtorcs.exe".


For Linux From Separated Source Packages

  1. Check the dependencies
  2. Download the following source packages:
  3. Unpack the packages (tar xvfz filename.tgz)
  4. Run the following commands:

    $ cd torcs-1.3.1
    $ ./configure        # --prefix="target dir", --enable-debug or --disable-xrandr might be of interest
    $ make
    $ make install
    		

    Default installation directories:


  5. Download the following data packages:
  6. Go to the /usr/local/share/games/torcs or "target dir"/share/games/torcs directory.
  7. Untar the data packages.
  8. Run the "torcs" command (default location is /usr/local/bin/torcs), you can use those command line options.
    All the configuration data, race results and players options will be saved below the $HOME/.torcs directory.
For more detailed installation instructions have a look at Bernhard "Berniw" Wymann's site.


Linux From Sources CVS

You'll need those dependencies

Getting the sources

You have to run the following commands to get the sources (might sometimes not compile or crash):

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@torcs.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/torcs login

The 1.3.1 trunk is:

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@torcs.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/torcs co -r r1-3-1 -P torcs

Get more info on CVS

Compiling

Run the following commands:

$ cd torcs/torcs
$ ./configure        # --prefix="target dir", --enable-debug or --disable-xrandr might be of interest
$ make
$ make install
$ make datainstall
      

Default installation directories:


Run the "torcs" command (default location is /usr/local/bin/torcs), you can use those command line options.
All the configuration data, race results and players options will be saved below the $HOME/.torcs directory.


Dependencies

Requisites for Linux

You will need:


TORCS Command Line Options


TORCS for your Linux distribution

TORCS has been adopted from a lot of distributions (e.g. SuSE, Debian, Fedora, Mandriva, Gentoo, ...), have a look at your installation CD's/DVD's or online repositories. Be aware that some of these versions are quite old or have been stripped down to reduce the package size.


if you have problems or questions, send a mail to the [torcs-users] mailing list.