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Physics ultimately decide the gameplay for about 80%. But graphics is the first attraction to want it. Just like people. ;-)

THIS DOCUMENT IS VERY OLD BY NOW, ACTUALLY SOME STUFF HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE.

For Racer's Plan, go here. It contains important info on the free- and openness of the sim.

Plans for Racer v0.5:

• Driveline redesign to get a fully working clutch
• Multiple differentials in the driveline to get 4WD working a bit (some trouble with brakes though)
• Fully analog handbrake
• ActLabs Force RS Clutch + free shifting support (on Windows)

Plans for Racer v0.5.1:

• Audio redesign; multiple engine wav's, air/track sounds etc.

Plans for Racer v0.5.2:

• Animating track objects
• New more global renderer which should make track/car rendering more stable and perhaps a bit faster.
• Specular lighting on track objects (to get GT3's specular track looks possible)

What the future holds in general:

• Collision detection betweens cars
• AI
• Improved network play (multiplayer on LAN and Internet)
• Support for the ActLabs Force RS wheel, shifter and clutch pedal (I ordered one)
• More documents on the internals of the sim (how are tracks organized/painted etc.)
• SCGT Track importing details (importing .scn parts). Low priority though; new tracks are far more interesting.
• Optimized track drawing (using BSP trees or something).
• Lots more... (the tasklist is 10 pages long)

Physics:

• Gyroscopic precession (for cars with asymmetric wheels)
• Camber (very much needed ofcourse)
• Caster, kingpin axes
• 4WD for rally cars with 3 differentials
• Lots more...

The ULTIMATE future (but don't hold your breath):

• Chair control; yes, the idea is to have pumps or something control a chair on which you sit during racing, much like things you see in the arcades. I have some friends who are good at these things, and perhaps, you never know, one day we'll have our own moving chair. In fact, this is already happening; the company Force Dynamics is creating such a chair! Also, I'm working with Mainax and FCS-CS to try and connect Racer to high-end platforms (as used in professional flight and vehicle simulations).
• GPL2; although GPL has done well it seems, Sierra seems more interested in Nascar titles. Although this is just one of the possibilities, a 'Racer Legends' would be a relatively easy target since it has already been done in the form of GPL1 (still quite non-trivial though).
• Live driving with real life races. Consider Fox' GPS system & a multicast machine that pushes the locations of the cars to servers, where you login, select a car and drive along with the real guys. Yummie! (too bad collision detection will be impossible though). But ooh, this is already patented and being worked on in F1. Cool. :)

(last updated May 7, 2009 )