A simple car-driving "game", written in C using OpenGL.

This was the final project for my sophomore year graphics class. I didn't really know how to code, but I had a ton of fun writing it. It is rudimentary because the course focused on theory, not practical application. As a result, we only used C instead of C++, and all graphics objects are created from scratch via OpenGL primitives.

For a longer summary, please take a look at infosheet.txt.

There are three different cars and many different colors to choose from:

A full track with speedometer:

• 3 fully custom vehicles (sports car, F1 car, truck)
• 20 color options
• 4 customizable camera positions (front bumper, 1st person, 3rd person, and fixed central location)
• Real time model updates, with toggleable headlights, wheels that turn, and working brake + reverse lights
• speedometer
• three gears (D, N, R)
• full track with checkpoints
• toggleable minimap of current track position
• lap timer

If you're on Windows, just use the compiled KartRacer.exe. If you'd like to recompile the source code, you'll have to install OpenGL (I've tried to include some of the dependencies here, but you'll have to get the rest from https://www.opengl.org/). Good luck 😉. Next you'll need a compiler. gcc works well if you have it, but it's not installed by default on Windows. While developing kartracer, I used lcc. Refer to use.bat for how to compile and link with the OpenGL dll files.

For a longer summary, please take a look at infosheet.txt.

W = accelerate
S = brake
A = turn left
D = turn right
E = emergency brake (only works when car is in drive)

LEFT-CLICK = change car model
RIGHT-CLICK = open color selection menu
H = turn on headlights
Y = turn off headlights
B = turn on minimap
N = turn off minimap
C = show lap timer
V = hide lap timer
R = restart lap timer

I = move camera position forward
O = move camera position backward
U = move camera position up
J = move camera position down
1 = nose camera position
2 = body camera position
3 = behind camera position
4 = zoomed-out camera position
9 = car camera view
0 = fixed camera view

P = pause
Q = quit