Fastest-lap documentation

Fastest-lap is a vehicle dynamics simulator. It can be used to understand vehicle dynamics, to learn about driving techniques, to design car prototypes, or just for fun!

Overview

Fastest-lap an open source (MIT) written in C++, and it is usable from any scripting language such as Python and MATLAB. It is cross-platform, and it has been extensively tested on Windows 10, Linux (Ubuntu) and Mac.

Fastest-lap is characterized for its simplity and ease of use. With less than 10 lines of code you will be running and analyzing your first laptime simulation.

Getting started

• Installation
  • Windows 10 (Precompiled binaries)
  • Linux and Mac
  • Troubleshooting
• Quickstart

User guide

• Overview
• Variable types
• Functions
  • Configuration
  • Factories
  • Destructors
  • Modifiers
  • Getters
• Models
  • F1 3 degrees of freedom model
  • Go-kart 6 degrees of freedom model
• Modules
  • Circuit preprocessor
  • GG-diagram
  • Optimal laptime

Tutorials

• Defining and exploring variables

Blog

• How racing drivers save fuel efficiently: the lift-and-coast technique
• Car and tire dynamics at the limits of handling (Part I)
• Car and tire dynamics at the limits of handling (Part II)
• Can 2022 F1 cars tame 130R with DRS open? — Suzuka tech bits
• Formula 1 cars or sailing ships?– United States GP Tech bits