This script generates a universe with F1 teams, drivers, races and seasons.
For now the races are very abstract (basically a function of the drivers' skill, the car chassis and engine quality, the track characteristics and a random factor).
The main goal of the project is to explore the procedural generation and progression of the universe, as well as the AI the defines the teams strategies.
This program uses Python3. To run it, apart from having Python on your system, you have to install the requirements:
pip install requirements.txt
Then simply run the basic script:
python basic.py
You can edit the various settings of the script on the settings.py file.
There a lot of ideas for the future. The most ambitious one is to give more characteristics to the drivers and provide a more dynamic history of what happens throughout the simulation. For example, having driver rivalries that impact their decisions, having events that effect the drivers skills or decisions, relations between drivers, teams and engine suppliers, etc.
On the more near future, I aim to improve the AI, give more detail to the teams directions (introducing staff), and having more dynamic teams (teams created by enthusiasts such as McLaren and Williams, sponsored teams such as Benneton and Red Bull, or factory teams such as Ferrari and Renault) which can come and go along the simulation.
Additionally, I would like to create more dynamic relations between teams and engine suppliers (e.g. works teams, exclusivity deals).
Finally, something that will always be on going is to add more driver nationalities (and maybe a more realistic way of deciding the country of origin).