Implementing an architecture for racing games

Racing games are really interesting to develop, and work on AI for the non-player drivers. They can be simple, or they can get really complex, as a car system really is tied to represent believable physics; however, there are minimum requirements for them to work, and to develop proper intelligent behaviors for non-player agents. In this recipe, we will learn how to create a small architecture for racing games.

Getting ready

We will use the driver profile object that we developed previously, and use this recipe as the cornerstone for the rubber-band system we will develop later.

How to do it...

Let's start by creating the interface to control the car. This interface is a MonoBehaviour class with public members, so the player and the agents could interact with it easily and seamlessly:

1. Create a new file and name it CarController, as shown in the following code:

using UnityEngine;
public class CarController : MonoBehaviour
{
  // next steps
}

 

 

2. Next,...