Patent ID: 8371915

Claim:
A method, performed by a computing device comprising a processor, storage, and a display, of setting a target speed for a racer in a virtual racing environment implemented by the computing device, the virtual racing environment rendering graphics for display by the computing device, the racer displayed by the virtual racing environment on the display, the method comprising: obtaining a track configuration metric corresponding to at least a curvature or camber of the track and storing the track configuration metric in the storage; determining, by computations of the processor, a maximum lateral acceleration metric associated with the racer; computing, by computations of the processor, the target speed as a function of the maximum lateral acceleration metric and the track configuration metric; recording the target speed in the storage; and while performing a simulation in the virtual racing environment of the racer moving on the track at a current speed, displaying on the display a speed or acceleration indicator based on the target speed.