Patent ID: 7785178

Claim:
A method, performed by a computing device, of computing a target speed for a racer in a virtual racing environment, wherein the racer follows a racing line comprising positions on a sequence of waypoint lines along a track of the virtual racing environment, the method as performed by the computing device comprising: obtaining, by the computing device, a track configuration metric for a waypoint line, the track configuration metric comprising a measure of camber angle of the track at the waypoint line or a measure of curvature of the track at the waypoint line; determining, by the computing device, a lateral acceleration metric associated with the racer; computing, by the computing device, the target speed, which is of the waypoint line, as a function of the lateral acceleration metric and the track configuration metric; prior to the virtual racing environment performing, by the computing device, a simulation of the racer moving on the track, recording the target speed associated with the waypoint line in a storage medium; and using, by the computing device, the recorded target speed when performing a simulation of the racer moving on the track.