Release planning (post 3-23 release)

[cologne]

* Improve the look and feel of the GUI
* Use the GUI to direct the user to get set up with the options they care about, then get them into a fully working game.

8 clicks between starting the application and the "practice game" window using a Logitech gamepad !!! Necessary calibration should come automatically!

Options to predefine the view and visible elements in screenshots! (add car- / track-name and date)

* Focus in on one original car and polish it up. Get all of the cool features available working on this car: floating brake pads, original engine sound, interior, glossmap, normal map (if possible), custom gauges.
* Focus in on one original track and polish it up.

Which car, which track??? :-(
Remove the glitches in some tracks.
My idea: a kind of telemetrie, get some physical data in diagramms ( position, speed, travel ... )! This would help to develop better car-physics.

* Get sounds for wind/road.

A simple soundeffect for collisions (Monaco :-) )

* Focus in on one game-type for now. Make it fun!
* Eventually, provide some sort of in-game instruction for new users (driving tutorial...? maybe a way to watch the AI do a lap and provide the input graph plus commentary...?).

A better more complete online documentation!

* Polish in-game text and displays.
* Do as much testing as possible for releases on other platforms, make installs easy, distribute only the "focused" car and track, ...

Getting beta/alpha version i will help on OS X!

... provide alternative means to distribute the other cars/tracks.

A mac-like way would be, to drop a car or track "package" over the application icon. vdrift looks inside the package, decides type and checks the data and writes it to the right place/directory. Not too much more than the actual processes.

:-)