# TM2020-Sim: extending Trackmania physics simulation

> TM2020-Sim extends Gearbox's Trackmania physics and asset loading into a headless simulator with a native C++ and Rust SDK. It adds parallel environments, replay analysis, driving-controller research and validation tools for local game observations.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Speedstu/TM2020-Sim-V1>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Speedstu/TM2020-Sim-V1/blob/f48c572e147ff136204460946f0052a0db7ce78f/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tm2020-sim-trackmania-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tm2020-sim-trackmania-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/tm2020-sim-trackmania-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Linux x86-64, Python 3.10+, CMake 3.21+, a C++20 compiler, Rust/Cargo 1.98+ and liblzo2.so.2.
- **Prerequisites:** Simulation requires the user's Trackmania installation, its Packs folder and a map file.
- **Limits:** Client integration is experimental; a post-finish detachment fault requires a client restart.
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later, with third-party notices.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Speedstu/TM2020-Sim-V1/blob/f48c572e147ff136204460946f0052a0db7ce78f/README.md>

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