Timeline

The history of Vamos.

December 2000: First experimental physical modeling programs are written.
January 2001: The body module is imported into local CVS. This module contained many files that found their way into vamos.
September 2001: The vamos module is imported into local CVS. The structure of the code has remained pretty much the same since then.
October 2001: The project is moved to SourceForge.
0.1.0 - October 2001: The first public release is made.
January 2002: The first Freshmeat announcement is made for version 0.1.8.
0.2.0 - April 2002: Car model is improved.
0.3.0 - February 2003: Tracks are improved.
0.4.0 - September 2003: Configuration files are in place.
0.5.0 - June 2004: Car model is finished.
0.6.0 - February 2008: Tracks are finished, including pit lanes.
0.7.0 - January 2012: Handle multiple cars. Make computer-controlled cars.
0.8.0 - February 2014: Convert main app to Python. Start adding UI

Road Map

0.8.0

Add support for gameplay.

1.0.0

Tie up any important loose ends.

Here are some improvements that I'd like to make.

Use an external XML parser. I rolled my own, and I'm not unhappy with it. But I imagine someone else has done it better.
Use an external AC3D parser. Don't know if one exists.
Find a better way to read and write XML files. Visitor pattern?
Turn the wheels into rigid bodies.
Review the design and architecture.
Remove hard-coded sound factors.