samwhiteiv / racing-simulator

Racing simulator app built in vanilla JS using Node for the backend/API.

Overview

This project is a racing simulator where a user selects a player and track, the game begins and the user accelerates their racer by clicking an acceleration button. As the user accelerates so do the other players and the leaderboard live-updates as players change position on the track. The final view is a results page displaying the players' rankings. It is built in JS and uses Node for the backend/API.

Installation & Usage

• cd into the project's root directory
• run yarn or npm install
• once all dependencies are installed run yarn start or npm start to spin up the local server and view it on http://localhost:3000/
• run yarn api or npm run api to start the API
• Select your track & car and begin a race.