We sort the people behind the project in 3 concentric 'circles' ; from the widest to the most shrink one :

• the "Contributors" : the developers, designers and artists who occasionally participate to the project, whatever way and degree of involvement (discussions, code or artwork patches, testing, ...),
• the "Pre-Development Team" (aka the "Pre-Dev. Team") : a sub-set of the contributors who participate to the development more than occasionally, in a very active and mostly continuous manner, in full acceptance and accordance to the rules of the project, as proved by their everyday behaviour ; some apply for becoming part of the "Dev. Team" (see below), some others not,
• the "Development Team" (aka the "Dev. Team") itself : the core set of developers, designers and artists, who have write access to the subversion repository and Trac Wiki.

TODO (call for contributions) :

• Find a better name for "Pre-Development Team",
• Links to the rules.

The Development Team

(aka the "Dev. Team")

The active members

They regularly work on the project, whatever means (commits to SVN, discussions, votes, ...) :

Name	SF.net id	Nationality	Team role	Main area
Gaëtan André?	rvlander	French	developer	3D code, re-factoring : #745 Separation of sound module from ssgraph
Wolf-Dieter Beelitz	wdbee	German	artist, developer	Simplix robot, robot tools
Xavier Bertaux	torcs-ng	French	artist, developer, moderator	Cars and tracks design, weather simulation, graphics
Eckhard M. Jaeger (aka bart)	area42	German	artist	In-game menu interface style, web sites, HQ cars and tracks enhancements
Kristóf Kály-Kullai	kakukri	Hungarian	developer, tester	Physics reference for the project, Simu V2.1, 2.0 car set-up rework leader
Gábor Kmetykó (aka kilo)	kmetykog	Hungarian	artist, developer	Kilo2008 robot, board enhancements, code clean-up, whole code management, some tracks
Enrico Mattea (aka Ocirne)	ocirne94	Italian	tester	Whole game tests, Master (English) project page at Wikipedia
Jean-Philippe Meuret	pouillot	French	developer, moderator	Project coordination, whole code / architecture / build system / release management, multi-threading, menu enhancements, code cleanup and architecture enhancements, MinGW port
Haruna Say (aka atomixsearch)	harunasan	American	artist, car tuner	Cars design / skinning / set-up (LS1, TRB1, SC, MP5, ...) / resident crash test dummy
Joe Thompson (aka minijoe)?	beaglejoe	American	developer	Menu music
Simon Wood?	mungewell	Canadian	developer, tester	Board enhancements, multi-screen, tests

Note: Names listed in alphabetic order of family name.

The inactive members

This "inactive" state is not at all a kind of punishment ; it is first a temporary state, and second simply a way to help the team go on full steam and no unneeded brakes on :

• are in a temporary but long-time-lasting "dormant" state, with no activity at all (criteria : during 1 month, no code commit, no participation to any discussion, no answer to any team-wide or private question or request for voting),
• they are by definition excluded from the votes, and are not counted in the definition of the "majority of the dev. team", as defined in the heading chapter of the release method,
• one must of course warn the team when he/she feels he/she's going into such state more than a month (and thus temporarily renounce to his/her vote power),
• but the team can also decides this when it realizes an 'active' member is actually in this state without notifying (after kindly asking news to the member and getting his/her agreement, or failing to get any answer after 1 more request within 2 more weeks).

Name	SF.net id	Nationality	Team role	Main area
Mart Kelder	martkelder	Dutch	developer	Career racing mode, Build system, non graphical code management
Andrew Sumner	andrewsumner	Australian	artist, car tuner, developer	3D car modelling expert (SC, 36GP, LS1, MP5, LP1, ...), cars set-ups, 3D graphics (animated driver, spin smoke, ...)

Note: Names listed in alphabetic order of family name.

How to become a member of the dev. team ?

As a newcomer, becoming a member of the dev. team implies that :

• you accept all of the rules of the project and commit yourself to respect them (this has to be done in an official way, through at least a mail to the dev. mailing list, be it direct or through your mentor) :
  • the Developers Charter,
  • the Release Method,
  • the Roles and Responsibilities,
  • this page.
• as a "member" of the "Pre-dev. Team" for some time (see above), you have concretely proven this acceptance and commitment through :
  • active discussions with the dev. team or your mentor,
  • proposed and accepted patches,
  • active collaboration with the team when your patches are integrated to the code and art-work base (reviews, fixes, ...),
• you really want it, of course,
• you officially ask it (through the dev. mailing list, or by asking your mentor to do it in your name, when you are too shy ;-),
• along with your request, you explain your plans for the project : what you want to work on in general, and in details if you already know.

All of this generally takes some time : be patient and modest, and understand that :

• the project has an history, you have to smartly find your way in this flow, and adapt yourself to it (not the contrary),
• the dev. team needs time and facts in order to trust you (about your skills, your commitment to the project and its rules, ...),
• when you are in, only 1 rule could prevent you from changing things : democracy ; you'll have to convince the team that your plans are good for the project, through fair and open discussions (proofs and facts count above all), and sometimes democratic votes. That's the law.

The Pre-Development Team

(aka the "Pre-Dev. Team")

TODO (call for contributions) :

• Find a better name for "Pre-Development Team",
• Complete !

Name	SF.net id	Nationality	Role	Mentor	Main area
Boris Brönner	uykusuz	German	developer	Kilo	3D code : #691 ACCC shadow problems, #589 New rear mirror
Gionni Brun (aka MadBad?)	madbad	Italian	tester (developer)	None	Whole game tests, (Ongoing: project page Italian translation at Wikipedia.it)
Uwe Kadritzke	tankjob	German	tester	None	3D graphics, audio rendering

Note: Names listed in alphabetic order of family name.

Contributors

Name	SF.net id	Nationality	Role	Main area
Christos Dimitrakakis	olethros	Greek	consultant	TORCS physics expert
Kennet Eriksson	kennet_eriksson	Swedish	artist, test driver	Test driving (cars and tracks), Tuna track
Sebastian Heni (aka seba)	chemieprog	German	artist, tester	Tests, tracks + volunteer for German translation of the menu, when possible
Alec Leamas	alec_leamas		packager	Fedora 17 binary package
Filipe Lopes		Spanish	packager	Ubuntu 10, 11, 12 PPA packages
Tom Low-Shang	tomlowshang	Canadian	tester, developer	test driver, build system, on-line race mode (+ help on Fedora 17 binary package)
Vicente Martí Centelles	vtemarticent	Spanish	artist, tester	Tests, F1 model, Torcs Car Setup Editor with additions for SD compatibility
Ángel P. Rosado	apr-torcs	Spanish	artist, tester	Spanish artist, tester, cars and tracks
Jaime Vives Piqueres	jaimevives	Spanish	artist, tester	Graphics rendering advices
W-E-C	-	Austrian	artist, designer	Cars, buildings for Salzfelden

Note: Names listed in alphabetic order of family name.