diff --git a/tools/sim/launch_openpilot.sh b/tools/sim/launch_openpilot.sh
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+++ b/tools/sim/launch_openpilot.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+export PASSIVE="0"
+export NOBOARD="1"
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null && pwd )"
+cd ../../selfdrive && ./manager.py
diff --git a/tools/sim/start_carla_docker.sh b/tools/sim/start_carla_docker.sh
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+++ b/tools/sim/start_carla_docker.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Requires nvidia docker - https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-docker
+docker pull carlasim/carla:0.9.7
+docker run -p 2000-2002:2000-2002 --runtime=nvidia --gpus all carlasim/carla:0.9.7