From 8aa491994f9b9513d6046d09fce639b88dc5578b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: iejMac <61431446+iejMac@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 00:42:32 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update simulator README old-commit-hash: 1830a87d9a39dee0f92dc5d2922513ab3d6e6d61 --- tools/sim/README.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/sim/README.md b/tools/sim/README.md index 2c01ed46a8..e54b71509c 100644 --- a/tools/sim/README.md +++ b/tools/sim/README.md @@ -30,12 +30,14 @@ You can control openpilot driving in the simulation with the following keys To see the options for changing the environment, such as the town, spawn point or precipitation, you can run `./start_openpilot_docker.sh --help`. This will print the help output inside the docker container. You need to exit the docker container before running `./start_openpilot_docker.sh` again. -## Performance +## System Requirements openpilot doesn't have any extreme hardware requirements, however CARLA is very resource-intensive and may not run smoothly on your system. For this case, we have a low quality mode you can activate by running: ``` ./start_openpilot_docker.sh --low_quality ``` +NOTE: [CARLA requires](https://carla.readthedocs.io/en/latest/build_docker/) an NVIDIA graphics card. + You can also check out the [CARLA python documentation](https://carla.readthedocs.io/en/latest/python_api/) to find more parameters to tune that might increase performance on your system ## Further Reading