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Training an unbeatable AI in Trackmania

Yosh · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Machine learning & deep learningGaming culture & analysis

What it is

Yosh trains a reinforcement learning agent to drive Trackmania until he can no longer beat it. The video explains how the training works and the design choices involved.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as an approachable explanation of how reinforcement learning works in practice, and cited for the constraints needed to stop exploits.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2024, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “be sure to check out the videos by Yosh. They're amazing, and do a great job explaining how reinforcement learning works in practice”

    Amazing explanations of how RL works in practice

    smokel, 2024-07 · Strong recommendation · in “The History of Machine Learning in Trackmania”

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Topics: trackmania, reinforcement learning, game ai, machine learning, tminterface

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