Artificial Intelligence on Sim-Racing (academic study)

Hello guys,

This semester at Uni I'm studying Artificial Intelligence, and always when I think about AI I remember Computer Controlled Cars on most Racing Simulators.

For sure it's a great example of AI application, so I'm thinking to focous my work on studying AI on sim-racing.

Do you know any academic study about it? Do you thinks it's a difficult topic?

Do you have any reference to help me?

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Rocker