how do you simulate racing cars?

Question: how do you simulate racing cars?
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Asked by killer keemstar lets get to Mark on 11 Nov 2016.
- Mark Catherall answered on 11 Nov 2016:
  
  We write a mathematical model of the car and the physics that determines how it moves and grips the road and stuff, then we write an algorithm which finds the positions of the car at every point around the lap which makes for the fastest laptime.

Question: how do you simulate racing cars?