CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

A control system for the internal combustion engine is disclosed, in which the operating conditions (such as vehicle speed) and the control conditions (such as throttle opening degree) of the operating elements of the internal combustion engine are used to determine a resistance index (such as an equivalent gradient) for specifying the driving force corresponding to the operating conditions under the prevailing load conditions. Further, this resistance index data is accumulated, so that the operating elements are controlled on the basis of a target operating condition and a corresponding resistance index.