VRC Column – Promo site & Evolva M3
VRC has been spreading information about VRC PRO mainly through these columns which appear in leading r/c car magazines and websites. Middle of February VRC will launch its VRC PRO promotional site which will give you an insight in what is to be expected in VRC PRO, details to be announced on the official VRC website at www.virtualrc.com. We have stated before in these columns that VRC PRO will be a project continuously developing, new features will be made available on the fly with the integrated software updater keeping everybody’s VRC installations up to date. So don’t expect everything you will find on the VRC PRO promotional website to be available at the first launch. The main focus will be on nitro and electric on-road in 1:10 and 1:8 scale with off road and other classes to follow later.
Meet the VRC Team
Giving VRC a face… On the new VRC PRO site you will find a section which will shine some light on the VRC team who is behind this ambitious project. Each member of the team plays an important role and here is explained who does what.
Kyosho Evolva M3 Modelled
VRC graphics artist Tony West has now completed the Kyosho Evolva M3 chassis which is now ready for implementation in VRC Pro. With the 1:8 scale nitro Evolva the Kyosho line-up now consists of the 3 cars including the popular V-One RRR 1:10 scale nitro racer and the TF-5 Stallion Shin 1:10 scale electric chassis. Kyosho is one of the major brands who have fully committed their support to the VRC Pro concept.
VRC Pro Product Collection
‘Let’s put all the boxes and fuel cans created for VRC Pro on a shelve and see what this looks like’ this is what Tony West must have thought when he created this incredible selection which makes it look like a real hobby store. In VRC Pro you build your own car by picking your favorite components and wouldn’t it be nice to pick them right of the shelve?
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1. Smith - February 21st, 2009 at 13:26
The guys from VRC are very disappoiting. They don’t really offer any support, just wait wait wait.
I left the VRC scene few month ago just like many others did and will if their support and information level is not changing.
2. ezwane - February 21st, 2009 at 13:31
when will be the vrc pro coming out?
3. Stefan - February 21st, 2009 at 13:42
Hehe … nice pics but I hope many other brands like Mugen, Losi, Xray or Sheperd will be there, too, to stop that damn Kyosho bums…ck… :-).
But it looks great so far and the work these guys put in is enorm as I can expect so far. The only thing I would change is that I wouldn’t take Kyosho in that game … nevertheless a nice M3 work ;-).
4. Stefan - February 21st, 2009 at 13:45
Also I hope that the other cars will have all their setup options like they have in reality to stop that Kyosho advantage that is at V3.5 … definitive!
5. Tom - February 21st, 2009 at 18:15
I very disappointed with VRC. They long time advertise their new version (more than 18 months I think) and still nothing :-(
6. Ludo De Greef - February 22nd, 2009 at 01:59
indeed, waiting and waiting ..
The pro version was told to be launched in 2008 and the offroad-version about the end of 2008.
Now the news is that in mid feebruary a site will come with news about the upcomming Pro version.
As far as I know, februari has 28 days (29) .. and half of that is 14…
Today is the 22 February … so this site should already be on then???
Or is it late also?
“So don’t expect everything you will find on the VRC PRO promotional website to be available at the first launch….” ?
Don’t make me lauch!
7. Jasper - February 22nd, 2009 at 03:58
I never really understand this bashing of developers. I am sure they are doing their best to get the software done but have unexpected problems. I will admit its a bit naive to announce things before you have a firm date but that seems more like inexperience than a deliberate attempt to annoy people.
Anyway I say good luck VRC, am looking forward to the new version immensely and don’t let a few negative people put you off what you are trying to do.
8. Carl - February 22nd, 2009 at 12:53
What a bunch of moaners, sad bunch.
9. Axian - February 22nd, 2009 at 14:29
VRC sucks major times. Not waiting for the PRO version.
Promises … promises …
10. R C Chung - February 23rd, 2009 at 08:37
Jeez, grow up! What harm are they doing, none whatsoever, just trying to make a halfway decent project we could all benefit from.
11. Jeff Vargas - February 23rd, 2009 at 08:50
I think VRC is great and the best way possible to learn how to set-up & drive RC cars without throwing away thousands of dollars in broken cars.
For anyone that thinks “SIMS” are stupid, ask your self how many hours of “SIM” training do you think the guy flying that plane your in has?
Keep up the great work VRC.
12. Pieter Bervoets - February 23rd, 2009 at 14:20
Jasper said it all: ‘don’t bash the developers’. Those who make these statements probably have no idea what is involved in projects like these, or in any other product that is put on the market. No surprise if many of such comments would come from kids who have no idea, they’ll hopefully wake up when they grow older and have to start working ;-) Seriously though, you can’t demand anything from any manufacturer or developer unless he has to fix a problem. That is certainly not the case with VRC, this is just about a whole new product.
VRC nor any other product is a right you can claim, it is a service that we will offer to you when it is ready. If it would have been ready in 2008 we would have published it, believe me. For now you will have to do with VRC v3, if that is not good enough you’ll just have to wait.
This is a very ambitious project with a whole new structure, new proprietory Xandra graphics and render engine, new collision detection syste, new tire model, new nitro engine sim, electric motor sim, multi player… The VRC Pro platform will continue to develop over time.
13. Pieter Bervoets - February 23rd, 2009 at 14:36
About Kyosho… there is some misunderstanding about brands in VRC v3.5. All chassis, engines, tires etc. share the same physical properties, so it does not really matter what brand you pick, they all perform exactly the same. The only exception we have made is that each chassis uses its own internal transmission pullies, in order to offer you the right tranmission gear selection for each brand. The reason why Kyosho is big in VRC is simple: first of all they have established a very large customer base for VRC with their own Kyosho VRC version, second, it is one of the biggest brands in this hobby, and third, as many VRC racers are sharing set-up data they seem to be ending up using the same chassis.
In VRC Pro we will stick to the same principles though as we cannot treat each brand differently, this would not only require enormous research, but also would make it very tricky in terms of treating all brands equally so one does not outperform all the others. We will be offering you exactly modeled virtual cars and components of your favorite brand so you can identify with the brand you use in the weekend.
14. Tim S - February 28th, 2009 at 18:38
I didn’t see much bashing of developers. It seemed more bashing of announcing timelines and missing them terribly.
15. devotid - March 4th, 2009 at 20:04
I spoke with Todd W. recently and he said being that they having developers all over the world makes it a bit harder to “work together” all the time. It seems the over-all “vision” may have changed a bit (or a lot) also through developing the off road stuff. not to mention adding online live racing heats.
Ok maybe they got a bit excited with release dates, but who wouldnt? Have you even looked at what they are trying to bring us? There not just reskinning crap and reselling it…..there creating a whole NEW idea of Virtual RC Racing. new classes, aftermarket parts, Live drop in races….common. So give them support….that will get it in your hands faster than killing there confidence will.
besides the release date…..I think the COOLEST thing is that if they Nail it. (which im pretty sure they will) its gonna be VERY VERY real……seeing as your not even in the car in real life anyways. its the closest to real racing than ANY OTHER SIM. PERIOD.