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January 4, 2012

Ronald Volker wins VRC EP World title

Yokomo/LRP ace Ronald Völker has added a second VRC Pro World Championship title to his impressive racing legacy. After already winning in 2008 he was now victorious in the 2011 VRC Pro worlds held at the Eppelheim track, the very same track where the LRP Touring Car Masters will be held end of March. In the final Ronald was challenged by Martin Wollanka from Austria who managed to stay within 3 tenths of Ronald but a crash in lap 11 put him 2 seconds back and although he was able to make 2 tenth up in the next 5 laps Ronald ‘Mr. Consistent’ Völker cruised home with a 3.5 second gap at the finish line on Wollanka.

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December 31, 2011

Frank Hättich wins VRC 1/10th Worlds

1:10 Nitro specialist Frank Hättich has added a 3rd consecutive world title to his impressive VRC career. After winning the title in 2009 at the Tamiya Kakegawa track in Japan, in 2010 in Fiorano Italy, Frank was now victorious at the Pegaso track in Mexico. His main rival was his country fellowman Ronald Völker who charged hard in the 45 minutes main final but fell 3.25 seconds short in the end. Thai ace Pongtorn Trayrananon completed the podium just 1 lap down on the 2 front runners.

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December 20, 2011

1/12th coming soon to VRC Pro

VRC Pro have announced the highly anticipated release date for the new 1:12 class which will be December 22nd at 16:00 hours. The development team is now in the final testing stage and some last minute adjustments are being made to the sound system, causing a 2 day overshoot of the initial expected launch date of December 20. The first release will be limited to the spec chassis and 10.5T untimed motor. The chassis setup options are restricted to toe angle and gear ratio while the speed controller has options available for throttle and brake settings. The full-option modified chassis, motors and speedo’s will be made available at a later stage.

Source: VRC [vrcpro.com]

November 27, 2011

VRC Column – November Update

In December 2011 VRC organizes 3 World Championships, a whole month of virtual r/c racing at the very highest level. Each of the Worlds is over 4 rounds, spread over 12 days. The VRC Pro 2011 World Championship 1:10 electrics will start on the 16th of December! Don’t miss out on what is surely THE MOST popular event of the year, attracting many, many racers! Last year more than 1000 racers participated in the VRC v3 Worlds, and this year promises to be even bigger. On December 2nd the nitro racers kick off with 1:8 at the new Luxembourg track, a week later on the 9th it’s 1:10 nitro’s turn at Pegaso, Mexico. The 1:8 nitro has a 60 minutes main final, 1:10 nitro 45 minutes! These are the races you want to win and have on your r/c racer c.v.

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September 1, 2011

VRC Pro is now available

After many years of waiting we have been given the word the VRC Pro is now available having just launched a few moments ago. In case you dont know VRC Pro is the complete new RC racing simulator, widely supported by RC industry leading brands, as well as by top racers like LRP factory team driver, Ronald Völker. Why? Because VRC Pro means that you can finally drive anytime, anyone, anywhere! Not only in the weekend, at your local track, with local racers. Soon you can practice and drive, and enjoy your hobby on a global scale and as much as you want. VRC Pro cars feel just like the real thing and the fun of seamless worldwide internet, multi-player racing is truly revolutionary. Everyone who loves his hobby and who wants to take his racing to the next level cannot miss out on this big happening, so subscribe today to VRC Pro.

Source: VRC Pro [vrcpro.com]

January 26, 2011

VRC Column – A taste of things to come

We can’t wait to show you what the VRC team has been working on for the past 5 years so here is a sneak preview of what you can expect. In 1:8 nitro you will have the choice between our own Intercept NR8, the Kyosho Evolva M3, the Serpent 966 chassis. The bodies will feature decal sets of all the leading brands in 1;8 nitro on-road racing: Kyosho, Serpent, Mugen, Shepherd, Motonica, Xray, Capricorn and our own Intercept.

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December 29, 2010

Frank Hättich retains VRC World title

Frank Hättich from Germany has done it again, winning the 2010 1:10 World Championships after nailing 161 laps (45:00.881) in just one try. The event hosted 370 international racers running a total of 4889 individual race sessions, making it one of the biggest RC events in history.

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November 18, 2010

VRC Column – Successful Alpha test & more

The VRC Pro team successfully concluded the long awaited alpha test in the 2nd week of October. The alpha test is an all-out internal test of all the processes on game, website and database level and precedes the external beta test. Although there are still areas that need work and fine-tuning, we can say that we are at approx. 96% of what is needed for beta test and eventually launch. At this moment the team is working on final component configuration to accommodate the trial and full user levels, some account issues (especially transaction reporting) and optimizing the VRC World social network community.

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