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October 5, 2008

VRC – Professional official name for V4

VRC - Professional official name for V4

The new version of VRC on which the VRC development team has worked for the past 3 years has officially be named VRC Professional or in short, VRC Pro. The reason for this name is that the new version is a complete new platform and going from v3 to v4 could suggest that it is just another update. Nothing less is the case. VRC Pro has been completely redesigned, from the ground up. New game logic and structure to accommodate all possible classes, new state of the art graphics engine, extended physics with new collision system, new tire model and new nitro engine physics, and new car and track graphics. And then there is of course also multiplayer.

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October 2, 2008

VRC – Kyosho TF5 Stallion Shin

VRC - Kyosho TF5 Stallion Shin

Another electric car chassis has been added to the collection of 1:10 scale electric sedan racing cars for VRC Professional (v4). The Kyosho TF5 Stallion Shin is one of the leading chassis in this competitive racing class. Graphics artist Tony West has added another masterpiece to this collection of ultra realistic 3D chassis for this class, which also feature the HB Cyclone, the Associated TC5, the XRAY T2 and of course the VRI Intercept ER10. Tamiya and Yokomo yet missing…

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August 19, 2008

VRC – Tip of the Month

VRC Tip of the Month

VRC is a simulation of radio controlled on-road nitro racing cars, scales 1:8 and 1:10. As with every simulation, to reach absolute realism isn’t possible but we are proud to say that we have come pretty darned close with VRC! One known psychological effect of this trying to make something as close to reality as possible is that users seem more and more focussed on finding the differences. That it why a lot of sims simply give up on trying to move closer to reality, in fact some do the opposite. Big companies who are involved in robots are deliberately staying away from trying to make their robots look human and make them look like robots or cartoon figures. Even Nintendo has gone this way with Mario Kart.

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July 7, 2008

VRC Track of the Month – Osaka Japan

VRC Track of the Month - Osaka Japan

Our site sponsors VRC have asked us to inform everyone about their track of the month, the Central Park Raceway near Osaka, Japan, which is the latest release from VRC. The Osaka track is a typical Japanese style track with multiple lay-outs to accommodate all sort of race classes and to offer different lay-outs each new season. The track has the back straight opposite the drivers rostrum and has quite a technical infield and offers new and exciting challenges to VRC racers as this track is different from all the earlier track releases of VRC. The Osaka track will be the 3rd Japanese track alongside Kakegawa and Boss Speed which were released before. More Japanese tracks are under development, among them the famous SPL tracks near Tokyo, Keitune and Hokusei, as well as the Kyosho home track. This will eventually bring the total number of Japanese tracks to 8.

For more information about VRC go to the game website here.

July 3, 2008

Kyosho and VRC Partner in V4

Kyosho VRC Partner in V4

Virtual Racing Industries is proud to announce that leading r/c car manufacturer Kyosho Corporation from Japan has signed up for the VRC Partnership for v4 Professional. Kyosho and VRI have agreed to integrate their on-road line of chassis in v4, the off-road cars will be decided once VRI is ready to demonstrate their off-road version of VRC later this year. Modelling on the Kyosho V-One RRR Team Edition has already been completed. Next are Kyosho’s latest World Championship winning 1:8 nitro burner Evolva M3 2008, and their electric sedan challenger Stallion TF-5. The 3 Kyosho chassis will be released with the launch of v4 at the end of 2008.

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June 21, 2008

VRC V4 Professional – RC Speedway

VRC V4 Professional - RC Speedway

The 3rd in our monthly columns from VRC mentions that the new v4 RC Speedway has been completed and has turned out to be a real show case for VRC. The track is setting a new standard in r/c racing with its new features such as the electronic track banners and the massive scoreboard. Permission has been granted by Virtura officials for exclusive use of the large bill board on the fly-over of the motorway for product advertising of VRC partners. The banked corner has new entry and exit profiles for smoother and thus better racing. Special developed asphalt has been used to create maximum grip and low tire wear conditions. Tony West, responsible for the design of the VRC World complex and the tracks, has paid special attention to wider run off areas on turns 1 and 2 and around the perimeter to make the track more forgiving. Furthermore the inside curbs, known from the old oval to be responsible for the car spinning out unexpectedly in the fast sweepers, are no longer applied.

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June 12, 2008

Team Xray joins VRC

Virtual Racing Industries is happy to announce that Team XRAY has signed up as one of the exclusive VRC industry partners. The XRAY NT1 nitro racer and the T2-008 electric chassis will be made available in VRC v4 Professional. Such branded chassis will only be available after signing up as full VRC member and can be obtained with VRC-dollars earned by participating in official racing events. The 1:8 scale off-road buggy and truggy racers are likely to be included at a later stage to complete their off-road line-up in VRC.

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May 9, 2008

VRC V4 Professional – VRC World

VRC V4 Professional - VRC World Complex

The 2nd in a new monthly column from VRC, the games developers write about the new VRC World complex as well as some upcoming community features of the new V4 Professional version that is still in the works. Virtual Racing Industries has started the construction of VRC World, a brand new r/c complex at Virtura, DW. This complex will be the new head quarters of the VRI organization and will feature 4 outdoor and 2 indoor tracks.

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