29.04.2020 19 comments Category: Site news
This is the schedule for the upcoming 2020 VRC Worlds Spec classes starting June 3rd.
June 3rd till 15th
1:8 Electric buggy at Barco Offroad
1:8 nitro GT3 at Lloret de Mar
1:12 electric at Lausanne CRF
1:10 nitro NASCAR trucks at Fiorano
June 10th till 22nd
1:8 Rally X at VRC Rally-X 2
1:10 nitro sedans at Sao Paulo Jundiai
1:10 ISTC at VRC Carpet 4
1:10 electric NASCAR trucks at Fiorano
June 17th till 29th
1:8 Nitro buggy at NEO 2
1:8 nitro sportscars at Melzo
1:10 SC Truck at Silver Dollar 2
1:8 nitro NASCAR trucks at Fiorano
Alle events will have 3 rounds:
Qualifying Wednesday till Sunday (5 days)
Semi Finals Monday till Thursday (4 days)
Main Finals Friday till Sunday (4 days)
10.04.2020 88 comments Category: Site news
Dear valued existing and new VRC members,
COVID-19
We are now 3 weeks into the global covid-19 or corona crisis. It has taken the world by surprise, and the sudden surge in new VRC members and online activity taken me by surprise. I only wished it would have been under more positive circumstances that r/c racers from around the world found their ways to VRC. I am pleased and even flattered that VRC now serves as an alternative for real r/c racing and can only hope that many racers will discover how realistic VRC is. No sim reaches 100% realism, but you will soon find out that after some practice, finetuning set-up and adaptation to racing on a monitor, VRC can offer the same thrills and excitement as real r/c racing. Finishing a qualifier on the edge gets the adrenaline pumping just as much. Could this mean a second life for VRC? How long will it last or will VRC fall back to the pre-corona levels I don’t know.
VRC PLATFORM
The surge has led not only to more activity in online racing and especially mu... read more
02.04.2020 5 comments Category: Event publications
RIETVELD RUNS AWAY WITH THE VICTORY AT LOSTALLO
Round 4 of the 1/8 Nitro Sportscar Series took us to beautiful Lostallo in Switzerland where a large turnout of racers showed up to test their skills at the enormous track nestled in the valley. Qualifying was fast and furious. When the dust settled, it was Jeffrey “The Rocket” Rietveld (NL) who came away the top qualifying position. Rietveld, who is the reigning 2019 VRC PRO 1/8 Nitro Sportscar World Champion, has been on an absolute tear since his convincing win in December at the World Championship at Pegaso. Rietveld has claimed dominant victories in the first three events of the 2020 Series. Rietveld kept his finger on the trigger in qualifying and was the only racer to post a sub 20 second average lap. However, his heavy finger didn’t provide him with enough fuel to finish lap 16 and “The Rocket” had to call on a turn marshal to get back to pits to re-fuel to complete lap 16. Rietveld’s TQ run was 16 Laps in 5:58.066 (due to having... read more
