14.01.2019 5 comments
by Kevin Bacon
The 2018 VRC PRO World Championships season concluded on December 31, 2018. The 2018 Worlds brought the crowning of several new champions and additional crowns for to some of VRC’s previous champions. VRC ace, Martin Wollanka (AT), added to his World Championship total. Wollanka won three events in December including 1/8 Electric Buggies Mod, 1/10 Short Course Trucks Mod, and 1/12 Sportscar Mod pushing his overall count of VRC PRO World Championship titles to an incredible 15!
Joshua Berman (US) also took home three of the coveted winged World Championship Golden Cups in December. Berman claimed the title in 1/10 Nitro On-Road Mod, 1/10 Nitro NASCAR Trucks Mod, and the brand new 1/8 Nitro GT3 Mod class. The three wins increased Berman’s overall VRC PRO World Championship count to 11!
In addition, five brand new champions were crowned in December of 2018. The list of new VRC PRO World Champions includes:
1. Zdenek... read more
03.01.2019 5 comments
As reported some time ago, we have encountered some very serious problems with the Chinese manufacturer of our VRC USB adaptor. After nearly 10 years of supplying this device to us, they rejected our last orders issued September of last year. Some essential components like the microprocessor are no longer available. This has caused us to immediately start searching for alternative sources based on a new design.
We have already slowed down the sales of the USB adaptor 2 months ago, and are now almost completely out of stock. We expect first deliveries of the new adaptor not before April of this year. Very likely the new adaptor will be at a completely different price point as well.
We are aware of the seriousness of this problem, the USB adaptor is essential to the realistic r/c experience we offer with the VRC sim, but we rely on third parties to supply this product to us.
For now we have stopped the sale of just the USB adaptor completely, the adaptor is only available in combination with the 3-m... read more
17.12.2018 1 comment
The 2019 Season event schedule is now published. The Season will be 7 events, with 3-week intervals, of which your best 5 results will count for the series championship. All classes will start with Spec and the following week modified class will be raced on the same track. Each week will have 3 official events. All Spec events will have free driving position, modified classes will have rostrum forced view.
The month of June is reserved for the 2019 VRC Worlds for all the Spec classes, the schedule and venues to be announced later.
Enjoy the new season!
1:8 Nitro buggy
Round 1: Silver Dollar 2
Round 2: Psycho 13
Round 3: NEO14
Round 4: Naxos
Round 5: Montpellier
Round 6: Silver Dollar 3
Round 7: Fear Farm
1:8 E buggy
Round 1: IBR Padova
Round 2: NEO15
Round 3: Pattaya
Round 4: Silver Dollar 1
Round 5: Rhein-Main
Round 6: NEO13
Round 7: Buenos Aires
1:8 Rally X
Round 1: Rally X3
Round 2: Dirt Speedway Short
Round 3: Messina X
Round 4: Rally X1
Round 5: Dir... read more
17.12.2018 8 comments
The new 1:8 nitro GT3 modified class is released for the upcoming VRC Worlds starting Saturday December 22nd.
The modified version features a fully adjustable RS chassis, a more powerful RS engine and new Ultra Soft tires, this package should make for an exciting and thrilling new class for the die hard 1:8 nitro on-road racers. With this release also a number of P11 and C7 member created bodies are released, available for free!
Of course the modified class will have its own ranking but will also count for the Overall, nitro onroad and overall onroad rankings. The upcoming VRC Worlds for this class is your first chance to start working on your ranking.
The cost of the Spec chassis and engine have been reset to 0, so basically the Spec class is now a free class like all the other VRC Spec classes.
Enjoy the new ride, see you at the 2018 VRC Worlds 1:8 nitro GT3 Modified!
