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ONLY ROSTRUM VIEW FOR OFFICIAL VRC EVENTS IN 2025

22.10.2024   Category: Site news

VRC Pro is an r/c racing sim, meaning we simulate racing r/c cars. R/C cars are raced from a rostrum 2-3m above the track level to have a good overview of the track. All VRC tracks the have the rostrum positioned and at a height corresponding with the real track. Our own designed tracks, which are not based on real tracks, have similar rostrum positions and view points.

Following long and intense discussions in the VRC forums, and using common sense, I have decided to use only rostrum view for official VRC events, starting 2025 Season 1 series.
Weekly events and club events will continue to have free choice of view point.

The popular 'Time trial' mode will remain with free view position for now, as reverting back to forced rostrum view would invalidate all standing track records. It would also require changing the VRC program (executable file) for both VRC and Steam.

I know that this decision will not satisfy everybody but remember, it is only common sense: VIRTUAL RC PRO IS AN R/C RACING SIM

I hope this will now end the 'nasty' discussions. Let's go racing!


Pieter Bervoets
Virtual Racing Industries

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11.11.2024 [08:38]
Hey Guys!
Havent been around a long but its nice to visit here now and then. My health issues havent cooled, and few years ago finally doc said that it even wont get better but maybe easier. At this point it just means heavy medicine, and you can imagine why im not with you. As i know rc racing needs good reactions, good eye etc, its clear that my feelings went totally down as i had to make decisions between my hobbies and my daily rhytm. Its now heavy meds and it would be totally nonsense to even drive VRC in that level what i want.

But hey, about this discussion where from to drive or how. Ive allways thoughted that this is simulator and like any car simulator nowdays. In those times when i was here, there were occations when people was asking very same thing in dm's and they wanted to be forced on the rostroom.
Well, it was really easy for me as i was serious rc racer 6-7 years and so, rostroom view was only thing to do.
Like said, its a SIM, RC SIM...in what point have people runned behind irl rc car when driving, just asking. OK, in Finland we have had some rally stage rc-competitions. Stages were changed and guys runned behind the car. Of course there was possibility to drive also from rostroom.
But i see Pieters decision really good, maybe it affect negatively for amount of drivers and future will tell.

And remember, this is my opinion and my opinion. We all are allowed opinions and being respectful each other, is wanted.
It doesnt help anybody to be mean, it just poisons the community.

I wont be answering or explaining my opinions why i think that a rostroom is the thing to go. Its ny opinion, my opinion only.
If you want "fight buddy", im not that one. Being respectful doesnt cost you anything.

Wishes to everyone
JuPe
10.11.2024 [19:24]
Posted by: Pieter Bervoets (NL) on 8.11.2024 13:23:20 (UTC)
Posted by: Stephen Halliday (AU) on 8.11.2024 1:45:26 (UTC) Billy we all know you use it like many others ( some tracks are impossible to race on with a little computer screen ) not to mention all your other accounts you have that you use to hype the story up ! Hey if you don’t like the game feel free to leave :-)
Stephen and Billy, can we pls. stop this and behave like adult racers? It is poisening the atmosphere. We aren't with many, and every racer counts.


You say every racer counts yet your happy to restrict player to a view they can’t use & there for cause them not to run ( your logic makes no sense ) there are multiple races atm the prove chase is not faster in any way !

…………
08.11.2024 [17:50]
My point is follow view is still a problem. In my opinion the number 1 ranked drivers have become number 1 including myself from points earned driving in follow view and this is not sim like for that reason.

In my opinion I should not have time trial records better than the very best real drivers in the world, drivers that get paid and make a living driving rc cars since I am able to use follow view to do so is not sim worthy.

In my opinion follow view has ruined the integrity of vrc. You can say I cheated too using follow view but the difference is I can go the same speed in rostrum 99% of the time, this is for the racers that are not saying how they really feel about follow view, they contact me, look in my email account.
08.11.2024 [15:47]
From now on I am going to delete every post that is only about the 'Billy and Stephen' matter. Last posts have been deleted already.

Enough is said, and enough is enough.

Let's go racing and have fun!
08.11.2024 [13:23]
Posted by: Stephen Halliday (AU) on 8.11.2024 1:45:26 (UTC) Billy we all know you use it like many others ( some tracks are impossible to race on with a little computer screen ) not to mention all your other accounts you have that you use to hype the story up ! Hey if you don’t like the game feel free to leave :-)


Stephen and Billy, can we pls. stop this and behave like adult racers? It is poisening the atmosphere. We aren't with many, and every racer counts.
08.11.2024 [13:17]
Posted by: Stephen Halliday (AU) on 8.11.2024 1:45:26 (UTC) Billy we all know you use it like many others ( some tracks are impossible to race on with a little computer screen ) not to mention all your other accounts you have that you use to hype the story up ! Hey if you don’t like the game feel free to leave :-)

All my times, even those that other drivers have found very difficult to beat, have been from the podium, with a small screen and a normal PC.

And for me it has not been impossible to be fast on any track.
05.11.2024 [17:22]
Great decision Pieter! I also (in my naivety) thought that all official competitions in VRC already had this rule but now that I know I completely agree with you that it is the right way to go... We do this because we like to drive RC cars and there are plenty of other games for those who like to race "real" cars. Will this rule also apply to the upcoming championship? I hope so!
30.10.2024 [22:01]
Honestly, I was expecting it to be this way when I first started playing a year ago or so. 👍
29.10.2024 [19:56]
Good decision. I agree. It's nothing new to me, I've driven from the rostrum all the time
27.10.2024 [15:47]
The best decision!

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