VRC PRO Off Road
 

For anyone thinking about getting this...


There is an introductory offer on atm where you can get 3 months subscription plus the off road expansion pack for just 29.95 euros which is a lot cheaper than the normal price!

Ive recently joined and its great!
Just made the cut for my first off road competition and in about 40th place out of 300+ :)

And special bonus....If you send me your email address I will send you a special invite which will credit your account with 10 v euros upon activation, and mine with 7 v euros for finding new talent! This can be used to buy new tracks etc

Hey Alan, I think we been racing last couple days ;)

Daniel?
How good is it?

Forgot to mention you can earn the money to buy tracks etc by doing well in races, I've only been a member for just over a week and I've already won 2.50 lol

I made it into the final in my first sc race placed 35 of 322 with the top 40 in the finals so more money!

This game is ace we should have an oople club!

I keep trying to tell people. Seems to be the general consensus that it doesn't equate to real life racing, or its not worth the money etc.

Well as I said in another thread.

I've had minimal experience racing (4 months ish followed by 4 months break)

Came back from my break 3 weeks ago. Did a meeting at Batley and was terrible. (Bottom final mid table meh...)

2 weeks of VRC later and hit A finals at both York and Cullingworth. Placing 4th at york and First at Cullingworth. I think that speaks for itself to be fair.
York was after 1 week of VRC too.


(I did have a 4wd at cullingworth against predominantly 2wd's but still. Never won it before and <<<<<----noob here)

+1 for an oople VRC offroad club!

vrc
 

Hi Guys, i,m thinking about getting vrc.
?,s
Did you try the trial version using the usb adapter ?
Can you register without choosing a package ?
In the trial version can you race against other cars ?
Are you using your own TX,s to drive with ? how real is the feel?:)

thanks

You can register without choosing a package. Trial can race online. You can buy an adqptor on eBay for about a fiver and use TX in trial too.

For realism... Once you get used to the views and depth perception and you car is set up well its as good as it gets.

Give me your email for an invite and some free in game money to spend ;)

where abouts on ebay is the usb adapter? i dont want to wait 3 weeks for mine to arrive from europe :cry:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wireless-U...item1c21f927f4

I ordered from here. Still took about a fortnight though.

It looks really nice and I'd love to give it a shot... but afaik, they don't offer 2WD buggies just yet? :eh?:

Sadly, no. Only Short Course and soon 4WD nitro, maybe electric too.

And a reaalllly fast computer as i found out to my error. As got it and can only run with all detail off and only 1 car. So i cant now play on it. One day maybe:cry:

It certainly helps, but doesnt need to be that great. I run it on a 4 year old desktop PC I bought for 200 quid. GFX card in it is mid range (£70 or so)

It runs at 1080p and I get roughly 200 frames per sec :)

Try turning off v sync in the game and turn it on in your graphic card software. :thumbsup:

I got a USB adaptor today and tried it on all sorts of games (with varying degrees of success) before trying it on VRC Pro Offroad. As I expected with this laptop, I had to set all the detail to the minimum...

...But boy, this is cool! :woot: Ok, sure in a crash the way the car bounces and slides around is not 100%, and my 2WD buggy seems more sensitive in the air to throttle corrections to put the nose up or down (though I understand this might be different on a 4WD SC), but the driving itself is very, very decent!

I was just going to try it out and before I knew it, roughly 45 minutes had past! :lol: I'm surprised to find myself trying to find the best lines, the jumping rythms (something I find really hard) and spotting my mistakes to correct them. The result is that by the end of the heat I had a lap consistency of +/-1 second, whereas (after the 5-10 minutes of getting into the game) that was more like +/-5 seconds, and the pace was averaging 5 seconds a lap quicker by the end. Impressive stuff VRC! :)

With the nearest track some 140km away this is actually worth consideration to prevent my skills with the transmitter becoming rusty when I haven't touched it in 3-4 weeks between races (in the worst cases, as the case was earlier today, with an important race coming up this weekend).

Yep it's really good. My driving improved leaps and bounds and it's at least 50% due to this game.

If you need any help hit me up. I have a top 20 best ever time trial on Rhein main track :o

I'm hoping that there'll be a few more off road tracks and features soon. Rallycross would be a good start and hopefully 1/10th electric buggies will follow?

Has anyone got it working on a macbook pro yet?

+1, 4WD SC is nice but if I can drive a B4 (close enough to my TRF201) then I 'have to' buy a license/membership :lol: It would also be cool to have say the RHR Dirt track in there, and perhaps one or two astro tracks as well?

not on a macbook pro, but a mac - yes ... ish. By running VMWare Fusion with Windows XP inside. I get a few messages regarding video memory which means I cant run all tracks on it though.... so I went to a Windows laptop.

Might run better in its own boot partition.

I put it to the founder a few months back to have the RHR track in there. He said he will look into it. Fingers crossed.

Rallycross I think is getting close to completion and 1/10 e buggies should follow soon after. The new physics needed will be virtually same for both so keep yours eyes peeled :)

Add me as a friend Danny, ive just started a few weeks ago, and just paid my full subscription. Need to get a few 'pit buddies' as i'm not as fast on there as i am in real life!!

Havn't been racing on there as of late paul. I'm waiting on the buggies. I send you a freind request over :thumbsup:

I got this 'game' with £3.89 usb adaptor which i use my spektrum on it.

http://dx.com/p/mystery-fs-sm101-usb...-remotes-13158

the game feel nice. control feel bit "off" compared to real life. (the car turn in too hard yet understeer, if that make sense.)

I got "demo" version, it is quite arse raping expenisve game... :(

Your car must be set up as default if it drives so badly. Download a set up as a baseline. What class are you referring to?

I've just started playing with this too. So far I'm quite impressed. whether it makes me better is yet to be seen. Fun none the less though.

Send me a friend request :) I'll have a blast with you on it.

done. sent a request to ooplers too
:thumbsup:

haha ace, Im using rhein main to keep my fingers limber for invernational :) I'll be on about 8pm :)

This is a really interesting thread.

I only played the free version of VRC (and with keyboard!) and didnt think much of it.

But hearing you guys, it sounds like even though 1/10 offroad isnt in there, it is still useful for keeping your hand in, and the skills fresh?

Its really (really!) difficult for me to get to race RC so would love if this thing actually was going to be useful.
And if I can use my actual controller then even better!

Recently they appear to have changed the subscription model to free to play for basic tracks and cars with the option of buying better tracks and modified cars/components. A USB adaptor makes a world of difference.

I'm not sure about what Danny thinks of the training himself but in real life I saw him go from a newcomer to demon in about 4 months! :cool:

Now I'm still rubbish in real life so I hope it works for me as well.:thumbsup:

I second the wishes too as I am very much pants (as all will see this weekend!) :blush:

But I have gone ahead and downloaded VRC Pro and bought the USB adaptor for it too.
Heres hoping!! ....

EDIT -> p.s. I love the idea of an oOple league/virtual club on VRC too so if we can get that going it could be fun.

haha, it really did help me. The short course trucks when set up nice are pretty close to buggies on slippy surfaces.

It helped me react quicker when getting out of shape, and drive on more of an autopilot than havinbg to actually think about it.

Without a shadow of a doubt it made me far quicker in real life.

If you want a link to my set up, i'll send one over. 25th fastest time ever on Rhein main right here :woot:

Cool idea to have an oOple virtual club!

Danny, interested in your set up for the SC as I can't get them to feel pointy and alive like a 1/10th buggy at all.

I just joined the Oople club on VRC, looking forward to taking part in a few events now

Time to give it a try folks
 

Doesnt get much better than this without going trackside. Buggy release hitting beta too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSfoGDWMzgo

I have always fancied getting this but have poor computer skills and have worried that I would be wasting my time and money
Is it easy?
Thanks

Ye game does all the set up for you. Its fun too, especially if you get a few friends online.

ooosh
 

Had to share this, check out the names around me :woot:

http://www.vrcworld.com/tracks/resul...lass=26#detail

Games miles better now the new physics engine is out. Highly recommended, see if I get a bit better now for real :thumbsup:

Awesome drive buddy. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
Well done.

I havent managed to get into the 35 sec lap yet...but definitely improving :)

do you now have to pay to get an adjustable car now?

Yes...

...but you can earn vCredits for sending invitations to others. If they accept and actually spend money there, you earn 10 vCredits. If you send your 5 first invitations you get 5 vCredits, meaning a chassis costs you a third less by merely sending invitations around... And it doesn't seem to matter what email adresses they are. That's what you get with the steep pricing they have with this simulator :lol:

That said, an off-road car that you can fully set up is worth the money... not 12.50, but 7.50 is... :)