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[Rally Man.]

Hello there Tamiya club member's,

Ever wondered about R.C racing on you P.C? If so read on.....
Virtual R.C is the worlds most advanced and realistic R.C car simulation and on-line R.C racing community. Get ready for the ultimate virtual R.C car racing ride and experience the same thrills (spills!) and excitement as with your real R.C car. You also don't have to use your keybord or mouse, you can buy a proper transmiter to go with it So what are you waiting for Visit the

http://www.virtualrc.com/


P.S Type Virtual R.C into an Ebay search And you can buy the game there.

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[Blacque Jacque]

Hehe that looks like fun, very much a simulation.

For something a bit less serious, have a Google for Re-Volt:

[Rally Man.]

Hehe that looks like fun, very much a simulation.

For something a bit less serious, have a Google for Re-Volt:

R.C cars coming off store shelves-cool!

[SegaFalcon]

Ive got the Dreamcast version and I feel a bit stupid now as theres way more avalible for the PC version

[terry.sc]

If you like the look of Virtual R/C wait until the autumn when they release version 4 which will also include electric and off road cars. Works best if you use the USB adapter plugged into a receiver, then you can use whatever settings you have on your transmitter to control the car.

[TA-Mark]

Might havta give this sim a try, have been looking for a good one for a while. Lag will probably be terrible for me due to location in online games. Does it have a decent Single Player with competitive AI? It's one thing to have a track in your backyard to go drive everyday, but it still wears out cars and the occasional breakage... Sim is the perfect practice.

The 'RealRace G2' wasn't too bad for R/C sim. It's made by the same people as 'RealFlight G3.5'. Upon contacting Great Planes I was informed it's been discontinued.

The RealFlight is great for flying practice, far less expensive and easier to fix after a crash than in RL.

Cheers, Mark

[stulec52]

I've VRC for a while now,
it does help me stay sharp when not racing much at the track, so that's a huge plus.
also I have friedns from all over the world using it, so I can still race against them, also great !

ANd, my buddy in the UK is doing some beta testing, and is very excited about the new stuff coming soon !!

I just need a faster PC to get the most out of it, and from what I know the new version will need a bit more processing power.

[stulec52]

http://www.virtualrc...ail.aspx?sid=11

I made top 10 a couple of years ago.... but I've fallen back since then.

[grahamg]

I like this game very much i'm waiting till the next version comes out can't wait

[TA-Mark]

Is there offline modes for Virtual RC with some AI racers? My ping would be 350ms to any OS game server and not suitable for online racing or any online gaming for that matter. My line speed is fine @ 10mBit, just high pings.

'3D Ultra RC Racers' by Sierra is another small good RC game. Tricky to get it to work with dual-analog controller but worth the effort (It's settings are designed for a joystick and not 2 sticks).

[TamiyaDan]

there is also Big scale racing, 3rd party knockoff game i found in the shareware box a few years ago. supported internet play, and would support the pistol grip joysticks that came with most simulators.

http://www.gamespot....cing/index.html

the game had lots of patches and some additional cars added later

[TA-Mark]

Thread revival

How many TC members are using the latest VRC Pro now? Sadly, they haven't got the offroad in there yet, but they have 1:12 pancars, 1:10 nitro/electric and 1:8 nitro onroaders. Tamiya is in there with the TRF417 onroad chassis with brushless/li-po from 13.5T to 5.5T motors.

[matman]

Thread revival

How many TC members are using the latest VRC Pro now? Sadly, they haven't got the offroad in there yet, but they have 1:12 pancars, 1:10 nitro/electric and 1:8 nitro onroaders. Tamiya is in there with the TRF417 onroad chassis with brushless/li-po from 13.5T to 5.5T motors.

It's much better with controller . Always wanted to give it a go . But didn't in the end . Did play with out the controller & didn't like it . Not enough control with the left & right keys .

[TA-Mark]

It's much better with controller . Always wanted to give it a go . But didn't in the end . Did play with out the controller & didn't like it . Not enough control with the left & right keys .

You can play it with an analog gamepad. My son is using a Logitech 2 stick USB gamepad ($25 from D*ck Smith) while we wait for his USB adapter to arrive. Just had to reprogram the axis with the Logitech Wingman app so that one stick is throttle and the other is steering. Bonus on the gamepad is you can also assign the buttons to key presses, so the refuel and reposition actions are on the controller instead of needing to use the mouse or keyboard.

It'd be nigh on impossible to play with digital or keyboard.

The USB adapter is 10 euro if you buy it with a month or more subscription (about $13AU). Well worth it to be able to use your real radio transmitter on the game, and also on other games that use the x and y axis. I have mine working also with the above mentioned games; Re-Volt, Realrace G2, and 3D Ultra Racers.

[TA-Mark]

Offroad will be coming to Virtual RC Pro in July with the 1:10 4WD short course trucks and some offroad tracks. Can't wait to see what it's like and how much of an improvement it is over Realrace G2.

Hopefully they'll get the 1:10 electric buggys and 1:8 nitro buggys in there soon too.

[matman]

Offroad will be coming to Virtual RC Pro in July with the 1:10 4WD short course trucks and some offroad tracks. Can't wait to see what it's like and how much of an improvement it is over Realrace G2.

Hopefully they'll get the 1:10 electric buggys and 1:8 nitro buggys in there soon too.

We can only hope .

[TA-Mark]

Offroad SCT 4WD is now on VRC Pro with two new offroad tracks. It was released last friday.

There were also some other updates with it:
- Replay & race with replay mode
- Achievements system
- New dynamic camera
- Controller mapping
All quite handy.

The number of people driving has tripled since the update (can't imagine why). The offroad has been well done.

[TA-Mark]

Another update for VRC Pro today. A 3rd offroad track. The free one! The offroad is great. Can't wait for 1:8 and 1:10 buggys.

[Sayer]

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