User manual

VRC Pro Racing Code
VRC Pro has organized a racing environment for everybody. No matter your skill level or ambition, your racing
experience will be fun and meaningful. If you want serious national and international competition then you
can join the official competition, if not then VRC Pro offers you various forms of unofficial racing. Whether you
race unofficially or officially your VRC Pro racer level progresses to higher levels.
Unofficial racing
If you are a beginner then unofficial racing is where you start! Unofficial racing is a lot of fun and it gives you
the experience and racing skills you need to eventually compete in official events. Your unofficial forms of
racing are offline practice, time trial racing, club event racing and multiplayer racing. Unofficial does not mean
that your results are not uploaded, shared and compared with others; it just means that you are not engaging
in the official ranking(s).
As your experience and racing skills improve you (and your friends) may want to start joining the official
competition. When you start with official competition it is highly recommended that you filter your rankings
on your friend networks or club networks. This way you can see how well you are performing compared to
your friends and members of the clubs you are involved in. When you are ready for more serious competition
then you can start to filter by national rankings before taking on the international ranking.
Official competition
If you want national or international competition then you’ve come to the right place! VRC Pro represents the
biggest online RC events in the whole world with hundreds and even thousands of racers competing
worldwide on a daily basis.
The official competition is based on events that are organized by the VRC Pro organization for all car classes
available and at different racer levels*. Most official events count for the official VRC Pro rankings, but not
necessarily all.
All official events have a specific format and are governed by rules that are explained in the subsequent
sections.
We recommend that you always do a connectivity test just before running an official event, because your
event tries are limited. You can do a time trial to test if your internet connection is ok. Time trials also play
another important role in official competition. Usually, as the event date approaches, more and more racers
start publishing their time trials at the track which hosts the event. So, time trials are an interesting way to find
out who the favorites for winning the event are and how you compare to your friends.
Official competition format
Official events have a begin and end date, and in between there can be a certain number of rounds (e.g. pre-
qualification, qualifying and main final) each with its own time slot. Within each round time slot (usually 24
hour or a multiple of 24 hours) you can run a certain number of ‘tries’ or ‘runs’ and upload your results to the
competition server. Each try has the duration of the actual round, for instance a 5 minute qualification or a 30
minute final. When the time slot is closed then all results available at the server are compared and the event
standings are processed. All or only a certain number of participants are allowed to go through to the next
round. This number can vary with each event and each round.