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Virtual Racing School (VRS) was founded in 2016 by Peter Dimov<ref>{{Cite web |title=VRS About Us |url=https://vrs.racing/about-us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250723122645/https://vrs.racing/about-us |archive-date=23 Jul 2025 |access-date=22 Aug 2025}}</ref>. | Virtual Racing School (VRS) was founded in 2016 by Peter Dimov<ref>{{Cite web |title=VRS About Us |url=https://vrs.racing/about-us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250723122645/https://vrs.racing/about-us |archive-date=23 Jul 2025 |access-date=22 Aug 2025}}</ref>. | ||
VRS is a Private for-profit hardware and software manufacturer for devices related to simulation racing. VRS sells different steering wheels, wheel bases, pedals and other products and accessories in addition to live coaching from professional sim racers they are partnered with<ref>{{Cite web |title=VRS shop showing the current products they sell. |url=https://vrs.racing/shop |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250723122628/https://vrs.racing/shop |archive-date=23 Jul 2025 |access-date=22 Aug 2025}}</ref>. | VRS is a Private for-profit hardware and software manufacturer for devices related to simulation racing. VRS sells different steering wheels, wheel bases, pedals and other products and accessories in addition to live coaching from professional sim racers they are partnered with<ref>{{Cite web |title=VRS shop showing the current products they sell. |url=https://vrs.racing/shop |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250723122628/https://vrs.racing/shop |archive-date=23 Jul 2025 |access-date=22 Aug 2025}}</ref>. | ||
==Consumer-impact summary== | ==Consumer-impact summary== | ||
*'''User freedom:''' VRS has a history of utilizing software codes to lock customers out of the complete functionality of hardware they have already paid for. This is documented in [[VRS Sim Racing Wheel Base full torque locked behind paywall]]<ref name=":0" /> | *'''User freedom:''' VRS has a history of utilizing software codes to lock customers out of the complete functionality of hardware they have already paid for. This is documented in [[VRS Sim Racing Wheel Base full torque locked behind paywall]]<ref name=":0" /> | ||
*'''User privacy:''' VRS will collect your name, email address, and any other information you enter into the service for purposes of advertising and can retain your information for legal purposes for as long as they deem reasonable. VRS will collect additional telemetry data through the use of web beacons and cookies on their website and coaching service from users for advertising, coaching, and legal purposes. VRS states in their privacy policy that they are able to share your data with third parties in the event of a merge or legal request. It is not clear if they sell your data to other companies not outlined for these purposes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VRS Privacy Policy |url=https://vrs.racing/privacy-policy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250621004245/https://vrs.racing/privacy-policy |archive-date=21 Jun 2025 |access-date=22 Aug 2025 |website=VRS Privacy Policy}}</ref><!-- This comment can be removed if necessary, just a personal reminder to myself. I have a funny feeling that the telemetry software VRS requires you to install may do a little more than advertised. If I get the time or someone else sees this and wants to take a look at doing some dynamic or static analysis on their telemetry program to see if they call back to any weird domains or have weird behavior, it may be good to document it and add it in a separate incident section. If you are to do this, make sure things are documented really well with lots of pictures and replication steps because doing something like that is original and doesn't come from another website. | *'''User privacy:''' VRS will collect your name, email address, and any other information you enter into the service for purposes of advertising and can retain your information for legal purposes for as long as they deem reasonable. VRS will collect additional telemetry data through the use of web beacons and cookies on their website and coaching service from users for advertising, coaching, and legal purposes. VRS states in their privacy policy that they are able to share your data with third parties in the event of a merge or legal request. It is not clear if they sell your data to other companies not outlined for these purposes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VRS Privacy Policy |url=https://vrs.racing/privacy-policy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250621004245/https://vrs.racing/privacy-policy |archive-date=21 Jun 2025 |access-date=22 Aug 2025 |website=VRS Privacy Policy}}</ref><!-- This comment can be removed if necessary, just a personal reminder to myself. I have a funny feeling that the telemetry software VRS requires you to install may do a little more than advertised. If I get the time or someone else sees this and wants to take a look at doing some dynamic or static analysis on their telemetry program to see if they call back to any weird domains or have weird behavior, it may be good to document it and add it in a separate incident section. If you are to do this, make sure things are documented really well with lots of pictures and replication steps because doing something like that is original and doesn't come from another website. | ||