VRS

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Virtual Racing School (VRS) was founded in 2016 by Peter Dimov[1].

VRS
Basic information
Founded 2016
Legal Structure Private
Industry Simulation Racing
Official website https://vrs.racing/

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[2].



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[3]
  • 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.[4]
  • Business model: Private, for-profit. Sells Hardware, software and Coaching services related to simulation racing.

Incidents

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the VRS category.

VRS Sim Racing Wheel Base full torque locked behind paywall (2025 - Ongoing)

Main Article: VRS Sim Racing Wheel Base full torque locked behind paywall[3]

The company VRS, known for selling sim racing equipment, has launched a product, the uDFP20 Wheel Base [5], which is readily capable of certain performance, but this performance is locked under an additional software purchase.

Products

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References

  1. "VRS About Us". Archived from the original on 23 Jul 2025. Retrieved 22 Aug 2025.
  2. "VRS shop showing the current products they sell". Archived from the original on 23 Jul 2025. Retrieved 22 Aug 2025.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "VRS Sim Racing Wheel Base full torque locked behind paywall". Retrieved 22 Aug 2025.
  4. "VRS Privacy Policy". VRS Privacy Policy. Archived from the original on 21 Jun 2025. Retrieved 22 Aug 2025.
  5. "VRS udpf20 wheel base". VRS udpf20 wheel base. Archived from the original on 19 Jul 2025. Retrieved 22 Aug 2025.