Extract text from map and game files (VRC)
To convert VRC data files to another format, you need ViewRanger or other GIS software.
To convert other file formats to the "GPS Map Cache" file type, you need software like ViewRanger or a similar tool.
The .vrc extension primarily refers to a ViewRanger Map File, a proprietary format used by the legacy ViewRanger GPS app to store offline map tiles. These files are typically binary containers for raster images (maps), not vector data (tracks/routes). This distinction creates a major drawback: users frequently attempt to convert .vrc files to GPX or KML to migrate their data to modern apps like Strava or Outdooractive, only to fail because the file contains 'pictures' of the map rather than coordinate data. There is no direct converter for these map caches; the data is effectively locked to the old ViewRanger installation.
Alternatively, a .vrc file may be a data file from Virtual RC Racing (VRC Pro), a high-fidelity R/C simulator. In this context, the file stores telemetry, car setups, or ghost replay data. Users often mistakenly try to open these in media players like VLC, assuming they are video files. To view a race replay outside the game, you must play the file within the VRC Pro engine and use screen recording software like OBS Studio to capture it as an MP4 video.
Convert.Guru analyzes your VRC file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted VTX, SAM, MPH and VRM files.
If you want to convert VRC file to VRM, MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV or ASF, you can use ViewRanger or similar software from the "Offline Map Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to VRC, try ViewRanger or another comparable tool in the "Offline Map Storage" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our VRC converter.