A method for controlling a virtual vehicle in a racing game application includes: obtaining a virtual vehicle traveling picture including a picture of a virtual vehicle traveling on a virtual track of the racing game application; extracting a virtual track image from the virtual vehicle traveling picture, which is an image of a virtual track segment in which the virtual vehicle is located in real time; inputting the virtual track image into a traveling decision-making model, which was generated according to a sample track image and a sample traveling policy, the sample track image and the sample traveling policy being extracted from a sample vehicle traveling picture including a picture of another virtual vehicle controlled by an actual player traveling on the virtual track; and controlling the virtual vehicle to travel on the virtual track according to a target traveling policy outputted by the traveling decision-making model.