VelociDrone is a fast paced multi-player and single player FPV drone racing simulator. You can even design your own maps based on real-life tracks using a variety of gates and barriers. That means you can easily build a map and use it to practice for a race. Our Time attack mode also lets you set the pace and improve with every lap whilst racing against yourself. The VelociDrone development team has achieved the impossible, and made a simulator that integrates BetaFlight to give the most realistic flight experience.
This means that if you copy the betaflight settings from your real drone and use them in VelociDrone, it will fly exactly the same. VelociDrone offers the perfect way to keep training your skills without risking your quad. VelociDrone runs on a physics engine that has been perfected over the past two years, and incorporates everything from prop-wash to aerodynamic flutter. It seems very realistic to me. It is very configurable. It connects the RX output to this USB adapter which goes into your computer, and there is no direct connection between the TX and computer.
Yes you are right the product has been withdrawn by the shop. When I do i will update the link again. Nice update Oscar! I own many of these and oddly enough I agree with all your comments about them. I like DRL because of the large map. I play Velocidrone mostly because I can change the graphics to match how my real quad flies and it is the best racing practice in my opinion. Could you credit the image you used for your article please? I know the development of UPV is pending , but it would be nice to support them.
FPV Freerider Recharged is the new version. You really should update that list. RotorRush is just too expensive. It feels and looks great but due to the price there are no players to race with. I mean the top highscores are not even filled yet that few people play it.
Otherwise it could be a nice sim one day. Blatant rip off. Yes I have tried Recharged, I feel like it has the same flight characteristics, apart from the new maps, which IMO are worst than the original maps…. Hi Oscar, you have a amazing site full of invaluable information for quad lovers!
Thank you for putting this together. The only thing that I would improve related to the site is to have the article post date above on top of the article so that it is straight away visible how up to date a certain article is. You if anybody knows how fast this hobby is developing and I find myself always scrolling to the bottom of the article to find the date before scrolling back up and starting to read. Happy tinkering, testing, learning and flying!
It is almost spot on now for flying in the real world. Because I tuned my Blade Conspiracy to the same identical settings that I had in game. Not bad! A TINY bit of oscillation when you punch it through a tight turn, but the rolls and flips? Liftoff, so far, has some fun locations, like the Shipyard flying over and around some fallen shipping crates is a blast , but my favorite is flying Hannover, Germany, where I can cut through the guy wires over their buildings, dive an observation tower, and fly through a spinning logo sign on top of one of the buildings.
A new simulator called Zephyr came out recently. It seems awesome so far, they have a bunch of training challenges and a screen pops up after each challenge that shows you where you can improve. It looks like it was primarily made to teach new pilots how to fly, but it could also be a good tool for experienced pilots to stay fresh on the sticks.
They have a lot more info on their website: zephyr-sim. Graphics is not very fancy, but for helicopter sim this does not matter. FPV experience is quiet good in my opinion with multiroter and helicopters, too. Btw, thanks Oscar for your great articles on multi rotors, i learned a lot! I am also getting the Banggood xbox controller. Would you mind sharing what you found the best setup is?
Thanks for sharing this nice article. I read it completely and get some interesting knowledge from this. I again thanks for sharing such a nice blog. It has beatiful graphics, real-like FPV noize, good physics etc. Not so impressive as previous, but I must say that it requires your attention.
HI Andrew, thanks : yes i tried them both already actually i have a video on my channel flying liftoff : Same here not impressed by hotprops but liftoff is pretty good :. Many good experienced flyers have no use for them because of the experience and physics. I have them all including Realflight 7. Hi Oscar, thanks for the review. One question; how did you adjust the tilt angle in FPV mode or cockpit mode as they refer to it?
There are only a limited number of scenes you can use for FPV as it has to be a 4D scene which is a bit of a pity. Great training tool though. After changing the presets and using a controller plugged into the pc to make it feel real. I now use this for training for flying though woods etc. Also the FPV experience with google cardboard is simply amazing. You guys will forget PC simulators after trying that.
I just worried about flight-simulator for multicopter. I wanna translate this into Japanese. Very realistic not ultimately, but its simulator no real life. It costs few bucks and you get updates every other day. I really recommend it. To figure out which channels is which I calibrated the channels with say Elev middle , Ail middle , and then looked them up in the config file, and edited the values to match what the joystick is actually doing.
Real Flight 7. The quads in it feel good to fly, and it really helps with the muscle memory. You can even download the CY Stingray a collective pitch quadcopter. Owners of the real thing who have used the sim say its pretty much spot on to how it feels in real life. What about picasim I use it and it is great?
I have never flown outside this sim it has a quad in it rowlhouse. How about Quadcopter FX for andriod? I made the mistake of going directly with a big quad. I completely disagree that Sims are a waste of time. A sim is a very good way to start learning without constantly having to buy spare parts. I learned the basics of flying a Heli way back when Realflight 3. It teaches you orientation and the basics of throttle control.
I think a Sim and Real life practice will help someone progress much faster than just real life flight time on its own. Published: 23rd May Last Updated on 21st June Table of Contents. Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Sign me up for the newsletter!
By using this form, you agree with the storage and handling of your data by this website. Note that all comments are held for moderation before appearing. Andy 17th November - pm AI Simulator is very very good and you can upload your Backbox files into it so you get a digital copy of your drone with same flight specifications.
Marc Frank 23rd May - pm orqa is making a sim, too. Michael Hulas 7th March - pm Concerning the post by Giorgy, I have a run of the mill HP laptop and I can run all these sims on it without turning the res down either. Georgiy Andriyanov 25th January - am Only FPV Freerider is capable of running on a laptop, others do require powerful video card. BTH 27th November - pm store. The flying experience is also really nice upon my first time trying.
One downside is that the simulator comes at a high setting, and graphics need to be set up to suit your computer. Videos about that can be found in the links section below.
This took some time to change while the game had lag. After that, the simulator ran really smoothly and gave me good first impressions. The setup of the game was a bit challenging. To get the game, you have to go to the Velocidrone website, and not from Steam. Many steps were needed from downloading the files to extract the files, and without any guidance, it would be hard to do. Thankfully, Velocidrone has a YouTube channel showing you how to set up the simulator from downloading it all the way to playing it.
After downloading the game, there is another thing you have to do before flying. Setting up the controller! Setting up the controller is very easy in this simulator. There is a setup wizard that takes you through everything. It took me about five minutes to get my controller setup, and as long as windows can read your transmitter, Velocidrone should be able to work.
Velocidrone has also kindly provided a radio setup video here , which helps a lot if any problems occur. Velocidrone blew me away on how well it flew. Although it was not like real life, the performance of the virtual drones was very close.
The default physics could be better with the hang-time being a bit off, but this can be changed in the settings. I was genuinely surprised that there was no noticeable lag on my low-end computer and the drone flew smoothly. Overall, the simulator is realistic and I really like how it flies. Another great thing about Velocidrone is the number of drones and the number of maps. The drones of Velocidrone are all prebuilt unlike Liftoff, but there is a wide selection of drones, from freestyle quads and race quads.
For a few dollars more, there are also X-class quads and micros. The number of maps is also really good, with some at night, and some in scenery that you can only fly in the simulator.
However, on some maps, there is a noticeable lag, with there being too much load on the CPU from the map features. There are many settings to fiddle with within Velocidrone. Things like resolution and frame rate can be edited to suit the needs of your computer. This is really good, with a wide range of machines the simulator can support.
The start tone of the race, the battery of the drone, and the type of propeller.
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