DRL Simulator | THE MOST FUN I'VE HAD IN AN FPV SIMULATOR
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Racing against others' ghost-laps in the DRL Simulator is the most fun I've had in an FPV simulator. With the new 3.0 release, physics match the real world closer than they ever have. The real question is, what would make you choose DRL simulator over another sim like Velocidrone or Liftoff? We'll go through the new 3.0 DRL Simulator release in this video.
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The DRL Simulator is available on Steam at:
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CLARIFICATION. All drone simulators compare simulated flight to real flight using various methods, including test bench measurements and wind tunnel tests. DRL is the first simulator to take a drone into a motion-capture studio and compare 3D drone flight to simulated outputs.
Velocidrone is, without question, the preferred simulator of top MultiGP-style pilots. I don't mean to suggest that it's not a good simulator, or not worth checking out. I plan to review Velocidrone next, and hopefully when I dig further into it, I can figure out why I have had a bad experience with it in the past.
I just scrolled through the comments ... who deleted the comment by Velocidrone and why?
Here is the reason why the comments are removed: imgur.com/a/r9fsz3a
Ashley has a response that he said he would post here, although I haven't seen him post it yet.
Please do a review of FPV Air 2, imho it's the most realistic Sim I've ever used
Go to Mr Steele "How to FPV" series...
Watch "How To FPV? (Part 2) Controller and Sim Setup | START Flying!" on RUclips
ruclips.net/video/dOwW6PFZU3Y/видео.html
Setup your drone as he shows and see if you like it.
Joshua Bardwell DRL is absolute garbage.
Hi guys. Twice in the video, a single frame of my face appears. This isn't in the original rendered file. It only happens when I upload to RUclips. I have rendered and uploaded three times now and it happens every time. I have no idea why. Just letting you know 1) you're not crazy, and 2) I didn't do it on purpose, like some weird joke.
Joshua Bardwell subliminal messages, no doubt. 🤙🤙
Sure sure but there's no need for subliminal messaging, we already love you.
I've actually seen a few videos that people have uploaded recently with random things like this in them
Been watching to much fightclub
"As of July 2015, more than 400 hours of video were uploaded to RUclips every minute, up from 300 hours per minute in November 2014."
3.5 years on, that statistic must be quite astronomical, so I guess an odd random frame here and there is to be expected :)
This is the most polished well done sim it’s great to see drl give back to the community and in my opinion this sim is the most fun
DRL doesn't have your yard tho :P
0/10 literally unplayable. Kidding aside though, I'm pretty impressed with the progress on DRL sim.
Thank God I'm sick of flying JB'S yard. Lol
Which one is it that has JB's yard? I feally like the UAVFutures test track that's in one of the DLCs for FPV Air II! Really fun!
LedChickenFPV Liftoff has his yard
Lol I was thinking the same
I'm late to the party but I got the sim 2 weeks ago and I love it so much I'm now looking at getting a proper drone. At first it felt impossible and after 13 hours of playtime I've improved so much!
to be clear, I play all of the sims... but DRL has given me two opportunities to compete at a national level for a spot on the ESPN show. and they are always working with the community. i’ve got different clicks of friends who race on different sims, I keep coming back to DRL for the community and the continual commitment by DRL to improvement for said community.
DRL simulator is the best and the reason why is it's very accurate! I'm a newbie and I've bought a lot of drones none of which I've really flown because I want to get better in the simulator first so that I have less crashes and less repair. DRL simulator has made me feel more confident in my abilities and I started just freestyling and now I'm actually doing the races but I just started doing races eventually my skills will grow, thanks Joshua.
Between simulators and tiny whoop style drones I have flown all through the cold and wet months and days. I can't complain.
Oh, I almost forgot, they need to add race wings to the Sim. That would ripple the wing world and would give them more pilots. Not sure how many more but, would break the quad boredom that tends to happen. Could help them keep new pilots.
FPV Freerider Recharged - what it has that others perhaps don't is the immediacy of 'flight'. Powering up TX, plugging it into your PC, starting Freerider and being able to 'fly' can take seconds, literally. So I can have a quick 5 minute session and I'm not wasting time waiting for the sim to load.
Also, I can play the Android version of Freerider on my phone with my actual TX by plugging it straight in.
Android version? I going to try right now
I bought this just now on the strength of your review, thanks! I'm just starting out so the quality of the training system is great to hear. Thanks!
I just bought DRL and have not found the exercises very helpful for a total beginner. They are too hard with no real instruction.
@@hhampton at least it has some forms of ensruction
@@hhampton stange as a semi newby (apart from landing some drones in a pond) I feel the training is excellent! They explain exactly what you need sometimes a bit to much even
I have to agree after going thru the Beta with DRL staff, the MULTIGP tracks feel Light. in discussion with DRL staff in charge of the Beta upgrade, we deduced that the polygon count of items in the MGP tracks are lower than DRL tracks, thus the Simulator "feels" different or lighter in the MGP Courses. Yes the Physics are Correct for the Drone but the course around is may need to be factored in as well. what you can try is changing the gravity factor for downward force, and playing with a few other items in physics. The BRAND New version, just released hours ago, has addressed alot of issues with flight performance and the aircraft in the sim, really feel locked in once you dial in your rates. you should come visit on one ofthe DRL stream nights on Twitch, i am Sure Tony and Travis would love to have you on. maybe even let you race? great video!!
Is it still in beta because it doesn't feel good to me at the moment? Cheers👍
@@kingyfpv4787 no it is not. Go over to drl discord channel for support
Just installed it and must say its well worth the money. Was(and still i am) Liftoff fanboy, but must say DRL behaves much closer to what flying my real life quads is. Only thing i am missing are common frames you can encounter in the field meetups like Alien/Martian, Armattan or Rotorama frames. Hope that ll come with time.
Lurkers Lair they are coming my friend.
7:42 *me frantically trying to find that Messanger message then skipping back 5 secs and hearing it again
yeah me lol
DRL was the first sim I tried back when it was brand new. I was very unimpressed with the feel of it back then. From there I went to liftoff which felt quite a bit better. Then pilot friends told me about Velocidrone which in my opinion felt like the closest thing to real life. Fast forward in time to where your yard was implemented into Liftoff, and I was surprisingly impressed. Now after seeing the update in physics to DRL I gotta say I'll be jumping ship again to see what it's like. Looks like I will continue using all three and enjoy the wonderful improvements along the way...
did you retake DRL? I had the same feeling. Tried DRL, sucked, tried Liftoff, felt a little better. Went to velocidrone and hell yeah! That´s the only one I use as it feels close to real. thinking about buying DRL but not totally convinced.
What do you think about all three now?
gotta love competition, who's the best now?
Cool, I'll jump back into the DRL simulator. Also, that chair makes you look like you have an epic mullet. :P
Can't unsee that now....
I just downloaded it and I gotta say the training mode on DRL is way better than lift off. I'm a total noob but I'm having fun learning.
I've put a fair amount of time (hundreds of hours) into Liftoff, Velocidrone and Rotor Rush. I even qualified for DRL 2 years ago but didn't go. I also race real drones pretty regularly. At the end of the day, Velocidrone is the first sim I turn to for getting the best feel. I agree that it needs some tweaking to your liking before it really shines. I think where Velocidrone historically had a weakness, was in terms of ease of use for beginners. However the recent updates have gone a really long way towards addressing that, have you tried it recently Josh?
I visited my grandma last year and she was watching drl. That's how I knew it was happening.
I love this post. Says so little but so much. DRL is basically a corporate retreat just like Tough Mudder was (DRL is all the same people FYI). But you don't get a day off work, you can't actually spectate an event, nor can you see any episode after it airs exactly once. You do however get your choice of 2 souvenir T-Shrts. "Oh what's that Jet? You were 2 time DRL champ, and your fans want a DRL T-shirt with your name on it? Just like literally every other sports fan does? Sorry we know nothing about that and literally have the worst marketing and promotion ever. Tell them to try our sim instead. The newest version only has 330 ms of latency. And our new drone is EVEN HEAVIER!!! Isn't that great! Go tell Nurk"
The abject failure that is DRL in a nutshell.
I just got the DRL simulator and holy crap I never realized how difficult it was to fly a drone.
hey so i just got a laptop and dont know how to download it, please help
@@evanlebaron8643 do you have steam?
Your observations are interesting. I started with Liftoff, flown it for a while and then when I bought Velocidrone I just couldn't got back, it was so much better. After flying Velocidrone throughout the winter I found myself twice as confident and actually almost twice as fast on real world gates. Go figure. :)
Velocidrone is cool, I just dislike their drm. It's inconvenient when youre like me and switch between laptop and desktop to game. I tried liftoff and although it looks nice and feels better off the bat, velocidrone feels way better if you mess with the settings and tune a bit
Thanks for the review, Josh! Yours is the third I've watched and you've helped me decide to go with the DRL simulator. This is going to be fun!
DRL is so cool, just tested that my PsP controller in there gamepad tester to discover that it works. Brilliant!
Thanks for the review bud.
I have Liftoff, Velocidrone, FPV Freerider recharged, and FPV Air 2 and I prefer FPV Air 2. You can set your rates and PIDs like in betaflight so the stick feels like the real thing. They are not to the point where you can choose a frame, motors and other components and have a sim that feels exactly like that build but the flight model they have is similar to a typical modern quad and the fact that you can set your rates like in betaflight is really good. The Freestyler DLC has 2 really good maps for freestyle. I`ve played those sims back to back and Liftoff and fpv freerider recharged feels so 2015, velocidrone is good but not quite as good as FPV air 2 but it has much more levels. Drl sim has so many mixed reviews that I don't really want to spend 20 box on it.
MurphysLaw996 The DRL Sim has been around awhile and a ton has changed. Pay attention to the more recent reviews
I practice for 1/2 hour on drl before I go out and fly...needed it this winter due to -35 all winter. :)..havent been out in months.
I'm using this sim as a beginner, and one thing I found to be very helpful for altitude control and turning practice, is flying through the gaps in the blimp, and then lowering altitude to fly under the wing of the planes or, if I'm lined up correctly, through the engine.
I have only played Liftoff, DCL, and DRL sims, but to me Liftoff feels the most real to my quad. It is the one that looks the most real as well with very realistic static and how the details begin to drop as your drone gets further away. But I do love the tracks on DRL. The best sim to use? If I could only buy one: for freestyle Liftoff, for racing DRL.
Wow. I never realized how much it’s been updated. Time to go check it out again
You've got me sold on my 1st Steam purchase. DAMN YOU, JOSHUA!!! Now to choose between this or Liftoff. You seem to lean toward this and all the technical research that went into it, it's got to be pretty damn good. I'll be sure to find the trainer quite useful. I'm brand new to the racing and freestyle side of this drone world. I guess my first purchase will be a better radio so I develop better habits with what I'll actually be using instead of just getting by with something and then possibly having to learn again with a different radio. I'm also not going to crash a radio, or goggles for that matter.
I have Velocidrone, LiftOff, DRL.
After fiddling with LiftOff it is my favorite for freestyle type flying practice. The "huck it" feel for off throttle punch outs and power loops feels the best. Downside is the majority of the maps are small and geared towards racing. But I like the feel of LiftOff the most.
DRL doesnt feel as good without a LOT of parts changing and editing to get the right feel. But DRL has some MASSIVE environments that lets you really explore and just have fun.
To me, if the goal of the DRL sim is for you to practice and compete in DRL. Get it and stay as close to spec as possible and do tons of practice to know the ins and outs of that sim with stock settings. Be dialed into THAT sim and what you will be dealing with should you make it to the DRL tryout event.
DRL is definitely the most goal oriented and unique of the sims in my opinion.
Velocidrone was my first sim and I wasnt hugely impressed because it was an earlier build and scale/behavior of it seemed strange. Worked well for racing but just kinda exploring/freeroaming was difficult to stay in proximity to objects.
I hear a big update to Velocidrone is coming so it is time to try it out again.
I downloaded it last night...took an hour.
Have you tried rotor rush it’s a lot of fun
All the Sims are improving still. I like what you said about liftoff, that was my same experience. As of now im sticking to velocidrone because it gets the job done, but I might give the others a shot just for fun someday
There are quite a few awesome player-created maps for freestyle on Liftoff; but using those basic "drawing board" blocks, so the visuals aren't exactly realistic.
DividingByZero FPV update just dropped today for 3.0... give it a go..
It's official. I finally got my radio and I committed to Steam and actually purchasing DRL, my first game of any kind I've paid for in a LOOOOOONG time! Damn it, JB! Making me be all legit on the computer software thing for a change. Now I just need Bardwell's yard to train and practice in! LOL
Velocidrone physics/black box is close but....by default it’s setup for a high end Computer.
Velocidrone video tutorials take you through this and it makes a big difference to having the settings matched to your computer.
Once you get it right, it’s pretty locked in...but if you just crank everything to max you get the infamous “floaty” effect.
And the velocidrone coaching/learning to fly/tricks series is very good and worth having the same “tracks” to practice on...
Hi JB, I just entered FPV. Got my Taranis Q X7, DRL Sim and I've put my first couple of hours flying and learning basics in training mode, knowing absoluttely nothing. At the end of the day, I was literally fighting with one of last training missions in category "THE BASICS", where you're supposed to pop some baloons following ideal path, which is going up and down and is full of turns and leads thru the city streets between buildings etc. I had really difficult time out there and I felt something's probably wrong. "It can't be so hard. I'm still at - the basics - category, right?" But I took my time a starting to practice my muscle memory to fly smooth thru this enviroment with some confidance, smooth turns, throttle and speed management. I managet to record some decent paths, but I couldn't get off that feelig, something's not right and "why I'm not allowed to do full rolls and flips?" Then I discovered that there exists flying modes - Angeled and ACRO and learned about the difference between them (also from your channel), and realized THAT'S IT! .. I fly the Angeled / Auto leveling mode in the simulator and immediately understood I need to fly in ACRO mode. It even naturally force me to behave like in acro mode. At first I was naturally trying to add Roll into my turns. But then I found it not effective (in Auto leveling) so I started focus not to doing that, because I thought it's a bad habbit I need to avoid. Then I found out, that Roll has something to do to smooth and controlled turns, but in ACRO mode. I know, this is long story, but I'm really very new in this. I just want to ask. How I can switch DRL sim to ACRO mode at first, to be able to learn how to fly from scratch in right way?
I am just getting into FPV and have been watching your videos like crazy. I have seen you on Ken Heron’s TNL and tuned you out in the past as I am a camera drone guy. That all changed after doing a ride along with Docmurdoc. I should have watched a few more of your videos before I bought my controller but I fixed that. Thanks for all the great info you provide. I will be getting this sim. By the way I am an Old Fart in my late 60’s.
Joshua bardwell what I really like about you is that you are honest ,ironically you are the tutor in liftoff sim but you admit that the one in drl is better, i can appreciate it.
Keep up the great videos,i am fan.
Sorry that they made a very ugly avatar of you in liftoff,😔
Iv been watching your videos for a minute now. Every problem I ran into, I came to your channel. And every problem I had you solved and knew how to fix or tweak.. your a great teacher Josh, would love to learn more from you and fly with you.. thanks for all the info, I can always count on you to get me out of the jams I come across.
You probably won’t answer this...but you are my maestro, my go to for anything Taranis, anything drone, and anything “How Too”. I really appreciate your content!
How can I answer it if you don't ask any question?
Joshua Bardwell 🙃One day I will! Keep your great content coming!
I have bought Liftoff some time ago just to find out if fpv drone flying is a hobby for me. As a total noob like me would do I grabbed the fastest badass drone to fly and after zillions of crashes, and seeing start counter more than actual flying I was near to let it all go. But then I tried Obsession with 6 inch props which is so slow that I actually started to finish races. After that I was getting better after each flight and eventually I could fly faster drones. Hope this helps someone that is struggling like I was ;)
Thanks, I started RC with trainer cord LOS fixed wing. Then got into Quads, with all the Demo/Beta versions when they were free. I'm glad to see that they have improved. Cost might be justified now.
Well it is about time, I contributed a lot of comments and advice with the DRL developers when they first dropped the sim, they had issues with floatiness and drag, you could not slow the quad down or hover without it becoming so unstable it was unflyable, you basically had to full send the entire time to maintain any type of control. The developers did respond to my comments but instead of listening they made excuses and argued with me that there physics were perfect. I finally gave up on the DRL simulator especially when they started charging money for it. I have flown them all Rotor Rush, Liftoff, DRL, Freeryder, Hot props and still think Velocidrone is by far the most realistic flight experience and best over all simulator. Keep in mind the purpose of the simulator is to emulate the real experience so that you can take that training out into the real world with you. It is much more a video game that is fun to play. Velocidrone also uses the Betaflight PID control screen so you also get experience with the PID and Rate settings as they are in the real world and that is a big part of the learning curve when getting into this hobby. If you enjoy playing video games and don't care about the realism then maybe DRL sim is for you, if you want to learn to fly a quad, go with Velocidrone.
Have you tried the new physics update featured in this video?
Seems like you tried the version from 1.5 years ago, and yeah it wasn't great. That being said, DRL Sim 3.0 has updated and validated physics, give it a try and let us know how it is now!
@@JoshuaBardwell Not yet but I am tempted
Best series ever!
See y'all in 2020!
Love DRL. It's a great sim and I just got to the point buying a real freestyle drone and plugged in my Taranis QX7 to the DRL sim and with the help of Tyler at rotor riot I got some real-world rates that I'm plugging into my real drone and the sim is even better than before. It seems very realistic and lifelike and I think I'll be a better pilot because of DRL Sim.
Yep, out of service is my go to map. I do not play it much as it has not been as close to real flight as I wanted. However every update they have done from the beta has improved it and made it closer to real life, there is a new update that I have yet to try. I do wish they would add 3d however.
I've had DRL sim for two months now without realizing the 'rival-mode'... thank God for JB!
I really like The Gates Of Hell!
Thanks for this review!
Your intro is damn near a threat in the South lol. "You gonna learn today" is what you say when you are about to whoop some ass here in Georgia.
I grew up in Georgia and now live in Tennessee so I'm no stranger to the south. Context is everything.
Awesome review JB, thanks. I didn't know about DRL simulator, looks like fun.
I started practicing with the old old DRL before MultiGP and eventually switch to Velocidrone and havent looked back. It simply felt a lot closer to my ultra light racing drone.
Velocidrone simply feels more like any drone, even my ultra heavy freestyle rigs.
I believe Velocidrone also compares real life quads to their simulated behaviour.
Extensively
Tomasz Gajewski lol TBS fanboy
Yea they have been since day 1. What revolutionary idea huh??
Nobody else had done motion capture as far as I know. I didn't mean to suggest nobody else compares to real life, which of course is ridiculous.
What did you do to achieve this? I can't get Velovidrone to remotely compare to real life.
ive tried a number of sims now and in my opinion the DCL one is the closest to real world drone flying as u can get the actual simulator is used for tha actual DCL qualifying heats the ps4 and xbox versions are being released mid feb so cant wait for that
Thtanks for a review Josh! Yes, you pinned that - out of the box velocidrone feels like a plastic. See Steele vid about getting Veloci close to reality. A LOT of tuning! Also Veloci just eats RAM for breakfast. So you need a near-top hardware to run.
About DRL - dont use stock quads!!. Right at the beggining I created my quad with specs similar to my real quads. And it feels VERY like real quads!! MUCH better the Liftof really in which I worked pretty much last year.
P.S. Dont forget about Rotor Rush too.
Try liftoff again. The physics 3.0 update is excellent.
@@JoshuaBardwell I flew it pretty regulary til past two weeks. So I am know what Im talking. And I also built a custom quad in Liftoff similar to mines, and it worked good too.
But DRL is closer to reality (with custom quad), specially the trottle/thrust/airspeed feeling and inertia.
I have liftoff but will definitely be trying DRL.
Gave up on drones. Still fun to watch your channel and use sims
I have tried all of the major sims for FPV (and helis) and DRL is my favorite mainly because out of the box it is the closest to real freestyle but the biggest reason is that it performs very well even with minimal computer specs. I run it on my macbook air all the time with no stuttering or problems. LiftOff simply can't run well on it even at the minimum quality settings.
I have liftoff and velocidrone. Liftoff is fun and I’m decent at it. Liftoff gets boring quickly. I usually find myself doing freestyle at the golf course. Velocidrone is garbage and I consider it to be a huge waste of money (probably because I suck at drone flying). At least I can fly a track on liftoff. I’m interested in DRL it looks kind of cool.
I only have liftoff and I am a beginner pilot. The training mode is overwhelming. The quads are insanely responsive compared to the little micro drones I've mostly flown in real life. It sounds nice that DRL Sim cuts out some of the other controls when focusing on teaching one element.
Don't really have a favourite but I did use velociDrone to learn the basics before flying the real thing and I didn't have any troubles with it, love the videos 👍🏼👊🏼🤩
Thank you from video. I downloaded drl simulator yesterday. It is the best simulator. Now more practise and then is my maiden flight with Xhover Stingy V2.
I tried velocidrone and liftoff, but for me, neither were anywhere near as much fun as Rotor Rush which I still use. It seems to be well off the radar for most though, possibly because of their pricey subscription model.
I agree, I've tried most of the top sims and I still think Rotor Rush feels the best. Admittedly, I haven't tried the new DRL sim yet. I was hoping to see someone compare the two before shelling out another $20. (JB?)
Liftoff has 3D-Mode, I would love to see you giving it a try josh ;D
Hooked on fpv about 30 sec. after first seeing it on ESPN 2 a couple years ago.
I picked this up on steam for $4.79 last night. I don't expect my DJI RC2 to work, as its not an FPV controller.
But I'll start with an XB1 controller until I eventually get my first true FPV controller.
Rc2 will work I'm pretty sure.
I love Shendrones frames! Andy Shen is the man!
You mentioned getting the rates right will help, anyone else having a heck of a time getting their rates right?
those fucking notification sounds throughout the video
I bought DRL liftoff and velo several years ago. I use velocidrone most of the time. Liftoff when I want the mining track... haven’t even updated drl. Looks like I should
Definitely should update :)
I started using DRL Sim last year before I built my 1st fpv quad. It's a great learning tool. Why did I choose DRL ? Because of the DRL RAcing League on TV ! I've tried a few other "drone" sims. DRL Sim just feels right & is my go to for FPV sims. I prefer Real Flight for every thing else RC related.
I'm swapping between DRL and Velocidrone to learn how to fly acro. I'm having a great time I both. Eventually I'd like to get Liftoff and Tryp, but I've got more than enough to play with at the moment. Flying with a Radiomaster Zorro - my biggest complaint with the Zorro is playing in sims drains the battery pretty fast. It would be nice if it just powered the radio from USB when playing sims. I asked Radiomaster support about this but they don't offer a solution.
Someday Would be nice to have a long range sim that allows u to choose a radio and rx and push the limits of the two seeing what it takes to failsafe (BEST real world calculations possible) aswell as different products and what to expect as a consumer... so u can push your gear PAST its limits in virtual environments... or try new gear and "feel"/see the difference spending that money would make... would apply to video units aswell and be a great tool and game... one can dream. I love liftoff but the ability to pnp otg makes freerider dope, just due to android compatibility imo...
Fpv freerider: cheap and runs on my cherry trail tablet/Netbook in Linux and win 10. No trouble setting up my flysky fs-i6x with the FS-SM100. Also I've the android app and can practice on my mobile with my transmitter.
Favorite Map: two towers
A lot of features missing, but it's okay.
It’s weird because gate racing has never been a personal goal of mine since I started just over a year ago. I have this and Liftoff but only ever use them when it’s raining or too windy to fly....like it has been all week in the U.K. admittedly, it is fun when you get round a track with no crashes and it gives you your position on the global leaderboard. Started off with the Whoop, moved onto the 3” and crashed immediately. It must have been the slowest lap in history when I eventually got round with no crashes. It’s still rewarding though and at £15 at present, not bad value for the content you do get. Needless to say....Freestyle is still my bag and I will probably stay there for some time.
I love ur vlogs JB ur super knowledgeable bud! & i love ur sarcasm espically towards the end when u said see u next time in this series of simulators, whenever next time is going 2 be lol!! Anyhow, happy flying
Regarding velocidrone: they claim they improved the physics and quad behavior and whatnot but for me, the older versions of the game felt more natural. I still play the v1.11 and that was the last version that i can get to feel like my freestyle rig. And generally, velocidrone might be awesome for racing but the stock settings are way overpowered for freestyle training (for a typical gopro carrying 600g freestyle rig) and the drag is a bit too low, so the main things i do is select less agressive props, increase the weight of the quad, decrease the power and increase the drag. in the latest versions i cant get the max power properly without screwing up the hover point completely or without adding some weird throttle curves. Gettng the throttle feel to be as close to the real thing as possible is the most important thing in simulators. Overall, the latest versions feel a bit off to me too but the older verions are spot on.
Thank you for this video. DRL really helped me to learn to fly fpv.
Did you try any other Sims? Would you recommend DRL for someone who has never flown?
@@thezebiano I didnt try other sims so I cant compare them. However I´ve never flown before and after few hours in DRL I could pilot my quad with no problems and do some simple tricks. I can recommend it.
@@projectill Thank you!
I’m so glad they updated the physics I could never fly the sim right before the update. i got to see the version 1 when the game was still free. It’s so great to race the current version.
The physics is still shit I find flying the real thing to be so much easier than it lol
@@elxero2189 its what i felt lol. I think liftoff or velocidrone more accurate
I just downloaded it....I'm about to go play now! Thanks for the review!
best drone sim ever made
Very interesting. Gonna check it out. I have liftoff, velocidrone and fpv air2. So far I like fpv air2 the best, love uvafutures track😊. Have harder time in liftoff and Velocidrone, Probably my settings aren't the best.
Happy flying 👍🤓
Use liftoff currently. Think i should give DRL sim a try... thanks for sharing.
I miss the Bardwell's Yard map ;)))
Thank josh I have lift off but this seems much better. Thanks for the advice
Can’t wait till I get a new laptop to try this sim. DRL 2020 here I come. You should also test out FPV Air 2 if you haven’t already. I love that one. I’ve got mine set up almost like my race quads. It’s not perfect but it is pretty good. 👍
Hi Josh,watch all your videos and love them ,don't understand all of them 'but still watch.I'm an older guy who just retired and took up mini quad flying.My computer skills are not that good but I'm learning. My question to you is how do you set up transmitter radio so you can use the simulator?
Chris Pearson I’d be happy to help ya out if you need some help. If you’d like you can friend request me on any of the social media accounts, or email me directly KaNoodle@DRL.io I’ll help ya .. no problem!
I really enjoy the map in Liftoff named JoshuaBardwell's house.😀 And recently I purchased the DRL simulator and played more for nowadays. Hope they can add the map too.
I am into sims since day one and here is my standings:
Liftoff - the best and my first. Too little tracks but its "slow enough" for beginners. Heavy on fps and new versions on steam are so laggy on fps. They do have a Bradwells house track tho :) ... You can actualy use a Khole drone copy (the one with least drag and wash and all other crap) swap to lower props and have a great time as a noob.
Velocidrone - really crappy all-orange/yellow dull-gray graphics but there is a button i found to change all that in a million ways, seriously they have it. find it. Really shitty way to put markers for gates below the actual gate makes it so hard to hit. Track selection is so crap. Really easy ones / tuff as hell ones. Where is all the rest....
Freerider - more of a game then a sim with weird controller settings you need to go weight 50 offset 50 then it will work. Too fast.
DRL - after update *all* the drones have drag, propwash, whatever and it all seems to fast its like flying a 3S or 4S at home in a whoop scenario but its a big map. Did they get the real world scales right?. Best selection of tracks, worse selection of drones. I mean who the fuck flies a 6S DRL racer 3 novadays? I saw some youtube videos of such a drone it is crap. Where is all the whoops and diatones and other modern fliers to test ?
FPV AIR 2 - after checking the basic version that is cheap as hell I took the "full version with all addons" and I cant complain. They got this "mr steele" style big city track, many green field tracks, local multiplayer mode... and a really cool looking fpv wide angle cam that feels a lot like home.
I guess they all miss out a lot on whoop-style 1S modern beginners quads. Actualy they dont try to put modern quads in the sims at all which is strange. I would love to see the modern whoops like mobula7/trashcan/tinyhawk/acrobee/uk65/beta75 whatever and some bigger quads like diatones 239/249 and some 1S/2S/3S/4S/5S/6S/12S setups not some weird names/unreal quads
from the past in those sims.
I forgot which sim has a micro drone 2” setting I’ll check and let you know but I know I saw the setting in one of them
Also rotor rush is very nice
DRL SIM actually has a lot of frames and parts but were temporarily disabled while bench test results are verified. Will be added back soon
After I've tried DRL I couldn't fly in liftoff anymore, it just feels wrong to me now
Having only tried Liftoff and Velocidrone, one thing that irritates me is the lunar-gravity feel, especially Liftoff feels weird. Velocidrone was really bad for me up until I followed MrSteele’s settings with just some tweaks, but it’s not perfect either. But with liftoff, everytime I’ve been playing it alot, I get the feeling for some tricks and then go try them for real, and find my RL quad has about half the air time of Liftoff. For races it doesn’t bother me that much, but when just freestyling it just feels like the quad has some magic anti-grav system.
Those single frame blinks- Tyler Durden was here :) Great review Josh
I have no idea how that happened. RUclips did it to the file AFTER I uploaded it.
One question on the physics: In both Velocidrone and even moreso in Liftoff my main gripe is that it feels like you flying in 0.7G, that is, the quad doesn’t fall nearly fast enough. When I’ve been playing a lot of Liftoff and then go to fly IRL I always have some really close calls and can’t nearly pull off the same tricks before I’m on the ground in a violent manner. How is DRL specifically in this aspect? Is it the same “slomo diving”?
Looks pretty interesting, JB! 😃
I use to run Liftoff, but... Who knows, maybe I try DRL too. 😊
DRL has best custom physics and has never crashed on me lol
I get that same feeling that its latency and cant go through a gate, but its on lift off. On velocidrone is kind of okay but on Dcl it was perfect for me the moment I flew first time, felt really similar to real life quad. So, here is a video for you to make. How to get any sim to fly almost real world feeling. Thankx
I'm here because DRL is on offer atm.. And already having Liftoff made me want to get DRL...
dha12oks lol same got a pc with 2gb ram...
Is it worth to download or unplayable?
@@Simon-xx4wm
you sure that isn't 2GB of GPU memory?
In any case, your PC might struggle with only 2GB of ram, depends on what Windows you're running also, but I think even Windows 7 uses 2GB of ram, Windows 10 uses like 4GB sooo might wanna upgrade, if you have a desktop then just buy more ram, depended also what DDR your mobo can take.
Edit: The game uses 8GB of ram (shows at the bottom of the page on Steam)
No one sim is king, they all have strengths and weaknesses. That's why i use most of them.
last time I played DRL it felt like flying a brick on the moon. maybe ill give it another shot, because I liked everything else about it
you gotta try combat mode velocidron. fps and fpv collide i love it
I been thinking of getting this..... but I will say FPV AIR 2 is killer good physics and you dont have to change anything unlike Velicdrone..... dont get me wrong velocidrone is good but FPV AIR 2 is better as far as physics go...... (I like them both)..... lift off just is not real feeling at all, no matter what changed you make. Just my opinion and I own all 3.
Have you tried Liftoff since the last major update? The Physics 3.0 update is very good.
@@JoshuaBardwell I played liftoff about 1 month ago just to give it a try again.... I will go back and give it a good chance .....thanks JB
Fpv air. It will run on a simple pc with onboard video card.
best sim in there and its cheap af aswell
@Cyramex what it means is more people have access to it your missing the point. Not everyone has a gaming PC laying around to fly a simulator.
@Cyramex I guess mine is the exception I have bought 4 sims and fpv air is the only fly able one on my laptop. Liftoff will at least load but completely unplayable even at the lowest most basic settings
for me, its also the best.. stock settings in velo sucks .. in air i fly like hell, in the others i dont pass a gate... and its near my real quads..
@@chillscsiport i really cant say its the best. Since its the only one i can use. Im just saying its the most accessible since it will play on most pc s. Also it is built and supported by one person. This person has responded to my friends at indy gp and is working with us to make improvements which i think is awesome.
DRS is the only one I've used It's really great. But I wish there were a better ranking system to better know that my true ranking is. For example if the top person on the leaderboard can fly a course in 1:23. I suspect their "Typical" time might be something like 1:28. This distribution would be good to know to judge my overall relative skill.
The DRL out of service map holds an aircraft I used to work on. I am gonna get it.