“The World’s Most Realistic Drone Flight Simulator”—A Conver…

Last week the Drone Racing League (DRL) launched a model new simulator—the DRL Simulator—and introduced the launch of tryouts for the 2018 DRL Allianz World Championship Season.

Tryouts are extremely aggressive this 12 months, and maintain the promise of a $75,000 skilled contract from DRL for the winner. Aspiring pilots can obtain the DRL Simulator and enter the tryouts immediately.

The competitors will conclude on January 15, adopted by a dwell eSport event to be streamed globally.

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The Drone Racing League already had an excellent simulator earlier than the discharge of this new one, so we wished to speak to DRL’s Head of Product Ryan Gury to be taught extra about what makes their model new simulator stand out.

Read on to listen to what Ryan needed to say.

Begin Interview

UAV Coach: What is exclusive in regards to the new DRL Simulator, and the way does it mimic actual flying?

Ryan Gury: The DRL Simulator is the world’s most real looking drone flight and racing simulator.

The sim teaches aspiring pilots fly, and offers DRL followers the chance to race the identical programs featured within the 2016 and 2017 DRL Allianz World Championship seasons, broadcast on ESPN, Sky, Prosiebien, FOX Sports Asia, OSN and Disney XD in additional than 75 international locations throughout the globe.

The sim provides an intensive tutorial with 50 completely different missions, resembling throttle, pitch, and yaw, so rookies can be taught fundamental flying expertise on-line with out spending a whole lot of dollars on crashing actual drones throughout observe.

Once in-game, pilots choose excellent replicas of DRL drones to compete with. They can select from the DRL Nikko Air toy drone you could purchase at Target, Amazon, Toys R Us, or Walmart, the DRL Racer3, flown by elite pilots within the 2017 Season, or the DRL RacerX, the Guinness World Record-setting quickest racing drone on the planet, or customise their very own by upgrading motors and remodeling the quadcopter’s pores and skin.

Pilots can then race head-to-head on actual DRL maps in opposition to anybody on the earth and take part within the 2018 Swatch DRL Tryouts, aimed toward discovering the following nice drone pilot.

The high 24 pilots on the leaderboard can be invited to compete in a dwell eSports-style event, streamed globally on February three, 2018. The winner will obtain a spot within the 2018 DRL Allianz World Championship Season and a $75,000 skilled contract.

UAV Coach: How does DRL distinguish its new simulator as in contrast with the brand new AR simulators from DroneBase and Epson?

Ryan Gury: DroneBase’s Aircraft simulator and Epson’s new AR simulator are technically not flight simulators. Rather, they’re mild augmented actuality experiences.

Unlike these AR platforms, the DRL Simulator is a true-to-life drone racing simulator. It options the very same DRL maps and completely matched engineering of the DRL drones you’ve seen on TV, in addition to an intensive tutorial that can assist you learn to fly.

Epson, then again, doesn’t simulate FPV flight, use real looking physics, or educate customers fly, and Aircraft is extra like Minecraft for drones within the sky.

UAV Coach: What technical challenges had been overcome in constructing this simulator, and what makes it stand out as in contrast with previous variations of DRL’s racing simulator?

Ryan Gury: The new DRL Simulator is an entire overhaul from our earlier model.

It has unbelievable new options, together with:

  • An in-depth tutorial that can assist you grasp any drone racing ability, and perceive how properly you’re flying by means of trustworthy, real-time suggestions
  • All new race maps which can be precise replicas from our 2017 Season
  • New drones that completely match the engineering of our actual DRL drones (from their weight to the dimensions of their props)
  • Multiplayer capabilities so you may race in opposition to your pals world wide
  • Online replays that allow you to look at the runs and races of different gamers, together with high DRL pilots, so you may comply with their paths and maneuvers for private inspiration 

As we fully upgraded the physics of the platform to make our customers’ digital flying expertise near real-life drone racing, we needed to innovate the simulator expertise and overcome technical challenges alongside the best way.

UAV Coach: It’s no coincidence that this new simulator is being rolled out simply as tryouts for 2018 are introduced. Tell us a little bit about DRL’s perspective on how simulators are linked to actual life racing.

Ryan Gury: As we’re making an attempt to introduce drone racing to the world and broaden the accessibility of the game of the longer term, we constructed the DRL Simulator to function the last word place to begin to drone racing.

The sim fully ranges the enjoying discipline for the following wave of hopeful pilots, and might rework an 18+ 12 months previous gamer into an expert pilot in a single day, no matter their gender, nationality, bodily capacity, or any dimension past age.

UAV Coach: We realize it’s early, however is there something you may inform us about what to anticipate within the 2018 season?

Ryan Gury: We’re extremely excited for our 2018 Season, as it’s going to function much more beautiful race programs world wide, an unbelievable new degree of expertise, and the continued innovation of drone racing expertise.

About the DRL Simulator

Players can use the brand new DRL Simulator to learn to fly a racing drone, compete in opposition to 5 different gamers at a time, and choose digitized variations of zooming DRL drone fashions.

Here Are Some of the Drones Available within the Simulator

  • DRL Racer3—The official 90 MPH pro-racing drone, flown by skilled pilots all through the 2017 Season and designed and hand-built by DRL’s knowledgeable engineers
  • DRL RacerX—The quickest racing drone on the planet, which lately set the Guinness World Record™ title for the Fastest floor pace by a battery-powered remote-controlled quadcopter, reaching a high pace of 179.6 MPH
  • DRL Nikko Air—The final entry racing drone for aspiring pilots who wish to learn to fly

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DRL Simulator Specs

  • OS: Windows eight×64 or better
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-4460 (2.70 GHz) or higher
  • Memory: eight GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (2GB) or higher
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: four GB out there area
  • Controller sorts: For finest expertise a controller or radio controller are wanted; an entire listing might be discovered right here.

Want to participate within the 2018 tryouts, or simply strive your hand at FPV racing? Download the DRL simulator and get flying now. 

Zacc Dukowitz

Director of Marketing

Zacc Dukowitz is the Director of Marketing for UAV Coach. A author with skilled expertise in training expertise and digital advertising, Zacc is enthusiastic about reporting on the drone trade at a time when UAVs can assist us dwell higher lives. Zacc additionally holds the rank of nidan in Aikido, a Japanese martial artwork, and is a extensively revealed fiction author. Zacc has an MFA from the University of Florida and a BA from St. John’s College. Follow @zaccdukowitz or try zaccdukowitz.com to learn his work.

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