The Drone Racing League Simulator news & patch notes

Hello Pilots, We're really excited to share our latest updates with you! The development team has been grinding to bring you a new Onboarding mode, a new Search & Destroy game play mode, a DRL Pilot flight mode, upgraded Replay system, and an irresistible new Mega City map with three (3) brand new tracks! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/1826cb3e0bc1762801b50d6628102acd1cb3518d.jpg The new Mega City map features a futuristic metropolis where users can navigate the city from above the skyline, around and inside of massive high rise buildings and architectural landmarks, through city streets and urban parks, down through underground highways, through a monorail station and even into a multi-level underground subway station. While this map is addictive to fly in Freestyle mode, we've included expert-designed Basic, Medium, and Hard tracks to accompany this new map; Let's see who can stay atop the Leaderboards on these fresh tracks! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/7b0dde8e8a5170570b110d3c9737d5d7f51defb8.jpg The new Search & Destroy game mode provides a fun and satisfying gameplay experience of destroying target balloons by flying into them. Target balloons of various shapes and sizes are strategically and creatively placed throughout the DRL Sim signature Campground map, along with "danger" balloons that must be avoided, empowering newer pilots with a fun way to level up their skills to begin competing on the more challenging race courses. For experienced pilots, Search & Destroy provides a fresh game experience for fine tuning their stick coordination for precision drone control, while also introducing new leaderboards to grind by attempting to "pop" all target balloons in the shortest amount of time. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/74eda0d951e3d439278143ea412f5026e3a3ebde.jpg The new Onboarding game flow guides newer pilots through a series of progressive training missions and instruction. Pilots will start Onboarding training in an assisted flight Beginner mode completing nine (9) Onboarding missions culminating in a race before progressing to Intermediate, a partially assisted Onboarding flight mode, consisting of 10 missions culminating in another race. Finally, in Onboarding Pro Mode, pilots will fly unassisted (training wheels completely off) for three (3) races that must be won in sequence to complete Onboarding flight training! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/929b7243fe000c583dfda3872c45653ef3f09277.jpg The DRL Racer4 is now upgraded to include a throttle cap and battery resistance, with an optional damage setting, to match the setup used by professional DRL pilots during Virtual Season Levels. This allows users to truly train like the pros! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/c761c27bcbedfd7e190d5c5512060e709ee9850c.jpg This release also unleashes an updated Replay system that uses less RAM while supporting longer Replay recordings. All users will benefit from the faster pre and post race load times, especially when racing with opponent bots. Additionally, we've expanded Map Editor capability to support creation of the new Search & Destroy tracks and added a new Geometric Layout tool that enables exponentially faster placement and sizing of large groupings of specific assets in random or pattern configurations. We love hearing all feedback and suggestions, so please let us know what you think of this release! *** Note that with the addition of DRL Pilot mode updates to the stock Racer4, we must reset our Leaderboards with this release and the Replay v2 upgrade is not backwards compatible. For users that update to the v4.0 version, this just means that there will be fresh Leaderboards to top! However, make sure all your friends also update to v4.0, as users that haven't updated from v3.12 will lose the ability to set leaderboard entries, view the replays, and fly against bots *** Notable Bug Fixes: - Resolved Leaderboard search issues - Fixed Tournament system Sudden Death and Golden Heat issues - Improved overall Tournament system stability - Enabled Drone crash recordings in Replays - Resolved Replay system performance issues - Rendering improvements on low quality settings to make maps look more consistent - Exposure calibration on low quality settings to fix either too dark or high exposure maps rendering - Continued improving console rendering performance for most maps

Hello Pilots, Today we are bringing you our latest update. We start this update with some new features courtesy of Allianz. These include a brand new race track called "Allianz Eagle." This track was named for the Allianz Eagle gate, which is our first animated gate in the sim. You can also now use this gate to build your own tracks with it. Allianz also brings us 2 new drone skins and 3 branded motors that you can use on drones you build in the workbench. This update also includes a number of community requested features including the ability to change the colors of checkpoints and the race line. We have added the ability to reset your leaderboard time on a track. We also received feedback from pilots who are trying to complete the in-game achievements that it was very hard to know your exact progress on an achievement. To address this, we added a new achievements screen under the profile menu that will show you details on exactly which achievement tasks you still need to complete along with showing the ones you have completed. Lastly, the release includes a number of bug fixes, which are detailed below. Thank you for your ongoing support of the sim. Please let us know what you think of this release as we are always striving to improve. Bug Fixes -Resolved issue with multiplayer and tournament rooms being limited at a total of 15 people instead of 21 -Addressed issue with pilots getting hung up in tournaments with a pink screen -Fixed issue with footer appearing after editing drone and also while loading into races -Corrected problem with loading bar appearing multiple times while loading in offline mode -Resolved several null references

Hello Pilots, We have another exciting release for you today. We are starting off with our new circuits feature, a campaign mode type of experience. There are 6 new racing circuits for you to fly with each offering 5 race tracks where you will earn a cumulative time after completing all of the tracks in a circuit. You also have the option to race against a bot inspired by a DRL pilot at 4 different difficulty levels. You can see how you stack up with the new circuits leaderboard filter. We also are including several community requests in this release including the ability to toggle off drone trails, making the breadcrumbs menus clickable, adding a random option to multiplayer map selection, and adding an option for resetting all of your leaderboard entries. A release would not be complete without bug fixes. You can find a list of those fixes below. Please let us know what you think of the release. We are always looking to improve and are open to your feedback. Thanks for your ongoing support of the sim. Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Resolved issue with map editor not saving work intermittently
• Fixed issue with Goldberg not flying in freestyle when switching to it from pause menu
• Corrected problems with Next and Watch buttons not being available in tournaments
• Implemented better optimization for 3000 series graphics cards
• Fixed missions bug where stars were not awarded consistently across all missions screens
• Disabled multiplayer invites when players are in a tournament
• Updated Tryouts card to reflect 2021 winner
• Fixed bug with tournament results getting moved over a column when a player misses a heat
• Fixed bug with footer appearing in-game when changing drones

Hello Pilots, We are bringing you a quality of life update today that contains mostly bug fixes and performance improvements. It addresses problems reported with the race line, Campground map performance, and some tournament issues. Speaking of our tournaments, we run community tournaments every Thursday at 5pm EDT (on our NA server) and every Sunday at 3pm EDT (on our EU server). We encourage you to come out and join us. These tournaments are a great way to practice at any skill/experience level. As with all of our updates, your feedback is encouraged and we always look at it as a way for us to improve. Please reach out to us on Discord or via our help desk if we can assist you with any issues. Thanks for your ongoing support. Full list of changes: -Implemented a number of performance improvements for Campground map -Multiplayer bots will default to being 7" to get more competitive matchups when using default Racer4 -Fixed issue with players getting stuck between heats in tournaments -Fixed issue with black screen when hitting restart button during qualifier in tournaments -Fixed spot in Out of Service where you could fly through the ground -Removed wifi icon in house map to fix issues with readability when using physics panel on that map -Adjusted tournament timer so that it shows proper time when qualifier is longer than 1 hour -Fixed issue with Campground and USAF Night Mode maps where track cards moved around the screen -Fixed problem with Map Editor not saving work intermittently -Fixed race line issues -Resolved issue with MultiGP tall gates -Corrected problem where user could fly with workbench in the background -Fixed issue where Biosphere freestyle loads Skatepark instead of Biosphere -Fixed issue where render scale did not do anything -Corrected problem where custom bots could not be raced with and it would cause loading into a freestyle version of the map -Resolved problem where ESC doesn't exit during replay -Corrected bug where graphics would create unusual effect when landing in the canoe on the Lakehouse

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/c4ec2b694e1f25964a6a9c4049c7fd784e3fbf61.png Hello Pilots, We are excited to bring you our latest update. We start off with a number of big updates courtesy of the U.S. Air Force. The first big update is the introduction of the oft-requested Night Mode, a version of the U.S. Air Force Boneyard at Davis-Monthan Base, with night lighting featuring 3 brand new race tracks. The U.S. Air Force also brings you a number of new features when you are creating your own drones including a rebranded workbench, 3 new U.S. Air Force branded skins, and 2 U.S. Air Force branded motors. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/2c361354733e8b25df5d68132d6a842770dc2b68.png In addition to the U.S. Air Force Boneyard Night Mode, we are bringing you our most graphically advanced map to date, the Campground. This map features a lake, cabins, power lines, cars, bridges, and even a train tunnel for you to fly through. We are kicking off the launch of this map with 4 new tracks for it. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/ff438fd2d0b909b7fecb1e48a75a67813d6809e3.png Next up we have our paid skins feature where we are bringing you our first animated drone skins available for purchase. You can check out these skins under the new “Store” card where you will find skins like “Party Time,” a celebratory skin decked out with animated confetti. Our initial launch includes 2 individual skins available for purchase as well as a pack of 4 skins. In our last update, we mentioned that our experience points system was being released as a beta. Today, we are simplifying that system where you will have a cumulative level and a weekly level. We are also adding 3 new achievements today. You can now earn an achievement by winning 5 tournaments, creating 5 maps, and/or building maps that see at least 20 leaderboard times logged on them. We’ve heard a number of community requests to add more statistics to the sim. To this end, you will now find information on your fastest lap, slowest lap, number of crashes, and finish percentile (relative to your time on the leaderboard). Lastly, we have included a number of improvements including more work on the race line system as well as bug fixes. You can find a complete list of those below. As always, your feedback and ongoing support are valued. Please let us know what you think of this release as we are constantly striving to bring you the best simulator that we can. Bug Fixes

• Corrected issues with World Traveler achievement
• Resolved problems with camera boxes appearing on tracks
• Reverted multiplayer forced Racer4 default changes to resolved bugs
• Made Bridge map accessible in Map Editor
• Resolved issue with drone rotation on rates screen
• Resolved problems with various loading animations not working/loading
• Fixed problem with network disconnected dialogue message going out of box
• Made additional improvements to race line consistency
• Fixed issue where spectator name and time would not display when using spectator mode

Welcome to the 2021 DRL SIM Tryouts, a player-to-pilot esports competition, open to anyone at least 18 years old by July 1, 2021, who wants to be the next professional DRL pilot. The SIM Tryouts Champion will be offered a professional DRL Pilot contract to compete in the 2021 DRL Allianz World Championship Season. To enter, head to the Tournaments section of The Drone Racing League Simulator and click on the 2021 Tryouts card. From there, you can register and join once the tournament opens on May 10th at 10am EST. Players will have until May 16th at 11:59 pm EST to set their fastest time in the Qualifying Round. The Top 24 players will advance to the online tournament on Thursday, May 20th at 7pm EST. SCHEDULE May 10th - May 16th Qualifying: DRL 2020 - Biosphere Top 24 Advance May 20th at 7pm EST Quarterfinals (4 Groups of 6 / Top 3 from each group advance): Track 2 Semifinals (2 Groups of 6 / Top 3 from each group advance): Track 3 Finals (1 Group of 6): Track 4 The top 24 pilots who advance from the Qualifying round are advised to join DRL’s Discord server on May 20th by 7pm EST to sign in and confirm their spot in the bracket. Want to go from gamer to pilot? Now's your chance. Enter the SIM Tryouts and you could be one of DRL's next professional pilots. Terms: https://cdn.thedroneracingleague.com/wordpress/uploads/2021/05/2021-DRL-SIM-Tryouts-Rules-and-TCs.pdf

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/8c5d494ed8232d6d8957570b9cc1f7040a38b994.jpg Hello Pilots, You’ve been waiting patiently for the next set of features to come out and today we bring you a monster of a release. We start off with two features that have been highly requested - Offline mode and a Favorite System. Yes, you can now play the sim offline when you are traveling or don’t have an internet connection. You can also now put all of your favorite tracks in a single folder, eliminating the need to navigate through multiple menus in between races to find the track you want to race. Next, we bring you a custom bot feature and bot improvements. For the custom bot feature, you can now race against any player you want from the leaderboard. You can build a field of up to 5 pilots to race against with the new “custom” option in solo race. For the bot improvements, we bring you a default of racing against DRL Racer 4 bots. In the past, you would get matched up against drones from all classes so we wanted to make the competition more even by default. We are still going strong here with the features as we bring you an achievement system on Steam. You now have 15 achievements that you can earn. You will earn badges based on the achievements you earn. We also bring you a new track called the Foundry Circuit on Boston Foundry. The monster release would not be complete without one more major feature. It is our experience points system. You will earn a level over the course of all of your flying based on the tracks you fly (Each DRL track now shows XP and you earn more XP for multiplayer races). You will also earn streak points for every day when you fly 3 DRL tracks. No experience points system would be complete without a badge system, which is reset every week. You can find more details in the sim under “About XP.” Please note that this is in beta and will be adjusted on our next release based on findings. Since we are launching on a Thursday, the weekly ranking (with badges) will reset on Monday as Monday marks the start of the new week. Please let us know your thoughts. We always appreciate your feedback and are thankful for the engaged community we have that always pushes us further to deliver the best sim we can. DRL Sim 3.8 Key Features:

• Offline Mode
• Steam Achievements
• Experience Points (XP) (Beta)
• Favorite System
• Custom Bot feature
• Bot competition improvements
• Tournament system UI improvements
• Performance improvements
• Leaderboard filter by controller

Bug Fixes

• Raceline improvements
• Goldberg tuning
• Metal Gate 01 issues
• Intermittent missions crashing
• Banners appearing that shouldn’t
• Tabbing in and out of sim causes system slowdown
• Audio repeating on fast restart
• Tabbing in and out of sim causes system slowdown
• Extended automatic timeout (previously set to 10 minutes) to 15 minutes when flying
• Changed default in graphics settings to “Full Screen” instead of “Exclusive”
• Fixed map voting issues
• Missions bugs
• Quest 3 Mission 14
• Quest 3 Mission 18
• Tournament system bugs
• Brackets misaligned
• Audio stuck after race
• System exceptions
• Navigation unresponsive when going to next and then back

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/53625dfa7e112d0b507f4a29195ff811217d6228.jpg Hello Pilots, We are happy to bring you our latest release. This release features the first 9 tracks from our 2020 season, which can be found under the new Virtual Season card under solo race, multiplayer, or freestyle. You will also find many of the new assets from the current season now available in map editor for you to design your own tracks with. We look forward to seeing what you can create. This release brings a number of performance improvements that we expect you will find improve your experience in the sim. Please note that OSX users might be asked to give disk permission again when installing this update. Stay tuned to our website for the latest on our 2020 season. Lastly, remember that we hold community tournaments every Sunday at 3pm and 7pm EST. You can stay up to date on these in our Discord server on the tournaments channel. Thanks for your ongoing support of the sim. We always welcome all feedback and comments.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/e9d67ba61fc6d4a6fc7c2849dffa4becd7a2a238.jpg Hello Pilots, We are excited to bring you a new map today, the U.S. Air Force Boneyard. This map will be used for today’s Fanduel DRL Sim Racing Cup event at 4pm EST. This map will have a freestyle track and 2 race tracks in this release, “Stratotanker” and “Sim Racing Cup 8.” The Sim Cup track will be added shortly when today’s race begins. The Boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is the world's largest military aircraft maintenance facility and home to thousands of decommissioned aircraft. Although this map is not an exact replica of the real boneyard, it has hundreds of planes including KC-135 Stratotankers, F-15E Strike Eagles and A-10 Thunderbolt II “Warthogs” to fly over and explore. We encourage you to check out these new tracks and see how you stack up to your fellow sim pilots. Thank you for your ongoing support, DRL Sim Team

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/878991b71cbf8454bbda7e696748f039430fed0f.jpg Hello Pilots, We are excited to announce "Sunday Night Flights", a new weekly community tournament series, that we will be running on Sundays at 7pm EST. The first tournament will be Sunday, June 28th. We wanted to set up these tournaments based on requests from the community. These tournaments will not be hosted or streamed by DRL staff, but you are encouraged to interact with each other on Discord throughout each tournament or even stream them on your own channels. These tournaments are for fun/practice and prizes will not be awarded. You can access and register for the tournaments via the “Tournaments” card in the sim. The tournament for this week will open Saturday evening for registration. The tournaments will follow nearly the same format as the Tryouts tournaments where there will be a 15 minute qualifier, followed by 4 quarterfinals, 2 semifinals, and a final. Each round from the quarterfinals to the finals will have 6 pilots and 5 heats. The scoring system used will be the point system used in Tryouts. Thank you for your ongoing support of the sim.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/738d904e599d1c2bc36dc3a35700ece1736a97f2.jpg Hello Pilots, We are pushing a small release today that includes the Fanduel DRL Sim Racing Cup card that you can find under the Solo race menu. As the competition progresses, tracks will be added here and you can see how you stack up on the leaderboards against these elite pilots. The 2020 FanDuel DRL SIM Racing Cup will feature 12 elite DRL pilots battling it out on the DRL SIM, the true-to-life drone racing simulator, across eight events for the chance to be crowned the series’ Champion--all to support Covid-19 and raise money for Direct Relief to get protective gear for frontline workers. Tune in on NBC Sports and Twitter to see all of the action: May 16th @ 2:30pm EST - Level 1 Biosphere May 24th @ 3pm EST - Level 2 Atlanta May 31st @ 2pm EST - Level 3 Miami June 7th @ 12pm EST - Level 4 The Bridge June 14th @ 1pm EST - Level 5 Ohio Crash Site June 20th @ 12pm EST - Level 6 Adventuredome June 27th @ 3pm EST - Level 7 The Kingdom July 5th @ 4pm EST - US Air Force Boneyard Thank you for your ongoing support of the sim. Please let us know of any feedback you have. DRL Sim Team Release Notes:

• Added Fanduel DRL Sim Racing Cup card
• Added Track 1 of Fanduel DRL Sim Racing Cup card
• Tournament system changes to improve useability
• Spectator mode improvements

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/f63102772015745b712fc955f15e483fddbcc906.jpg Hello Pilots, We hope you are all safe and well. We bring you a small update focused on bringing the new DRL scoring system to our tournament system. In addition to the new scoring system for tournaments, we have also added the ability to assign custom colors to pilots so it is easier to follow their progression through a tournament. Lastly, this release brings a number of bug fixes which are detailed below. Please let us know of any feedback you have as we are constantly striving to improve the sim. Thank you for your ongoing support!

Release Notes

Tournaments: - New DRL 2020 scoring per including sudden death and golden heat - Ability to assign colors to pilots - Ability for tournament to be private Bug fixes: - Excessive multiplayer notifications and snooze not working - Spectator timer showing 00:00 during races - Standings scrambling during races - Frame rate drop watching replays - Timer intermittently in spectator mode starting at 2 plus minutes and then going back to 00:00 as race starts - Props not spinning in multiplayer while "in-game" status - Props spinning when idle - Garage battery size copy/label changes - PS4 controller when detected showing as Xbox controller - DRL Sandbox tracks washed out when using low/lowest graphics If you want to join the community, please feel free to join our Discord server or Facebook Group via the links on the bottom bar of the Sim. If you have any issues or just need some help, feel free to reach out via the Steam Discussion Boards or on our Zendesk.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/a57b287454ffaa12051f71a19b56a54df2a6ec98.jpg Welcome to the 2020 DRL SIM Tryouts, a global competition, open to anyone 16 years or older that seeks to find the next professional DRL pilot. The winner of the tryouts competition will earn a professional pilot contract to compete in the 2020 DRL season. And for the first time ever, DRL is giving away $75K in total prizes throughout this epic, two-month tournament. Score a top place on the leaderboards. Compete in weekly tournaments. Tune-in to watch the action. Everyone has a chance to win. It’s simple to get started. Players must complete 3 heats on the Tryouts Map, and you’re automatically qualified to join the weekly online tournaments. There’s no time cut off. If you can complete the map 3 times, you’re qualified to compete. Once you qualify on the Tryouts Map, you can join any of the 12 weekly tournaments held every Tuesday and Thursday between Feb 18th - March 26th. Each week is a different track. During the tournament, you have 30 minutes to set your fastest time in a Solo Race. The Top 24 will battle it out bracket-style to become the overall winner. Every tournament winner automatically advanced to the Finals. Mark your calendars: Tuesday, February 18 at 3:30pm ET Thursday, February 20 at 9:30pm ET Tuesday, February 25 at 3:30pm ET Thursday, February 27 at 9:30pm ET Tuesday, March 3 at 3:30pm ET Thursday, March 6 at 9:30pm ET Tuesday, March 10 at 3:30pm ET Thursday, March 12 at 9:30pm ET Tuesday, March 17 at 3:30pm ET Thursday, March 19 at 9:30pm ET Tuesday, March 24 at 3:30pm ET Thursday, March 26 at 9:30pm ET Tune-in on April 2nd at 9pm to watch the DRL SIM TRYOUTS FINALS, where the top 12 winners from each of the weekly online tournaments will go head-to-head for the ultimate prize: A contract to join the 2020 DRL Allianz World Championship season as the official DRL SIM PILOT. Want to go from gamer to pilot? Now's your chance. Enter the Tryouts and you could be one of DRL's next professional pilots.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/b7796e4c7913683e2a7974cfba9006e0ac5e5fe4.jpg Hello Pilots, It’s the time of year that you have all been waiting for - Tryouts! This release offers you the opportunity to compete for a chance to compete for up to $75,000 in prizes and become a professional DRL pilot. Be sure to visit the Tryouts website for all of the details on this year’s event We also bring you 3 brand new frames to build your dream drone. These are the OAS Hobby Volk v2, the Rotor Riot CL1, and the Five33 Switchback. To enhance the experience for all pilots during Tryouts, we made a number of improvements to our tournaments system and spectator mode. This update includes a few slight adjustments to drone tunes. As a result and to ensure fairness, leaderboards have been reset. As we are always striving to improve the sim, please send us all feedback, comments, and questions you have. The detailed release notes are listed below.

Release Notes

Game - Tryouts Garage - Added Rotor Riot CL1 - Added Five33 Switchback - Added OAS Hobby Volk v2 - Default drone for new players to Racer4 - New drones default to private Physics - Slight updates to drone tunes Missions - Added ability to complete Quest 3 missions in Pro mode Multiplayer and Tournaments - Added ability for spectators to access all options - Added ability for spectators to see timeout - Changed text of tournament register button to "Details" - User is alerted when notifications are in queue - Times/scores from tournaments are reflected on leaderboard - Adjusted group seedings to ensure a more fair distribution - Small UI/UX improvements Map Editor - Improved cheat detection and warning system - New track default difficulty is now easy Bugs - Fixed MultiGP mesh colliders which reduces issues with getting stuck in MultiGP gates - Resolved issue with Super G flipping backwards - Corrected loophole where leaving timer running for 30 minutes reset at 0 - Resolved difficulty options shifting and not working properly when filtering tracks - Addressed issue with voting options being reversed - Fixed problem where upon completion of Q3M2, drone keeps flying and crashes into stands - Fixed bug where toggling restart switch when crossing finish line causes a lock up - Corrected issue that allowed for a head start by having throttle up before start countdown completed - Resolved problem with forfeit/quitting causing leaderboard to scramble - Fixed a few typographical mistakes in various missions If you want to join the community, please feel free to join our Discord server or Facebook Group via the links on the bottom bar of the Sim. If you have any issues or just need some help, feel free to reach out via the Steam Discussion Boards or on our Zendesk.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/bcae544a4b311f741dedcb3149b6bc9b791da9a7.jpg Hello Pilots, We are really excited to bring you this jam packed update. We start you off with DRL’s newest signature drone, the Racer 4. Next, we have a brand new map called Drone Park. This came from our concept of a futuristic drone park and we hope you have as much fun flying it as we did creating it. In addition to the Racer 4, this update includes the Floss v3 frame. To add more to your drones, we’ve added some GoPro Hero 5 attachments and mounts for multiple frames. One of the things that we enjoy seeing are all of the great tracks the community builds. We’ve added new shape style gates to create one more option for creating new and unique tracks through the map editor. Additionally, this update includes enhancements to the lap system. Please note that since there are physics changes in this release that the leaderboards have been reset to ensure fairness. We thank you for your ongoing support of the simulator and welcome any feedback you have. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/86d5845121b28c9878d3feb0e3f982aa63edb7e7.jpg Release Notes

Garage

- Racer 4 - Floss v3 frame - Tweaker 4" frame fixes - GoPro Hero 5 Attachments and Mounts for multiple frames

Map Editor

- New shape style gates - Improved lap system

Physics

- Additional validation of parts bench tests - Made adjustments to default rates - Adjusted super rate value max for pitch/roll - Applied battery sag as default for all drones

Maps

- Drone Park

Tournaments

- Enhancements to give DRL hosts greater control over tournaments

UI/UX

- New timeout functionality - New hotkey system - Created new forfeit functionality - Added option to disable in-game chat - Updated startup experience to show more descriptive messaged during connection/loading process - Adjusted FOV slider on solo race/freestyle screen - All community tracks will now be displayed in freestyle - Repositioned battery meter to bottom right

Bug Fixes

- Fixed issue with force graph opening by default - Resolved issue with group numbers out of order - Corrected issue with graph lines overlapping - Fixed modular scale gizmo bugs in Map Editor - Resolved issue with repeated beeping on reset in Mixed Medley mission - Corrected overlapping elements on Tournament qualified page - Fixed issue with Xbox controller sensitivity - Resolved problems with "Detect Quality" - Corrected problem with Xbox reset switch - Fixed issue with Spektrum controller not being detected properly - Resolved lighting issues on Swatch map - Corrected problem where bots/ghosts were added when room was full - Fixed issue with snap functionality in Map Editor - Resolved issue with being able to fly underneath map in Gates of Hell - Corrected issue with new drones defaulting to public - Fixed issue with drone audio not working as a spectator If you want to join the community, please feel free to join our Discord server or Facebook Group via the links on the bottom bar of the Sim. If you have any issues or just need some help, feel free to reach out via the Steam Discussion Boards or on our Zendesk.

Top 3 from each tournament win Gift Cards from Pyrodrone, GetFPV, Rotor Riot or Kwadbox. Watch Live on Twitter for more chances to win! https://twitter.com/droneraceleague 1st Place = $100 USD 2nd Place = $50 USD 3rd Place = $25 USD Track: Dust Town (Featured Tracks) Must be 13 years or older to enter For Schedule Info and rules see https://drl.io/drl-sim-showdown/

Top 3 from each tournament win Gift Cards from Pyrodrone, GetFPV, Rotor Riot or Kwadbox. Watch Live on Twitter for more chances to win! https://twitter.com/droneraceleague 1st Place = $100 USD 2nd Place = $50 USD 3rd Place = $25 USD Track: Dust Town (Featured Tracks) Must be 13 years or older to enter For Schedule Info and rules see https://drl.io/drl-sim-showdown/

10 Tournaments / 10 Chances to Win Top 3 from each tournament win Gift Cards from Pyrodrone, GetFPV, Rotor Riot or Kwadbox. Watch Live on Twitter for more chances to win! https://twitter.com/droneraceleague 1st Place = $100 USD 2nd Place = $50 USD 3rd Place = $25 USD Must be 13 years or older to enter For Schedule Info and rules see https://drl.io/drl-sim-showdown/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/762c054bb05587bf00f511eeb103ddd853533f24.jpg We are excited to announce a limited time promotion we are running on the DRL Sim. For the next 2 weeks, the DRL sim will be on sale for $9.99. Take advantage of this opportunity to download the simulator and learn to fly like a pro.

Hello Pilots, We updated the game with a fix for issues related to OSX users being unable to start the game. If you were affected by this error, please ensure that you have updated your game and try and launch the game again. If you encounter the same error, you may need to uninstall and reinstall the game. If you continue to have issues after trying all the of the steps listed above, please let us know in the comments or in the discussions board here on Steam.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/29022929/36dceca6f2d0d1feea1a54782c230b8d5c9ec693.png Hello Pilots, We are excited to bring you our latest update which brings you our Tournaments feature that will allow you to see how you stack up in bracket style competition against other pilots. The Tournaments feature, which will be operated by DRL hosts, is the culmination of a lot of hard work and we hope that you find this style of competition fun and engaging. You will see this feature used across a number of our online broadcasts going forward. This update also includes a number of performance improvements, a new camera noise feature in-game, and 16 new colors that you can apply to objects in the Map Editor. Lastly, the update includes a number of bug fixes that are detailed in the release notes below. We thank you for your on-going support of the sim as we constantly strive to improve. We welcome any feedback you have. Release Notes:

Game

- Added new Tournaments feature - Major Performance improvements, players should notice an increase in FPS. - Added camera noise effect in-game, toggle is in Settings. Camera Noise does not work when Graphics settings are low.

Map Editor

- Added 16 new colors that can be used on assets, this includes Geometric objects and Neon.

Bug Fixes

- Resolved issue with occasional in-game chat lag spikes - Fixed instance where a player could gain a headstart in a race - Resolved issue when clicking buttons on map voting screen - Addressed issue with drone selection button flashing on room screen - Fixed problem with beeps not being audible after intro video during startup - Resolved issue with drag numbers with the Mode 2 Ghost frame. - Addressed issue with being able to hover on in-game chat when invisible - Fixed issue with being able to copy non-public drones - Resolved problem with podium placement causing issues in Gates of Hell map - Addressed issue with staying on podium with timer on - Consolidated “Community Maps” card, it will now be found under Solo Race and Multiplayer Map selection menus. If you want to join the community, please feel free to join our Discord server or Facebook Group via the links on the bottom bar of the Sim. If you have any issues or just need some help, feel free to reach out via the Steam Discussion Boards or on our Zendesk.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29022929/0323a66c8bbc04010150be92dcbe901f09f95adc.jpg Hello Pilots, We are excited to bring you our latest update. This update features a new spectator and replay mode with new camera tools, which create a professional look for your racing experience. This new spectator/replay system offers fixed and wire cameras that can switch automatically during race and several parameters to make your racing experience a TV show. The new camera tools give you the ability to add several different nodes to produce a TV show of your track utilizing your own recording software. With these additional tools, you will be able to produce videos with a more professional look to them to show off your skills. This update includes the introduction of lap counter functionality, which is a feature that was requested by the community. Lastly, we have a number of bug fixes in this update which are detailed in the release notes. Please let us know what feedback you have on this release. We are always striving to deliver the best sim that we possibly can and appreciate all of the community feedback and support that we receive. Don’t forget the premiere of the 2019 Allianz World Championship season can be seen on NBC and Twitter at 2pm EDT on Sunday, August 11th. Release Notes:

New Spectator/Replay Mode

- Improved UI behaviour to facilitate video recording; - New Camera Modes AUTO and MANUAL; - Enabled when Camera Tools exists in the track; - AUTO will leverage the camera tools and let the system switch cameras automatically; - MANUAL lets the user choose the camera node; - Improved Keyboard Shortcuts with better documentation in it; - Trail Length Selector; - Lap Counter.

Map Editor

- Small improvements to the user experience; - Now testing Races on your maps will store the replays locally; - These replays can be used to debug the Camera Tools or make videos.

Camera Tools

- Expand the default camera modes with a series of multi-featured camera spots; - Add several camera nodes and produce a TV show of your track; - Choose different settings for each node; - Static: Camera keeps looking to same direction; - Look: Camera snaps its orientation to the target drone; - FPV: Camera switches to FPV upon activation; - Wire: Add 2 nodes and the camera will follow the drone along of its line; - Infinite combinations allowing professional video editing for your game experience.

Race

- Lap Counter UI for Race, Replays and Spectators; - Fast Race Restart can now be toggled in Game Options; - Improved Rating Screens for Track Rating.

Bug Fixes

- Corrected respawn issues; - Fixed bug involving editing drone copies; - Corrected issues with motor noises; - Fixed issue with blank screen showing while loading solo freestyle; - Resolved issue where changing drones during solo restarts race with pause menu open; - Corrected chat issue where submitted messages weren't shown; - Resolved problem in Map Editor with snap rotate not working; - Fixed issue with "Y" button opening chat window but not being able to put text in it; - Resolved issue with gate markers getting stuck on screen; - Adjusted trails in Map Editor to not be as long; - Fixed issue with "double chat"; - Resolved issue with controls not coming back up on screen after watching a replay; - Corrected issue where user was getting race complete screen with no UI; - Fixed issue with timer pausing when chat is open; - Addressed problem with stuttering that happened when FPS was increased above limit; - Resolved issue with some drones not displaying on House map; - Fixed problem with replays not saving; - Corrected issue with overlapping text on standings page. If you want to join the community, please feel free to join our Discord server or Facebook Group via the links on the bottom bar of the Sim. If you have any issues or just need some help, feel free to reach out via the Steam Discussion Boards or on our Zendesk.

Hello Pilots, We have a hotfix deployed to fix a few reported issues. This hotfix is aimed at resolving the intermittent crashing that has been reported, in addition to a notification error which could cause the Map Editor to freeze. This hotfix also addresses issues with rivals and opponents not being found in solo races along with a few bugs with race resets and the chat. Please let us know of anymore issues you encounter either here on the Steam Community Hub Discussion Board or on our help desk

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29022929/3af2c05d6d713079b14082c73539e9f7457776cb.png Hello Pilots, We are excited to bring you the DRL Sim's latest update. As we continue to strive to make the DRL Sim as realistic as possible, this update includes a number of physics enhancements. We also finished validating most parts and part combinations in order to get the garage fully stocked up again. You will also notice 3 brand new frames. This update includes a number of new features including one of the more popular community requests - directional gates in map editor. Beyond that, this update includes a transparent chat system and a new global notification system to invite players to a Multiplayer race. You will also find many new 2019 MultiGP tracks. We also went through and added simple tracks to most of DRL's maps. Lastly, the update includes a number of UI/UX improvements including an improved map selection screen as well as a number of bug fixes. We always welcome feedback from the community and thank you for your on-going support of the Sim. Release Notes:

Social Features

- Created global notification invite system to notify players of open matches; - Improved chat visibility with transparency.

Map Editor

- Directional gates added; - UI/UX improvements including autosave toggle for manual saving and and save button; - Added smart selection of objects in field of view only.

Single player

- Added Quick Race Restart feature.

Multiplayer

- Added ghost drones/bots to Multiplayer; - Included “Featured” maps as a voting option in MP lobbies.

Maps

- Added MultiGP tracks; - Created simple tracks for most DRL maps.

Garage

- Added back most parts including Frames, Motors and Props; - Updated drone naming scheme to require drone names to be entered upon modification versus creating duplicates; - Updated antennas; - Rendered front props in FPV; - Added Dolphin1, SuperG, and Ghost v2 frames.

Physics

- Additional refinement to physics model and incorporation of bench test data to bring back parts.

UI/UX

- Added ability to toggle on/off crosshair in game; - Added new map selection screen; - Swapped position of Physics card and Training card.

Bugs

- Corrected issue with prop rotation; - Updated antennas on a number of drones; - Resolved issue with cameras clipping batteries; - Corrected issue with prop rotation; - Fixed issues with physics panel UI/UX; - Resolved issue with players being respawned in the air; - Corrected issue with drones briefly getting stuck on podium; - Fixed issue with connected res-wan points. Note: We are aware there is a known issue with directional mode on dive gates, the fix for this will be coming at a later time. Thank you for your understanding. If you want to join the community, please feel free to join our Discord server or Facebook Group via the links on the bottom bar of the Sim. If you have any issues or just need some help, feel free to reach out via the Steam Discussion Boards or on our Zendesk.

Hello Pilots, This hotfix has been released to address an issue with spectator mode performance. Thanks for all of your feedback and continued support of the Sim. If you find any other issues, please let us know in the comments, discussion forums, or by submitting a ticket.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29022929/359683cfb0a13acc38cce7a34bf25a7f4702ef1a.png Hello Pilots, The team has been hard at work on the DRL Sim 3.0 update for a while now and we hope that the wait will have been worth it. Few quick things to address before we move on though: - The Leaderboards will be reset as a part of this update, New Physics, New Life. - A few of the drones will be made unavailable until we finish collecting and implementing physics data in order to achieve the best experience. - We are still looking into fixing the issues involved with Steam Input system, so for the time being please remember to set your Steam Input Per-Game to Forced Off .

Physics

- New physics based on Georgia Tech and Optitrack data; - Added Prop Wash effect (can be adjusted in Settings -> Options); - Resolved camera orientation issues; - Corrected camera tilt staying on screen when pausing sim to change tilt.

Input/Controllers

- Calibration improvements to speed up and refine calibration process; - Added warning message for when controller is not detected.

Graphics

- FPS limit increased to 1,000 with VSYNC OFF.

Maps

- Championship Kingdom Map.

UI

- Added new drone selection screen; - Created new “Featured Tracks” section to highlight featured tracks from the simulator team and the community; - Changed Open Class Leaderboards default to “Default Physics” instead of “Custom Physics”; - Made several tweaks to Map Voting UI; - Completed background optimization on “Race Complete” and Map Editor pause screens; - Updated Tryouts card to link to Swatch Tryouts broadcast and results; - Corrected Missions typographical issues; - Added settings button for Race Complete screen.

Multiplayer

- Resolved issue with ESC key not working in spectator; - Added “Timeout” label; - Resolved issue with pagination in room list; - Improved visual of room time limit counter; - Resolved issue with player standings in spectate mode; - Hid Nano Class.

Other bug fixes and tweaks

- Fixed issue with crashing and resetting causing drone flip instead of respawn; - Resolve issue with restart/reset switches ; - Fix issue with Camera FOV and tilt sliders remaining visible on pause menu.

Leaderboards reset

Due to the large changes in Physics all leaderboards have been reset. Additionally, all custom drones have been reset because we are validating the bench tests and aerodynamic profiles of all the parts in the game outside of the ones that are not included with this release. Expect more parts and more frames to be added back into the game in regular intervals. As always we would like to thank your for your continued support of the Sim and we hope to make it even better as time goes on. It was great seeing so many of you out in Vegas for Tryouts and we hope to have even more events in the future. If you want to join the community, please feel free to join our Discord server or Facebook Group via the links on the bottom bar of the Sim. KaNoodle and FPVgan stream almost every day on our Twitch channel and are happy to help new and perspective users. If you have any issues or just need some help, feel free to reach out via the Steam Discussion Boards or on our Zendesk.

Hello Pilots, This hotfix is to reflect that 2019 Swatch DRL Tryouts qualification phase has been completed as of February 1st. Thanks to everyone who participated. See you in Vegas!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29022929/6782b8a5319661cc1f9a346156d34b09b8163c37.png Hello Pilots, In this update we’ve mostly focused on improving optimization, performance, and a few graphical updates. We’ve completed our Race2Vegas event and we hope to see some of you in person at The Luxor on Saturday February 9th on the Strip. For those that can’t make it, worry not, we will be streaming all the action on our Twitch channel.

Physics

The following changes are being made to all non-Tryouts related content in order to keep things fair for the event. We’ve fixed issues with PID adjustments and saving custom PIDs, along with some overall performance improvements.

Multiplayer

We’ve spent some time working on fixing stuttering that can occur when players leave multiplayer lobbies in addition to a few other performance hiccups for an overall smoother experience.

Art

We’ve added some more MultiGP assets and props to the Map Editor and improved visibility of the Raceline a bit. We’ve polished up our drone rendering in addition to our grass texturing on The Field map. So if you’re like me and fly your drone more like a lawnmower on some of the MultiGP maps, you have something new to look forward to.

UI

Selecting ‘New Drone’ in Make Drones will now allow you to select any of your custom drones in addition to the DRL Default drones to use as a starting point.

Tracks

A release wouldn’t be complete without a new track. You can find our latest new track called “A Walk in the Park” under “Simple Courses.”

Misc

We’ve fixed an issue with Exclusive Mode changing to Windowed Mode on some computers. Optimized the Sim to use less memory where possible. Fixed an issue where the the first checkpoint wouldn’t activate properly when restarting races. Resolved issue with Leaderboard standings not updating post race when flying against ghosts.

Full Release Notes

Physics (Changes only made to non-Tryouts modes)

• Fixed issue with PID adjustments counting as custom physics
• Fixed issue with PIDs not saving
• Performance improvements

Track

• Added new track "A Walk in the Park" to Simple Courses

Multiplayer

• Worked on improving performance issues happening when players leave lobby

UI

• Selecting "New Drone" in drone builder UI opens the menu to select any default or "my drones" build as a starting point

Art

• Added new MultiGP assets to Map Editor
• Adjusted red line race path brightness
• Improved drone rendering
• Improved grass texturing on the field map

Overall

• Fixed issue with exclusive mode changing to window mode in some computers
• Optimization to make the simulator consume less memory where possible
• Resolved issue with first checkpoint validation if restarting a race
• Optimized performance in Garage mode during drone selection
• Fixed issue with standings not updating when flying single player with ghost drones

Thank you for your feedback and support for the Sim, it really means a lot to us. If you want to give more suggestions or just want to hang out with other racers, check out our Discord Server by selecting the Discord Icon in the Main Menu. If you have any issues, feel free to make a ticket on our Helpdesk or just check out our Steam Discussion board.. We’ve got a lot more content coming up after the conclusion of Race2Vegas and DRL Tryouts, so stay tuned!

Hello Pilots, This hotfix is to address an inadvertent push we made on the last release which changed the Racer3 physics thereby impacting Tryouts. We have always maintained that we wanted Tryouts to be based on a level playing field throughout the duration of the competition. Since altered Racer3 physics can create an unequal playing field, we have reverted this change and adjusted the leaderboards accordingly. Please note that this change does not impact the performance improvements that were included in last Thursday's release. Thanks for all of your feedback and continued support of the Sim, if you have any issues or questions please let us know in the comments, Steam Discussion Page, or on the Help Desk.