VelociDrone FPV Racing Simulator

VelociDrone 1.8 Available - 11/04/2017

VelociDrone 1.8 is now available. Details are as follows:

Racing

• New race format selection: Choose from fastest time or timed 2 minute race modes
• Updated end of race panel to show more data (mainly for the new timed race format)
• Updated the race status panel so it updates every gate that is passed for any player (for the race manager only).
• Gunshot effect to denote start of race

Multiplayer

• Multiplayer 'friend' functionality
• Add/Delete friends
• Find friends online
• Join friends session

Control System

• Make start race switch work on both toggle up and toggle down (rather than just toggle down)

Single Player

• Option to have a 3-2-1 countdown or an immediate start with no countdown

Voice chat

• Show who has their mic on in 'players in session' panel

Voice Announcement

• Option to turn announcements on / off
• Option to not mute the game sounds for announcements
• Announce times only to two deceimal places and reduce time of motor muting accordingly

Time Attack

• Import/Export time attack ghost data files
• View ghost lap in FPV mode
• View imported ghost lap in FPV mode
• Race against imported ghost laps
• Time attack ghost data management menus added

Tracks

• 6 new official tracks added

Fixes

• Stop racing in 3 lap mode from cutting the race short - and then allowing upload of invalid times
• Stop the quad settings and ingame track change panels from being displayed at the same time
• Stop the music player from invisibly shielding the save button in rates settings panel (for very high resolution screens)
• Stop upload button from being displayed after a track change (so invalid times get uploaded)

VelociDrone 1.7 Available - 17/03/2017

VelociDrone 1.7 is now available. Details are as follows:

OSX changes

• Sim now shipped as a mountable .dmg file and Apple Certified Developer code signed to stop quarantine issues
• Due to code signing we can no longer support patching on OSX as this is restricted by Apple for certified developers and code signed applications

Multiplayer features

• Full voice chat for all multiplayer sessions with high quality voice data
• Mute / unmute of players
• Push to talk function
• Upload of leaderboard times from multiplayer sessions
• Voice announcement of positions during race

Maps

• High quality stadium added

Tracks

• New track database integrated into the simulator
• 11 new official tracks added
• Fix high gate reset point on Swiss Drone Nationals track
• Track encryption to stop track hacking
• Fix floor in Subway scene so quad can’t fall through

Tracks

• New leaderboard timing system
  • Announces lap times
  • Announces delta time between current lap time and 1st place on the leaderboard
• Ghost quad fixes to stop game stuttering when crossing start / finish line
• Leaderboards reduced to just two boards:
• Single class
• 3 lap single class
• Single class quad performance increased
• Ways to cheat lap times removed

Track Editor

• MultiGP standard and regional finals gates added
• New MultiGP Hurdle, triangle, guy ropes and ground tape added
• Object rotation and scale show in track editor when selecting objects
• New TBS decorative flags added
• Gazeebo added
• Proximity lights added for dark scenes
• Additional lighting added to NEC to allow lights to be turned on with X keyboard shortcut
• Menu updates to improve look/feel

Brand new features

• Streaming music player
• Selectable gate check sounds
• Laptime voice announcement
• Birds / Butterflies are now a separate selectable feature rather than automatic based on quality level

VelociDrone Launch Trailer