VelociDrone FPV Racing Simulator

VelociDrone 1.9 Available - 24/06/2017

VelociDrone 1.9 will be released as a full download. It will not be possible to patch from 1.8 to 1.9. Please login to the VelociDrone website and download 1.9 to upgrade, version 1.8 can be deleted you will not loose any settings or custom tracks.

New Features

• Networking of player stick movements in multiplayer so when viewing another player you can see their stick movements
• Buildings added to track editor
• Track editor objects for nets, gates, flags, ground textures, gate towers, inflatable gates and pipework gates
• Ground texture objects for track editor
• Football white line object for track editor
• Powerloop sign added to track editor
• Sound listener can be moved from the quad to the start grid to give more realism to sound of the quad as if you were at a real race
• Korean localization of the simulator
• Rotor Racing track editor objects
• Track Editor object info display to help with object placement, sizing and rotation
• Automatic deadband configuration when setting up a new controller
• FlowRotors Roosh 5L quad added
• Uvify Draco quad added

Updates

• Updated quad frame aerodynamics
• Updated motor simulation
• Updated Prop simulation
• Multiple new tracks for various sceneries
• Quadcopters PropGear Track
• Weston Park 2017 track
• Seoul World Championship track
• Pulse chat box input box when focused to remind players to unfocus
• GPU based flag animation to replace existing flag animations
• VTX interference now configured on a slider
• Increased height in several scenes to allow for higher dive heights on custom tracks
• Some performance improvements to scenes at Fantastic level

Fixes

• Stop voice announcements from causing a pause when passing start/finish line
• Reset betaflight gyro data on a crash to stop poor resets
• Fix Bergundtal track having one gate blocked
• No more bounce back on fast rolls/flips at low throttle
• Stop gate indicator icons from building up on screen when a track is changed before a race ends in multiplayer
• Fix QQ190, Vendetta, HighWind and NightHawk CG issues causing unwanted pitching in flight
• Stop quads getting stuck to the start grid on a multiplayer race abort
• Fix menu text overlaps on menu scenery selection screen

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