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Drone Racing -Quadcopter FPV racing – Simulation Game Review
Drone Racing -Quadcopter FPV racing is a Simulation/Entertainment/Sports game from QIAN ZHOU, first launched in 11th July 2016.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 70+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Drone Racing -Quadcopter FPV racing Stand Out
Drone racing will be a sport of the future! They are very very fast, to bring you an unbelievable visual experience, it's really immersive, it's engaging and fast. This is an elaborate game, fun beyond imagination. This game have noob mode and pro mode, so that everybody can get started, let you have a smooth experience.
NOOB mode:
Simplified control, fly up and fly forward, suitable for newbie & casual
PRO mode:
You can use the controller sticks to control 8 directions, Very challenging! Very interesting. In this mode, the only restriction, you can not turn around.
You can switch camera in any mode
Rules:
- Flying over obstacles, the faster the higher the score.
- Miss an obstacle -5 scores, negative score game over.
- Collect gems, used to refit drone and use stunts.
- Get variety of props, there will be surprises.
- Don’t fly too slow, doors will close.
- You must learn to use the stunts, let you fly faster and cool.
This Simulation game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Drone Racing -Quadcopter FPV racing is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 6th February 2017
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Improved physical system, like real drone.
Improved control
Download & Availability
Drone Racing -Quadcopter FPV racing is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Drone Racing -Quadcopter FPV racing on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We enjoy this game.l, however theres a major glitch in the controls which causes your drone to twitch and roll left. You can even just tap the bottom right of the screen and watch it go sliding to the left. It happens midair too. Annoying and should be patched ASAP. This would be even better if it had open courses too, the straight gets slightly boring after a while although it is very difficult to navigate. Props to the makers of this game nonetheless! Happy flying.
This is awesome but needs a glit fix on the right stick when just touch it it makes the drone move left per touch, fix that so drone doesnt move like that and this is dead on pro.
We really LOVE this game. Its a great skill and agility builder for fpv racing. We have one MAJOR frustration with this sim, however….in mid flight, the game will occasionally glitch and the drone will jump to the left. Its just enough to make us crash as Im approaching a gate!!!! We can be on a roll, doing really well, confident in our gate clearance, and this happens. We crash and then we cant beat our previous score. It happens frequently and we wish you would fix this bug. Other than that, we love this app and will continue using it. Its worth the frustration, we guess.
The game overall is pretty good and we continue to get better only thing we havent figured out yet as the drone battery runs low we cant figure out how or what we gotta hit to recharge that battery we get up to around 145-150 points and the battery dies we gotta restart it.
The drone response is a little sluggish, and movement is pretty limited. The gates can randomly appear in lines that are impossible to make. But all in all its entertaining and we enjoy seeing how far we can make it. We think with some work this could become something great. We would like to see some actual tracks, and more range of movement. Keep up the good work.
This game is really hard. But it does not have that many ads.
Ads lag the game. Also, the physics could be better, the color codes, and more maps would be great.
This game was great, until the current version came out. The physics were much better before…just a tad "floaty". Now we feel like we have way less control. This thing is all over the place in this version. This game could be so much more, if there were less penalties for missing the awkwardly laid out gates and the gates were slightly bigger. It also seems like the drone is very fragile and crashes even if it barely touches a gate. Still a fun game, but we definitely prefer the last version. Please go back.
The game would be great but the drone is not powerful enough, the fpv mode doesn't work, and it cost money to do a flip. Other than that, the game is great.
Can you please fix drifting left glitch on right thumbstick.
There's some weird bug where when you pitch it forward it lurches to the left a bit. Very annoying. Otherwise fun game.
The physics are now kinda off but before they were perfect but besides that one issue everything is great and fun.
We've become pretty good at this game (BossNachoFPV) but the lack of motion and control makes it difficult to progress. Fun game if they allow for a full range of control . Currently the drone stops turning at about 10degrees. Ideally , 360 degree control on all axis would be best. We also agree with Lintnuggets review , game was better before and much more controllable, Needs much more power.
Cant fly backwards, drone suddenly flys to the left with neutral controls.
Get on a PC and download Velocidrone or FPV FreeRider. The basic controls are the same but the flight characteristics and throttle control are WAAAAAAAY off in this game. Flying and actual race drone IS NOT THIS HARD IN REAL LIFE.
This game really doesn't represent drone racing and is very disappointing.
Noob is fine but pro is dumb with the way the point system is set up. Fly through a box gets 1-3 points. Missing one losing 5 point. Go negative and game over. The Jump from noob to pro is lame. No practice mode where you can try the controls. There should be a way to practice flying without crashing in the first ten seconds. Over all the two stars is for being the most accurate when it comes to controls for pro. We would suggest a pro practice mode where you can fly with pro controls but not crash or break so easily. Good luck.
This drone game is super bad it wont take off and is impossible to fly. So the results are as junk as junk gets. It should not even get reviewed by us because of how bad it is.
We can only get 1 or 2 gates if we are lucky. The physics are off and the controls are way too out of control to even use. Please fix.
We're an actual drone pilot, and this flies nothing like the real thing. You have to give it way too much throttle to fly. There is no acro, which is very bad. It's not realistic at all. Noob is bad because you have no control. We'd rather get RC Heli 3 or something like that.
The controls for this game are garbage. Not realistic at all. Avoid this game.
What horrible app waste of your life this app this is a stupid time taker and garbage dumbest app we have ever seen in our life what stupid garbage dont buy it we deleted the app it was so horrible also the video is such a fake what a piece of junk.
This is ok but the quadcopter won't go down.
Delayed controls and the sound is prerecorded, doesn't correspond with in game prop speed.
We like this game but the stupid ads that come up come up at least every 3 minutes. They should really fix this. Do not download this game if ads make u mad like us. Please someone fix this problem please.
We ourselves have operated a drone in manual flight mode, but this app felt very different from the real deal, as if it were less responsive. For instance, throwing the pitch up sharply after going forward would stop a drone and go upward, but that doesn't happen here. Also, the throttle stick does not "stay" like it does on a real life transmitter.
If ads could not come up while you're playing, that would be great. There's no point to playing this otherwise.
Very realistic and great for beginners and pros. We fly real racing quads and we think it's a great simulator. You fly through the snow and the drones are very realistic.
Dont think the makers have actually flew a real drone before,you could get good at it but work on it.
As an App developer this app is very close. 1. Make a free flight mode so the person may get a hand at flying. 2. Have more boards. 3. Have different flight styles like free fall and more. 4. For beginners have invincible mode so you don't give up after the first five crashes. 5. Your noob mode can't control at all. 6. Most tracks are not straightforward. 7. Your steering would be nice if we could adjust it and do our own trim. 8. Steering needs more realistic maneuvers.
We fly race quads and this is nothing at all like the real thing, the controls are super sluggish, and unrealistic, we can deal with the poor graphics as all we wanted was something to keep us brushed up on flying while we're out of town working, clearly the designers have never touched the controls of a real quad of any type before.
Worst game we have ever downloaded. We understand the need to have ads to support free games but to have an ad flash right across the ENTIRE screen in the middle of flight thus making you crash as soon as the ad disappears is pretty freaking dumb.
Poor design, unrealistic controls and physics, waste of time.
No matter how high the throttle is the ground is not lift off.
We were stoked after watching the video so we installed the app. First off, you can only accelerate and fly "up". That's it. The only way to descend is to wait or let off the gas (and wait) and hope you timed it right in order to make it through. But the main reason we're uninstalling it is because there's no learning curve. Maybe because of the above, maybe because you're positioned a little off to the right vs directly behind (makes it tough even though there's no left or right flying) but we kept crashing either right after take off, or on the first goal/hurdle you fly through. After about 8-10 attempts we just gave up. Put the view centered behind the quad, add left, right, and down, and we think this would be a really fun game. With Google cardboard support we'd even considering paying for it.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.6.0
- Size: 96.67 MB
- iOS: 7.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [QIAN ZHOU]()
Last updated: 6th February 2017 | Genre: Simulation, Entertainment | Developer: QIAN ZHOU