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RC Plane Explorer – Simulation Game Review
RC Plane Explorer is a Simulation/Adventure/Sports game from FrozenPepper srl, first launched in 1st July 2018.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 57+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes RC Plane Explorer Stand Out
From the creators of the RC Plane and Heli series, RC Plane Explorer brings : Realistic RC Plane physics, huge scenarios (8X8 Kms) to explore and generate, a vast selection of planes and quadcopters, realtime day/night cycle, customisable wind and thermal currents simulation, and graphics pushing the limits of iOS devices are the signature elements of RC Plane Explorer !
Built over the solid physics simulation of RC Plane 3, and sharing all vehicles with it, RC Plane Explorer introduces a whole new and fully custom procedural terrain engine allowing virtually infinite scenarios for you explore and customise.
Free Flight and exploration are the core elements of the gameplay, and while more adrenalinic game modes will come in the near future, RC Plane Explorer already rewards players with score for the each area of the map he explores, each animal species he discovers (tap on an animal to “discover it”) and each “secret coin” he collects (a few will be hidden in each scenario you generate). Large score bonuses will be granted for competition of some exploration aspects (EX: reveal 100% of the map, discover all animal species etc) .
Scenarios are fully procedural and biome based with more biomes coming in the future.
One of the many goals of this project was to reduce the very large download and install size of RC Plane 3, and we are happy to say that RC Plane Explorer is less than 1/5 the download and install size of RC Plane 3, while bringing larger scenarios to fly over, more animals, more biomes , denser vegetation and a much better performances.
We have been working on, thinking about, planning and finally implementing our new Scenario/Terrain engine since quite a few years, and while already impressive, we have many plans to extend and improve it in the future, so expect a constant stream of improvements both in current biomes and in future ones.
Debuting in RC Plane Explorer, and suggested by many users, is the possibility to “test” a plane without the need to purchase it, as long as “reward videos” will be available you will will be able to try all planes that previously required an in-app purchase.
Now with "Photo Studio" mode: freeze time, tweak camera settings, customise effects and save or share gorgeous high rest screenshots of your flight adventures ! ***
We hope you will enjoy RC Plane Explorer, and please don’t be shy, we immensely appreciate any suggestion, feedback, comment, idea, bug report, critic etc… email us [email protected], contact us on our Facebook page (FrozenPepper), Twitter (FrozenPepper), via the comments on our website or any other way you prefer.
This Simulation game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, RC Plane Explorer is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 23rd September 2019
Recent improvements include:
- Fixed crash on Canyon scenario occurring on some devices
- Fixed crash on photo studio mode occurring on some devices
- Performance improvements
- Better memory handling
- Other minor fixes.
Download & Availability
RC Plane Explorer is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get RC Plane Explorer 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 really enjoy this game, other than the app crashes here and there and we cannot make a purchase. Ive tried several times and we cannot buy anything. We have no problem making other in app purchases with other games. We hope they can make these big fixes in the future.
Its a really good game (Im using an iPhone 11 with most recent IOS) doesnt crash but we would appreciate if the dev could somehow make the other game modes available!?!? We can somehow only see free flight and flight training.we bought the firefighter game mode and plane. Pls help us.
This game is great except there is a glitch where it wont load when spawning.
We have this one and RC 3. We have really enjoyed RC 3 although we have tried to buy the canyon scenario but it never takes. Not sure why. In this new game the sun is really bright and the scenery are more blurry than RC 3. Not sure why on that either. We find ourselves playing this game a lot. Mostly when flying as a passenger on a airplane. We fly a lot. Lol. It passes the time quickly. We recommend this game for aviation enthusiasts.
Free flight is actually the least interesting mode, compared to combat ops, airbus, and air rally.
Stop DELETING MY MESSAGES BASTARD.
You pirated the original RC plane 3.
The first is the best one still out of all 4 RC plane sims here is the reason why Rc plane 2,3 and explorer Every thing cost money and it makes it less likely to have more stars and good ratings because you have to spend money Why Rc plane the original one is the best every thing is free and it is easy to control and the bad things is just the small map Which makes it have more good ratings and stars By Kaiden to dumb greedy money hogging guys like N3 games that made Trainz 2.
We an using an iPhone 8 with the most recent iOS. We installed the most recent update, and tried multiple times to open the app. It always goes to the first Loading screen and crashes.
We use an iPhone 8 and it always crashes when we start the game.
Title says it all! Update this app and we may rate it higher! EDIT 1-9-2019: This app still crashes for us on this iPhone XS… Maybe Im just the one off or something.
Just downloaded it. Crashes on start up every time. IPhone 8 ios 12.
We enjoy all the RC Plane games and this one is no different. Very fun being able to change the scenery and the visuals. We like the idea a lot.
We had a problem with our iPad 5th gen working and we got a very quick response via the dev website. The update was submitted and now we can play with no issues! Thank you devs and we look forward to playing more this weekend.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.23
- Size: 383.48 MB
- iOS: 9.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: FrozenPepper srl
Last updated: 23rd September 2019 | Genre: Simulation, Adventure | Developer: FrozenPepper srl