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0:00 - Simulators are awesome. But which is best?
0:55 - Best free simulator: Orqa FPV.Skydive
Download at: store.steampowered.com/app/12...
Watch us try it live: • Playing Liftoff Micro ...
2:47 - Best sim for racing: Velocidrone
Buy at: www.velocidrone.com/shop
Watch us try it live: • Playing Velocidrone an...
5:06 - Best sim for freestyle: Uncrashed
Buy at: store.steampowered.com/app/16...
Watch us try it live: • Playing Velocidrone an...
7:22 - Best sim for Whoop Racing: Velocidrone w/ Micro Pack
Buy at: www.velocidrone.com/shop
Watch us try it live: • Playing Velocidrone an...
8:22 - Best free Whoop Racing sim: Tiny Whoop Go
Download at: tinywhoopgo.com/
Watch us try it live: • Playing Liftoff Micro ...
9:45 - The only sim with my house in it as a level: Liftoff
Buy at: store.steampowered.com/app/41...
Watch us try it live: • Playing Liftoff and AI...
11:27 - Best sim for low-spec computers: FPV Freerider
Buy at: store.steampowered.com/app/85...
Watch us try it live: • Playing Liftoff Micro ...
13:24 - Largest open-world map: GTA5 drone mod
Buy GTA5 at: store.steampowered.com/ageche...
Download the mod at: www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/fpv...
14:24- Lets you emulate your actual drone physics: AI Drone Sim
Buy at: store.steampowered.com/app/16...
Watch us try it live: • Playing Liftoff and AI...
16:20 - Best value for money: DRL Simulator
Buy at: store.steampowered.com/app/64...
Watch us try it live: • Playing DRL and DCL si...
19:47 - If you play sims, you MUST be using EdgeTX!!!
How to install EdgeTX 2.5 to get the latency fix for your USB controller: • EdgeTX 2.5 means it's ...
21:00 - Conclusion

[@imnotasheikh]

Hi Joshua, I just started FPV because of you ! Spent about 100 hours in the sim before flying because YOU ! Shout out to you !!

[@Keltrunner]

This has been one of the most helpful videos ever. I've felt I should log more sim hours. And this was the precise information I was looking for in regards to what sims are good for respective activities. I'm really keen on trying Velocidrone now, specifically for the game mod, as I'm a fan of gamification in order to learn. Keep up the excellent work Guys!

[@racerat]

Velocidrone has been a game changer in my flying.

[@caputo116]

I have literally been trying to figure this out ALL DAY LONG! Cant wait to finish this video, thanks!!

[@oddeman3489]

Thank you Bardwell and Blunty for the year going to its end, looking forward to the next. and happy new year to everybody.

[@feelfreefpv]

Just buy all the ones that are often mentioned. The price is nothing compared to what you pay for spare parts anyway.

[@mooommo14]

Yup. They're all great honestly. I play DRL, liftoff, and velocidrone regularly. More for the map variety than anything.

[@hazonku]

100% agree. I have Orqa, DRL, AI Drone Sim, Uncrashed, Velocidrone, Tiny Whoop Go, and both Liftoff games. Liftoff is definitely my favorite for the physics, Velocidrone is great for racing, and Uncrashed is super pretty with decent enough physics for freestyle. Uncrashed is definitely the new kid on the block & the best looking and has me interested to see what it'll be like in a year. Tiny Whoop Go was the first one I picked up & it's a legit. Haven't fired up Liftoff Micros yet but Tiny Whoop Go will definitely be what I'm comparing it to.

[@visualdosage234]

@@hazonku liftoff micro drones is amazing, they really feel like tinywhoops and the maps look really realistic and detailed. i do hope theres gonna be more maps or workshop support for user created maps.

[@lugusstudios1328]

@@visualdosage234 more content is in the works, and the track builder is planned for sure! :D

[@RadekMacha]

Yeah man, totally. Like I probably spent more on hardware shipping than the simulators, and I'm just a noob. The price you pay for sims is nothing compared to the rest of the kit you have to get. I just bought Liftoff and DRL and practiced for like 20h+ each before even attempting to fly a real quad. One thing to mention though is that if you get a lot of stick-time behind the simulator, it ramps up your expectations. Then it can be a huge let-down once you get to the real deal you gotta travel at least an hour for and hit a weird problem like your VTX signal being borked.

[@rocheuro]

I was waiting for comparison and wrapup on drone sims like this! thanks Joshua

[@MatthewRayFlicks]

This is the best SIM review/roundup I've ever seen. Also, I agree with all of it. I use all of the sims and try to get as diverse of a flying experience, but you guys did an excellent job describing why.

[@MrVasmikey]

You two rock! Thx so much for doing the research. This is great value to us all.

[@scottjackson1812]

Great video and totally awesome of you both to take time to give us this content and your opinions. Happy New Year to you both.

[@ChainsawFPV]

Velocidrone is my favorite for racing. Uncrashed, with their outstanding graphics, gets my vote for freestyle flippy floppy cruizen around. Of course Tiny Whoop Go was my fav whoop but now have been doing that on Velocidrone as well. I started on FPV Freerider because it was free. The rest of them I have tried and just did not like for one reason or another.

[@racerat]

Totally agree. The uncrashed tracks are pretty dull at the moment, but will hopefully improve and the drift cars in the untracked container port are excellent. Love the Velocidrone racing and community though. Anyone who flies planes or Helis should have Heli-X as well. I do also really like the new scenes in Velocidrone for freestyle.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Two sims that need to be acknowledged are Liftoff: Micro Drones, which shows a lot of promise but is still in Early Access and can't really hold its own yet; and DCL sim, which is okay in a lot of ways, but at a price of $30 is just too expensive to recommend. Also, Liftoff (the original) is the only one that has Linux native support. Honorable mention goes to Accro, which has decent physics, but only a single level which is some weird procedurally-generated islands which we don't feel are very fun to freestyle around. We tried several others which didn't make the cut because they had technical issues, or because development has pretty much died.

[@calisti9308]

I enjoy Uncrashed very much.

[@jeramboo8511]

Uncrashed and velocidrone are my favorite

[@infa008]

Free rider also works on your android phone if you have micro USB to usbc

[@ecoaventurasdelistmo]

and which one was the best physics one?

[@cedricgrandseigne]

@@ecoaventurasdelistmo I have tested every single one of them, and FPV Air 2 remains the best in terms of sim engine: the graphics aren't top, but that's not important to my eyes. DCL is the only sim I don't regret putting money in, if compared to DRL(the worst sim...), Liftoff (drones can't be tuned not to drift), velocydrones.

[@nijon438]

The ending was the best. You're a genuine guy.

[@MurdersFPV]

Great work you guys. I've been toying with the idea of making a video to point new pilots to who always ask which SIM they should try. This is perfect and I absolutely agree with everything you guys said about these options. 💯

[@marcoreviews]

Happy 2022!!! Thanks for your epic content!!

[@hazonku]

I appreciate you guys going through all of these.

[@falconaz]

Just watched video. Thank you Gents! Long ago used to run Freerider. Wasn't really aware what was out there. Downloaded Velocidrone and it blew my mind. This is a game changer sim and its going to take my flying up a notch. Many thanks for bringing this video and info on sims out!!

[@USSRxespectro]

Great work Joshua! Happy New Year!

[@MCsCreations]

Awesome list, guys! Thanks! 😃 Happy new year! And stay safe there with your families! 🖖😊

[@giangulli]

Thanks heaps for this vid! I both learnt something new as well as cemented my love for velocidrone :)

[@hspeed3656]

Great stuff, thanks. from a plane guy, just need to find a video similar to this for plane Sim's but love your channel and all you share. Currently using Phoenix. I know mostly Quad stuff here. LOL. Happy New Year to all.

[@krystoffpv9328]

Happy New year and happy Flying . Thanks for all the great content

[@sebby_d_fpv]

Thanks! you should do a yearly follow-up to that video with the new simulators that came out.

[@bama3dr608]

Great wrap up guys. Nice work!

[@Real_Game]

This is EXACTLY the video I was looking for!!!😂❤️❤️❤️Thanks!😉😉😉😁😁😁 (Left a Sub!)

[@JorgeJimenez2020]

Good roundup, thanks for all that info!

[@tq64to4]

Not surprised you guys did a way better job than I did coming up with this list 😂 but I also am not surprised I had about the same option y’all did on some

[@a.thiren2459]

Thanks for this review! This is need to know for pilots in weather-exposed areas.

[@fpv_boi]

One huge advantage that Liftoff has since today's 1.4.0 update is the implementation of Actual rates. The only reason I fly with Betaflight rates on my real quad instead of Actual rates is that the sim always feels a bit different even if I try to match the Betaflight and Actual rate curves as much as possible. The addition of Actual rates definetly puts it on top of any of the other sims in my opinion.

[@vicewize]

Truth

[@paulbehrens5842]

Great video guys. Very helpful.

[@hdryden7652]

I'm just now going to get into freestyle with a drone and this was a very informative video. What really made it worthwhile though was the song at the end! LoL

[@djbis]

this video was worth it just for the EdgeTX fix alone. Thank you guys!

[@shearfury147]

love you blunty and bardwell. happy new year

[@Fabs0816]

giving huge credits to both of you guys. i am new to FPV and your vids are helping out a ton, even before even buying the first piece of equipment (which makes most sense, obviously) Save some money and spend it on affiliates or patreon to you.

[@stevesmcfpv2614]

Awesome contend guys. All you need to know /or wanna know about sims. In one video. I fly Liftoff and Fpvskydive. Gotta try the others thoa. Thanks 😊

[@scottdrummond1190]

Thanks so much. i work so much. needed more drone time flying.

[@olafschermann1592]

Great comparison! Thank you!

[@knowyourjoe8826]

Thanks for sharing this!

[@obscure2854]

Thank you, this is really helpful! Saved me a lot of time.

[@absoloodle37]

Kudos for getting some exercise outside, Joshua. Looking fit, brother! 👍

[@kerwinfernandes9583]

Thank you for this video. Compliments of the season, God bless you and your families 🙂🙏🏼❤️

[@baggszilla]

Thanks guys I'm going to try these other SIMs. Happy New Year!

[@OMINOUSREDdotcom]

This has been most helpful. Thanks!

[@kwcnasa]

This is a good fpv sim software introduction video.

[@stasgershkovich360]

DRL is the first simulator I have ever used that's how I learned to fly! But then after trying out the real world and after kinda putting this hobby to the side for a while I decided to go back to the simulators to dust my skill off alittle and DRL has this spacey feel to it... like the drone is hovering too much in air when you at 0 throttle... Physicwise it feels like Velocidrone have a better physics but it's seems boring for me.. (I never did the multiplayer so that's important to mention) I gues i'll try the Uncrashed that looks interesting Thank you for the info great video as always!

[@Dragon129Slayer]

another great video, wealth of info!

[@ImperialArmour]

That's great and here are a bunch of positive words, good, great, relevant, happy, amazing, perfect video that I need to decide on a sim. I actually bought 2 on this list.

[@Przemo-c]

For me it's AI DroneSim all the way. The environments could use some work and I'm not into racing/multiplayer. But It's the one that clicked with me flying like my real quads. And the difference in physics department is rather big to the biggest players like liftoff and velocidrone. Works well for my 3 5 and 7 inch quads. Haven't tried whoops on it. But I barely launch any other drone "sim".

[@arnaudlecomte4381]

As always, thanks for those insights !

[@Skiinye]

Perfect vid Josh!!

[@camtron0]

Thanks for the tip for edge tx! I will install this

[@someoneonly]

I think its worth noting that liftoff and drl sim both have sales at time which drops the cost further unlike velocidrone

[@jonowillmer]

Thank you for your hard work!

[@RGMGFitness]

Just got done playing UNCRASHED (The Dock map) this weekend where you chase “drift cars” 🚗 around…..what a blast! Highly recommend! 👍👍

[@RealStuntPanda]

Good info thanks! It'd be helpful if you mention if these apps support VR. Thanks again.

[@erfanroghani]

thank you for this awesome video! But why didn't you talk about the Microsoft AirSim?

[@misterascher8758]

thanks for all the links and timestamps. nice👍

[@jubilantstudios]

Great video!

[@theazzi]

Thanks for the good work, do any of those can be used with a standard pc controller, maybe a free one?

[@gkcamden9050]

Thank you. This is perfect.

[@SirDavosChannel]

Thank you, very helpful!

[@adamvaughn2648]

New to FPV, got DRL sim and learned all the beginner onboarding lessons fast, however jumping up to intermediate there isn't as much guidance and its a much larger learning curve without the elevation lock or stability control on.

[@MEisLOLtoday]

Great video! So which sim has the best physics overall? 5 inch quads preferably..

[@raymondblanchard2213]

Might be fun to have inside of your house course as well, if contained all floors. Just make sure dogs are outside before sim can start :) But maybe lots of prep before mapping for vid, or use your footage from woops. I've seen 3 big layouts of pilots flying in their 3 story houses, cool.

[@filipvitek204]

Thank you for a comprehensive descriptions! Please, on those simulators, is there any where I can see my drone from 3rd perspective? I would love to see the movement patters of a drone.

[@dontecaul8890]

Purchased most of these Velocidrone just feels so much better. DRL physics are too tailored to 7inch when flying a 5 inch with the same beta flight settings it floats so much! So much more throttle needed to power out of corners. Finally flew my GEPRC Mk5 build and it was spot on to Velocidrone.

[@nigelolympia]

When your house makes it into a game, you've made it. That's so rad.

[@TheMadmacs]

awesome round up

[@DiegoFerreiradaSilva]

Very nice, thank you!!!

[@ToddIrwin]

funky beat at the end boss ill join someday ;D

[@aniwenetv]

Most valuable drone video.

[@imothy]

also you forgot to mention, TW-GO has seasonal competitions hosted by Jesse P. and it gets super competitive and fun. Its all run through discord voice chat.

[@airdevil21]

Thank you for this video! I didn't know about the orca fpv sim. I now use liftoff and liftoff micro drones and velocidrone with a jumper t lite on original software. So I have to update that with edge to get a better sim experience?

[@dave0sparky0matkin]

great vid thanks!

[@user-pq9wi4ql5z]

I didn’t know about gta5 dron mod, thank you so much :)

[@licensetodrive9930]

Many years ago I used FPV Freerider to learn the muscle memory of acro mode, it really worked, I even got an Android version so I can plug my TX into my phone to sim fly, but after learning acro the sim just didn't have the same kind of feel anymore, prefer to fly the real thing, but I probably do need to go back and learn some of the tricks all the kids these days are doing ;)

[@kurtzFPV]

Joshua's Playlist training acro with FPV Freerider that he did 5 or 6 years ago helped me a lot when I learned just over a year ago. I still like playing it once in a while even though I have most of the others as well.

[@ufopilotFPV]

I still use both versions of freerider. The first one has a random track generator which is priceless and the reloaded version has a full level/track editor to build your own. Both versions run perfectly on my phone.

[@verdi6092]

Yup agree.. n u can practice anywhere anytime with ur android

[@dark30welderwelding11]

Just subbed Thanks 🙏 guys

[@brennanlarnder7692]

I love that it'sblunty is in your videos!

[@flipugotthis]

Thx a lut! What about DCL? Helps me a lot getting into fpv from my xbox tho. I know, the real struggle u will have is getting a feeling for a real radio. Becourse xbox controllers got their sticks centered. But the next step was buying a real radio, buying dcl for pc, getting comfortable with it and bought a real drone to rip the real world. My personal favorit is uncrashed for freestyle

[@davideitner7164]

Hey Josh, I love what you do and all the knowledge you share and enjoy watching all your videos. Ive been debating this for a few weeks personally what backpack do you actually like better ? I’m really torn between the torvol Pitstop pro and the iflight quad backpack. Would love a response but don’t expect one haha since your practically famous. Thank you for all you do

[@JoshuaBardwell]

I use the iFlight as my daily now.

[@davideitner7164]

@@JoshuaBardwell awesome thank you for the response :) I’ll give it a shot

[@blazer5979]

Hey Joshua appreciate the content as always. Was wondering if there is any way to fix the usb latency bug on a Tango 2 Freedom TX setup? Thanks.

[@GerritADHS]

It would be amazing if you could do a roundup part II for MacOS ❤️

[@janjan2030]

Thx u guys 👍

[@papapun]

just wanted to point out that freerider sim lets you setup specs for your drone as well. not as robust as the ai drone sim, but you can at least dial in the floatiness of your quad if you have any experience with it. Also something you glossed over in the freerider recharged was that it offers a level builder as well as the ability to import other peoples maps. this helps keep things fresh or allows you to build specific things you want to get good at in freestyle.

[@wrstew1272]

Analytics! The bane of creators!!!

[@jf5336]

Gents, thanks so much. Sims are so much better to start out flying with. Happy New Year! Do you have recommendations for controllers? I'm so new to this, I need all the help I can get.

[@AndrewB_NNA]

I've been playing the DCL game because it came ""free"" with the new PS+ and have loads of fun. I'm really glad I decided to try it. Thinking about getting a real drone now. You can only use the PS controller for that version though obviously.

[@StephBeesse]

Hey, nice content, very useful. If i can give my 2 cents: Gta with the mod needs some tuning to be realistic, but after that it's just amazing, even on the physics and flying sensations.

[@justadude8716]

Huh, view of matlab but stayed for the fun. Now I'm curios about drone fpv racing!

[@tygger420]

gotta love the endings

[@sergentum]

My tip for the very beginning - gta v + drone mod. It gives huge, beautiful, alive map to explore and learn very basics of acro mode. I can't fly on those small maps for a long time time because it's super-boring. You can find videos on youtube to check how cool that is. About accuracy - yes it might be not the best, but there a lot of settings so if you know how it actually feels - you can set it up more or less correct.

[@Aixalld]

I have been using liftoff for awhile now, how is uncrashed feel, I have read some people saying it takes a lot of setting changes to make it feel real? also that GTA mode sounds cool I'll have to try that, and I might try vr mode as well might make me sick lol

[@SwellDrone]

Thanks again!

[@derqatarzan4207]

Tryp Fpv came out not long ago, gotta admit, it's my fav so far. We can chase things! :D

[@Ripen3]

Construction Site in FPV Skydive is awesome, beginners should give it a go!

[@EbrFPV]

Awesome round up. Question: does the Tango2 have the sim latency issue as well?

[@csmarkham]

Is it protocol-specific? Or is this what all the controllers use for USB connection? I also have the T2. I was looking for the link JB mentioned in the vid he would put up on how to do the flash as I would expect that to answer this question, but can't find it yet. I'll check in tomorrow or next year :) Or look through his video list (nope, didn't find it there--yet).

[@wearemany73]

This Sim Review was good 👍

[@cinewhoop]

The way Blunty says "Fairly popular video game where you go out and do various crimes and activities..." at 13:36 makes it sound like a nice family friendly game lmao.

[@marc_frank]

i have freerider on my phone then i moved to drl, it's amazing and after just ~300h i felt quite competent

[@marios739]

thx for teh video very helpful

[@Trust.theWord]

Thanks Joshua! Appreciate your videos. Do you happen to know which of the simulators supports fixed wing flyers?

[@JoshuaBardwell]

That would be a totally different group of programs like RealFlight.

[@Trust.theWord]

@@JoshuaBardwell Thanks!