![]() ![]() That incident follows a more problematic one at Gatwick in 2018, with the whole airport shut for over a day following other apparent drone sightings that were never satisfactorily proven.ĭJI drones are unable to take off around airports, as the company has geo-restricted zones in its software to prevent that from happening. ![]() In the UK, Gatwick airport had to close and divert flights on Sunday, May 14 after a "suspected drone" was apparently spotted close to the close to the airfield. There doesn't appear to be any ultimate aim to DJI's drone simulator, other than to give you an open-world playground to practice your flying skills – which is something of a coincidence given drones have hit the headlines again for all the wrong reasons. Preparing for lift-offĪ laptop screen showing DJI's drone simulator This suggests it isn't ready – or intended – for a wider release, but it's a fun diversion for anyone who's been looking to sharpen their drone flying skills. Another tap of the 'C' button will take you to a view of two hands holding a controller, with a tablet acting as your viewfinder.ĭJI's drone simulator is a little temperamental – we got regular warnings about the network being too slow, which dropped the frame-rate to unusably low levels. The default one is effectively a third-person view of your drone in the sky, but tapping the 'C' key will take you on board the drone complete with a GPS map in the corner. You also get three different views to choose from. ![]() And yes, it's possible to crash if you get too carried away, with an action replay showing your (fortunately inexpensive) incident before respawning your drone where it started. Once you're airborne, you can also take photos and videos using the 'P' and 'L' keys. To take off, you need to hold the 'S', 'D', 'left' and 'down' cursor buttons and then the "W" key. Now, this is probably a good thing for practicing real drone racing, but stick drift is not an uncommon issue and I wasn’t even aware my controller had this issue until I started playing the game.You control the virtual drone using a combination of four-letter keys (which represent the left stick of a drone controller) and four cursor keys, which help you control the drone's roll and pitch. There is a calibration menu but I struggled to adjust things – which ties back to the menu issues – and even when I thought I figured it out I still couldn’t get it to work perfectly. The controller I was using to play has never exhibited any sign of stick drift, but I was constantly drifting to the left while playing. The second issue is less the fault of the game and more a hardware issue, but if your controller has any amount of stick drift, and I mean any, the game will register it. I also would accidentally select things while navigating and sometimes lose my selection because the menus were so busy. I also got a frequent stream of invites from other online players to join races, and while I could decline them, it wasn’t uncommon for me to accidentally select the invite before having to close out of it. This also means the menus are designed for mouse and keyboard, making them clunky to navigate with a controller. The Drone Racing League Simulator was released on PC in 2017 which means it’s a port to console. On the other side of things, this is a review for a game on Xbox One, and there are a few issues that need to be mentioned. ![]()
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