FPV Worldwide: Real World Drone Simulator — patch notes and updates
Stored observation / content update:
Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1.3: USB radio fix on Mac | 2026-10-25 | Some USB radios in joystick mode (e.g. TBS / FreedomTX) were detected on Mac but their sticks were never read. This is now fixed. Thanks to PG for the report and the test!Nothing changes on Windows. |
| FPV Worldwide 2.1: new interface, flight log, winter world and LiDAR worlds | 2026-10-01 | A completely rebuilt interface A full redesign of the interface and the pause menu: icon tiles, gamepad or mouse navigation. A real navigable map with layers (LiDAR zones, pilot heatmap), a "go here" point and a full page for every spot. Flight log Four tabs, stats, records and badges. More than 360,000 places to discover in flight, sorted by type (peaks, lakes, passes, mountain huts…), with their name shown in the world above the place. A winter world A new Winter section in the W menu, with four presets (Early season, Deep winter, Storm, Spring) and sliders: snow line altitude, coverage, snow holding on steep slopes, melt. Everywhere in the |
| Update 2.0.2: DJI FPV RC 2 radio and Mac keyboard | 2026-09-29 | A quick little update, thanks for your feedback: Short-throw radios (DJI FPV Remote Controller 2 and similar): calibration and stick assignment now work even if the radio doesn't reach full travel. Mac: fixed an issue where the keyboard stopped responding in flight (Esc, P…) while the radio still worked. Esc now always opens the pause menu. Happy flying! — Robin |
| Update 2.0.1: Mac fixes, takeoff, rates and calibration | 2026-09-28 | Hey pilots, thanks for all your feedback since V2 came out. Here's 2.0.1: Mac: the game no longer freezes when quitting (before, the picture and mouse locked up and you had to force quit) Mac: Escape in flight opens the pause menu again, every time Takeoff: the drone is held in the air, with a prompt, until you apply throttle or move a stick, and it no longer falls through the ground when the scenery loads slowly Radios: new guided calibration, step by step: each step waits for your actual movement, you can go back, there's a "Redo calibration" button, and an inconsistent calibration is rejected and the previous one kept. New "Calibrate / ass |
| FPV Worldwide V2: every motor simulated, multiplayer, and Mac | 2026-09-24 | Hey pilots, V2 is here, free for everyone who owns the game. And it changes everything. Every motor simulated, a real PID loop at 1,000 Hz Betaflight-style emulated flight controller: per-axis PID, feed-forward, TPA, I-term relax, airmode, D-term filters All 4 motors simulated one by one: per-prop thrust, motor response time, yaw torque Your rates, exactly: Actual, Betaflight, Raceflight or Kiss Vortex ring state, propwash and battery sag New: multiplayer Your crew, any spot on Earth. Open a public or friends-only session, invite your friends through Steam, and fly together, PC and Mac in the same session. Chat, plus every pilot's name and di |
| 1.0.6 | 2024-09-18 | Performance optimization Added planes |
| 1.0.5 | 2024-09-17 | Smoother interface, cached spot images |
| 1.0.4 | 2024-09-15 | Added Cesium tutorial |
| 1.0.3 | 2024-09-13 | Small fixes Improved precision for adding spots |
| 1.0.2 | 2024-09-12 | Added option to disable sky and weather for slow computers Improve accessibility to configure controller |
| 1.0.1 | 2024-09-11 | Minor fixes to the spots added, which didn't always connect well with the user |