The Drone Racing League is coming to Xbox. The league not too long ago introduced the launch of the Drone Racing League Simulator on Microsoft’s widespread gaming platform. As well as, the DRL is kicking off the 2020 DRL Allianz World Championship Season.
A dozen drone pilots will zip by means of 16 races, premiering on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 7pm ET on NBCSN, Twitter, and Fb Watch. Earlier this yr, the DRL sponsored the winner-take-all championship of the 2020 FanDuel DRL SIM Racing Cup, the fantasy, digital drone racing collection.
The Allianz Season will even happen within the DRL SIM, the drone racing online game that gamers can now obtain on Xbox and fly like the professionals. Avid gamers and prime pilots around the globe will navigate digital variations of customized, high-speed DRL Racer4 drones, flying by means of advanced, neon-bright programs broadcast in 50 nations.
“Competitors is human nature, however battlegrounds change: This 2020 DRL Allianz World Championship Season, we’re proudly owning the brand new actuality, the place there’s no distinction between the digital and the actual and testing the abilities of digital athletes,” DRL President Rachel Jacobson stated. “For the primary time ever, followers all over the place will get to play DRL on Xbox, giving them the feeling of flying within the cockpit of a racing drone, and watch the brand new taking part in subject unfold.”
The DRL Xbox sport options the identical drones, racing adventures and practical flying circumstances as raced within the 2020 season. By the sport’s 25 distinctive maps, 18 actual DRL tracks and a number of other multiplayer choices, DRL SIM gamers can discover new worlds, compete with buddies and race for an opportunity to grow to be an official DRL pilot.
“The DRL SIM on Xbox is the last word sport for anybody with a necessity for pace. It’s the identical sport that earned me a spot within the league final yr, the identical sport I follow on, and the identical sport I plan to win this 2020 Season’s Champion title,” stated player-turned-pro racer, DRL Pilot Christopher “Phluxy” Spangler.
The sport is constructed on real-world drone physics, enabling gamers to really feel as if they’re sitting within the precise drone and escaping into exhilarating locations with out ever leaving residence. Avid gamers can study to fly by means of the SIM’s 54-mission coaching session, soar by means of distinctive environments like amusement parks, forests and sports activities stadiums through freestyle mode and race towards buddies.
The perfect drone racers on the planet additionally practice and compete frequently on the DRL SIM, which is used to recruit new pilots into DRL and host skilled esports tournaments. Along with the brand new Xbox multiplayer sport, followers can even obtain the DRL SIM on Steam.