The Drone Racing League Simulator
Skip · Multiplayer · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 48, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 14.9h
- Value
- $0.67/hr
- Reviews
- 79% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (2GB) or better, 15 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The DRL Simulator is the premier FPV racing game and simulator. The DRL Sim offers a robust, evolving feature set, including high-intensity drone racing. It packs tracks that DRL's real world pilots compete on, with more added every season. And, it's the only place to fly DRL's exclusive drone, the Racer4!
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
- Steam lists in-app purchases but we have no detail on them. Small caution applied.
The value story
The lowest price on record is $4.99, set in October 2020. It has been discounted 22 times in the 9 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 15 weeks between sales.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 18 percent on value. It is pricier than 64 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 80 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Automobilista 2 ($39.99, scores 52) beats it on value, while it beats Wild Warfare (free, scores 31).
11 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written November 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 41 percent of the 291 reviews written there were positive, against 79 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
23% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
18 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 20:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Really cool game, I like the maps and the start of the tutorial, it is one of the best in my opinion. But I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT since the servers have shut down. You can still play the maps offline but even the tutorial missions, you can only play the first 9 maps and then should connect to the server which does not work. So yes, the tutorial is really good but it is not complete and probably won't be again until...
DLR was my first and favorite FPV Simulator, but due to them shutting off the servers on XMAS 2025 I stopped using it altogether. No flying with friends and no leaderboards take the fun out of it.
Well it was fun while it lasted... The Drone Racing League (DRL) simulator servers are permanently or indefinitely down, leaving the game unable to connect online. No Official Support: The developers have provided no updates, and the domain registrar lists the main game domain as inactive, pointing to an abandoned project.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Drone Racing League Simulator scores 48/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/641780/the-drone-racing-league-simulatorReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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