Drone Racing League launches flight simulator competition on NBC

Today the Drone Racing League announced the launch of the DRL SIM Racing Cup, a competition that takes place entirely inside the DRL SIM flight simulator. Professional drone pilots used to controlling drones at 90 miles per hour will navigate the virtual environment in a competition broadcast on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN). The first flights take off Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Pacific.

“We’ve never done it before,” DRL founder Nicholas Horbaczewski told VentureBeat in a phone interview. “We’re effectively creating a full racing circuit using the best pilots in the world, so it will really show what the simulation kit and pilots are capable of.”