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austing024 Feb 17 @ 3:44pm
Liftoff vs Micro gravity
Does anyone switch between the two games? After doing so i feel the regular liftoff game feels much more floaty. Don't know if I can play the regular game after putting hours into Liftoff Micro with it feeling like such a difference
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0L1V31R4 Feb 18 @ 4:20am 
Originally posted by austing024:
Does anyone switch between the two games? After doing so i feel the regular liftoff game feels much more floaty. Don't know if I can play the regular game after putting hours into Liftoff Micro with it feeling like such a difference
From my experience (I only fly tinywhoop irl and bunch of sims like Liftoff, Liftoff Microdrones, Velocidrone, Uncrashed, DRL, TRYP) the Liftoff is one of those sims with most pleasant and less floaty flight feelings. Again just from my experience and I might be wrong but here are couple of factors that might add to floaty feel:
  • Scale. When you have no objects to compare sizes and distances to the flight might feel floaty. Of course if you climb up too high which you won't do irl but sim let you do safely and then it takes some time to go down it might feel floaty. Try climbing up very close to a tree, building wall, an electric pole so that you have a reference and cut throttle. Does that fall feel floaty? Try hovering from the ground a small height and cut throttle. Does it feel floaty?
  • Fisheye option gives me floaty feel so I don't use it.
  • Too high graphics settings may cause fps drops which to some extent influences the flight feel.
  • Drone setup also influences the flight feel same as irl. Lighter and more powerful drones feel lighter and weightless while heavier drones gives more inertia feel. If you take some light and powerfull racer drone in Liftoff it might give you floaty feel. Take something about 500-600g with 4-6kg trhrust and 90-120 km/h speed. Of course there will be different feel flying sim tinywhoop and sim 5 or 7 incher. Also, I might be wrong but an average tinywhoop speed is about 30-50 km/h while an average 5 incher is 90-150 km/h.
Hope some of those points were helpful, happy flying :steamhappy:
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austing024 Feb 18 @ 7:58am 
Originally posted by 0L1V31R4:
Originally posted by austing024:
Does anyone switch between the two games? After doing so i feel the regular liftoff game feels much more floaty. Don't know if I can play the regular game after putting hours into Liftoff Micro with it feeling like such a difference
From my experience (I only fly tinywhoop irl and bunch of sims like Liftoff, Liftoff Microdrones, Velocidrone, Uncrashed, DRL, TRYP) the Liftoff is one of those sims with most pleasant and less floaty flight feelings. Again just from my experience and I might be wrong but here are couple of factors that might add to floaty feel:
  • Scale. When you have no objects to compare sizes and distances to the flight might feel floaty. Of course if you climb up too high which you won't do irl but sim let you do safely and then it takes some time to go down it might feel floaty. Try climbing up very close to a tree, building wall, an electric pole so that you have a reference and cut throttle. Does that fall feel floaty? Try hovering from the ground a small height and cut throttle. Does it feel floaty?
  • Fisheye option gives me floaty feel so I don't use it.
  • Too high graphics settings may cause fps drops which to some extent influences the flight feel.
  • Drone setup also influences the flight feel same as irl. Lighter and more powerful drones feel lighter and weightless while heavier drones gives more inertia feel. If you take some light and powerfull racer drone in Liftoff it might give you floaty feel. Take something about 500-600g with 4-6kg trhrust and 90-120 km/h speed. Of course there will be different feel flying sim tinywhoop and sim 5 or 7 incher. Also, I might be wrong but an average tinywhoop speed is about 30-50 km/h while an average 5 incher is 90-150 km/h.
Hope some of those points were helpful, happy flying :steamhappy:


I appreciate the in depth reply!

The scale came to mind. For the most part I fly in the stadium map, it still feels floaty even going through the inside spaces in the map.

I have the fisheye option off

I have had my graphics setting turned down so i get at least 100 fps, i usually get 120 on my 165hz monitor

The drone setup is something I haven't looked too far into. I bought the games to practice for my DJI Avata 2. Someone made one that was supposed to be close to the Avata 2 in the workshop so I downloaded that and have mostly used that. If you have a drone recommendation whether its already in game or in the workshop for download I'd be happy to give it a try.

Thanks again!
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0L1V31R4 Feb 18 @ 10:30am 
Originally posted by austing024:
The drone setup is something I haven't looked too far into. I bought the games to practice for my DJI Avata 2. Someone made one that was supposed to be close to the Avata 2 in the workshop so I downloaded that and have mostly used that. If you have a drone recommendation whether its already in game or in the workshop for download I'd be happy to give it a try.
Thanks again!

Well if it feels floaty you can't do much about it unfortunately. But it's strange because among many sims I fly Liftoff and Velocidrone give me the best feel without any floatiness. Don't forget it's just a sim it's not perfect simulation, that's why I try to fly in couple of sims not to get used to one favorite. I fly with 132 FOV (field of view), and camera angle 30-35 (started with 20-25 when I was learning). I can share my quads that feels very comfortable to me but they are not similar to DJI Avata 2:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3403865970
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3451938854
I suggest trying all official and some workshop models to get one or couple that would be most comfortable for you. Might be that you just need some time to get used to throttle control. I'd recommend just more practice with your real quad, Liftoff, and Liftoff Microdrones, and any other sim you have. Hope it helps.
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austing024 Feb 18 @ 2:07pm 
Originally posted by 0L1V31R4:
Originally posted by austing024:
The drone setup is something I haven't looked too far into. I bought the games to practice for my DJI Avata 2. Someone made one that was supposed to be close to the Avata 2 in the workshop so I downloaded that and have mostly used that. If you have a drone recommendation whether its already in game or in the workshop for download I'd be happy to give it a try.
Thanks again!

Well if it feels floaty you can't do much about it unfortunately. But it's strange because among many sims I fly Liftoff and Velocidrone give me the best feel without any floatiness. Don't forget it's just a sim it's not perfect simulation, that's why I try to fly in couple of sims not to get used to one favorite. I fly with 132 FOV (field of view), and camera angle 30-35 (started with 20-25 when I was learning). I can share my quads that feels very comfortable to me but they are not similar to DJI Avata 2:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3429933208
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3403865970
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3403865200
I suggest trying all official and some workshop models to get one or couple that would be most comfortable for you. Might be that you just need some time to get used to throttle control. I'd recommend just more practice with your real quad, Liftoff, and Liftoff Microdrones, and any other sim you have. Hope it helps.


Appreciate the help!
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