The Zone - FPV Drone Simulator Steam news

• Latest observed players23 · 25 September 2026 - 13:22:50 UTC
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• Review score97% positive
• Total reviews230
• Release dateMar 7, 2025
• DeveloperNils Vollenbruch (@nils vo)
• PublisherNils Vollenbruch (@nils vo)

Genres: Racing, Simulation, Early Access

Company pages: Developer: Nils Vollenbruch (@nils vo)Publisher: Nils Vollenbruch (@nils vo)

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The Zone - FPV Drone Simulator Steam news

The Zone - FPV Drone Simulator news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• (Hopefully) permanent fix for MacOS 27 Golden gate - 24 September 2026

  - Updated controller detection is now the default - Fixed OS error 0 when launching

• MacOS 27 Golden gate controller fix - 19 September 2026

  - Added controller compatibility mode launch option on macOS

• Small performance and stability tweaks - 13 September 2026

  - Physics rate should now stay locked at 250hz when 500hz is clearly causing issues - MacOS now also uses a monospace font

• Linux hotfix - 13 September 2026

  - Fixed crashes on startup

• Linux native - 12 September 2026

  Added native support for LinuxController channels should work properly now without HIDRAW hack

• Lighting v3 - 9 September 2026

  - Added different weather and light conditions - Lights and shadows now have color - Slightly updated OG Bando map - Slightly updated Plaza map - Improved glass visibility

• New map: Plaza (beta) - 17 August 2026

  - Added new Plaza map, designed for smaller quads - There are some known small issues with the map still, so it's in Beta for now :) - Slightly adjusted FPV camera position on 5" and 3.5" quads to avoid the frame being in view on high tilt and FoV settings

• New 3D models for all the drones - 9 August 2026

  - New 3D models for 5" Freestyle, 3.5" Freestyle, 65mm Whoop - Added indicator when Headtracker is active

• New input system + Headtracker feature - 24 June 2026

  - Updated input system to support more controller buttons - Added more calibration options for weird controllers - Added Head-tracking feature (must be bound to an Analog axis) - Added "Flip over (T)" as a controller bind - Visual update for main menu UI

• Added 2.5" Freestyle (Kayoumini) - 16 June 2026

  - Added 2.5" Freestyle drone based on the Kayoumini - Visual update for 85mm drone - Tweaked lighting settings for other online player models and trails

• Fixed wind issues causing tutorial to not work - 20 May 2026

  - Disabled wind by default (it wasn't supposed to go live in the first place) - Fixed bug where wind stays on slightly even when disabled - If you want to turn it back on, type "/set wind_speed 10" in the chat

• Closed alpha for custom race editor - 11 May 2026

  - Work in progress alpha custom race editor - Join discord for instructions on how to enable it

• Performance tweak - 19 April 2026

  - Automatically change physics simulation speed when CPU is tired - Rename system latency tester to make it less confusing

• Latency simulation and performance improvements - 7 April 2026

  - Added latency simulation - Added latency tester for input and monitor latency - Improved physics consistency at lower FPS - Reduced overall input latency slightly - Fixed stutter when spectating multiple people with picture-in-picture

• Hotfix for last update - 16 March 2026

  I might or might have not deleted a useless looking line of code that was in fact not useless at all

• Small fixes - 16 March 2026

  - Fix bug where Achievements can be set to NaN - Decrease picture-in-picture spectate FoV

• Bug fixes and quality of life updates - 10 March 2026

  - Mouse cursor now auto hides after a few seconds - Respawn switch now also resets the Race timer - Player list no longer overflows - Increased chat readability - Auto hide chat messages after a while - Removed "Player joined the server" message - No longer allow binding the same action to 2 switches - Adjusted pricing for Poland

• New map browser - 1 February 2026

  - New server browser UI- Added more community maps to server list- Improved map download speed- Cancelled or failed downloads should no longer brick the map

• Brightness and performance tweaks - 31 January 2026

  Decreased brightness a bitIncreased FPS slightly and potential fix for micro stutters on some systems

• Alright I fixed the graphics - 23 January 2026

  Added Ray-traced lighting to OG Bando and Triangle BandoAdded auto-exposure camera effectIncreased FPS by 2-3x on most systems

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