The next Liftoff update will bring a major improvements to the race and laptime multiplayer leaderboards.


If you want to immortalize your spot in the legancy Liftoff leaderboard archives, now’s your chance. With the next update, multiplayer leaderboards will reset for a fresh start with a new, improved, and more transparent system. We're excited!


Since 2018, pilots have posted close to 1.5 million high scores across monthly leaderboards for official tracks and all-time leaderboards for community tracks. Over time, a group of elite pilots emerged, constantly challenging each other and grinding tracks to shave off milliseconds for the top spot, sometimes where even a single frame-per-second in system performance made the difference.

To bring an exciting fresh start to the Liftoff online rankings, we're announcing a soft reset of the multiplayer leaderboards. This means we'll archive all scores that have been made up until the point of the release of this update. You'll still be able to check out your previous achievements in the multiplayer leaderboards menu, accessible from the main menu. Apart from providing a fresh start, the leaderboards will also receive a great overhaul. Note: only multiplayer leaderboards will be archived, Liftoff Pro League leaderboards will remain unchanged.

Along with a fresh start, the leaderboards are getting a major overhaul:

• Simplified menu controls for easier navigation.
  
• View the drone setup used for the record
  
• See the date when the record was set.
  
• Copy the drone setup to your own fleet and try it yourself.
  
• Watch a replay of the record-setting run directly.
  
• New rule: Proof is required, no new high scores will be accepted without a replay.
  
• All leaderboards before the update will be archived and will remain accessible in-game.

To better showcase your achievements, your personal best will now appear below your name in multiplayer real-time rankings. When you set a new record, a game-wide message will broadcast your achievement to everyone, making it clear who they’re up against.

Welcome to Rustline, the newest Liftoff environment where steel breathes, smoke stacks groan, and the wind tastes like rust and oil.

Navigate a sprawling industrial zone packed with towering warehouses, roaring trains, chemical plants, and canals lined with slow-moving barges. This gritty playground is wired with danger and built for flight. Skim rooftops, dive smokestacks, and thread your way through the machinery of a world long forgotten.

Throttle up, pilot. Rustline is live!

• Added Rustline environment
  
• Added 3 brand new official racetracks for Rustline
  
• Cebit tower in Hannover fixed single sided top
  
• Drainpipe Missing collision fixed in Bando city

On feathered wings or rotor's hum,
Easter magic, here they come!

Only 5 days left to crack the code and collect all Easter eggs in one environment! Do it, and you'll unlock the “Easter Egg Hunting” achievement.
Ready, set, scramble!

Our Discord community helped identify some quirks with a few of the recently added propellers that allowed for ultra-fast performance. Thanks to their feedback, this update brings everything back in balance for an even better flying experience.

• Fixed an issue where some propellers didn't get properly included in the drag baking process, resulting in faster than expected drone setups. Affected propellers are: DJI FPV Propellers, Gemfan Hurricane 51466-3 MCK V2, Gemfan Freestyle 4S and Gemfan Vannystyle 5136-3

In that same Discord server, we recently asked the community how they’d feel about a potential reset of the in-game multiplayer leaderboards. Based on those conversations and early poll results, the general consensus is clear: most are in favor. A reset promises a fresh competitive wave, giving today’s top pilots a chance to shine and offering everyone a clean slate to climb.

With nearly a decade of racing behind us, it feels like the right moment to spotlight the current generation of players. To support this new chapter, an upcoming update for Liftoff FPV will introduce a soft reset of the multiplayer leaderboards. From that point on, visible rankings in multiplayer lobbies will reflect newly earned records only. Even more exciting: each leaderboard entry will now include a flight recording, allowing players to view, analyze, and learn from each top run, including the setup used to achieve it.

To honor the past, all legacy leaderboard data will remain available in a dedicated section of the leaderboard menu. And rest assured, this reset will not affect personal bests in offline single-player modes, nor will it impact the Liftoff Pro League rankings.

Because this soft reset will impact all active players, we’d love to hear from the Steam community before moving forward. Your input truly matters.

After years of requests, we’re finally doing it, introducing "Improved Walk Mode"! 👣

That’s right! Experience the thrill of true-to-life pilot movement as you slowly walk to the perfect liftoff spot! Navigate complex environments, hunt down your crashed drone (replacing the reset function), and swap out LiPos by hand, just like in real life. You wanted realism? We’re taking it to the next level.

Features include:
✅ Full-body motion capture (via your webcam… kind of)
✅ New ‘Trip and Fall’ physics for ultimate realism
✅ Battery Carry Challenge – how many can you hold at once?
✅ More tall grass in levels, making your crashed drone nearly impossible to find—just like real life!

Say goodbye to flying-only, Liftoff is all about taking FPV back to its roots: the ground.



Our Walk Mode is currently in beta testing and can be unlocked in two ways:

💰 Hit the donate button in-game to access it instantly.
🪙 Or, for the budget-conscious pilots, collect 100 in-game crypto coins hidden throughout the levels.

Your choice, support innovation or embrace the grind!

Wishing you a pot of gold this St. Patrick's Day.

Hunt down 5 pots of gold in a single environment during this event to unlock the elusive "Leprechaun Madness" achievement! 🌈 Pro tip: Let the rainbows be your golden guide!

May the shamrock's petals sprinkle you with endless luck and joy! 🍀

Showing our love to the community, we celebrate valentine in our 3 day in-game event.

Collect all the hearts in a single environment during the Valentine's Day event and unlock the "Heart Collector" achievement.

To our beloved Liftoff community, we extend our deepest gratitude for your unwavering support and boundless love. You are the heartbeat of our world, and we cherish each and every one of you dearly.

Not much of Liftoff’s original 2015 version remains, most of its code has been rewritten, and much of the content refreshed. Back then, it launched as a single-player experience with just 3 drones, 4 levels, and none of the features we now take for granted: leaderboards, freestyle mode, bots, tutorials, or a track builder. With everything we’ve achieved so far, imagine what the next 10 years could bring. We’re fully committed to supporting Liftoff for another decade.

As we step into 2025, what’s on the horizon? Our plan remains clear: continuing with our tried-and-true approach: improving whats already there and rolling out new features and content.

Currently, we have two levels in production, each at different stages of development. The first, titled "Rustline," is slated for release in Q1 of this year. Here's a very early sneak peak.





This year is particularly special as it marks the 10th anniversary of Liftoff, a decade of innovation, community, and progress.

This anniversary marks the start of an exciting new chapter with our sights set on Liftoff 2.0. Our focus: refreshing older content and visuals while expanding customization options. We want Liftoff to evolve from a sim built for you to a sim you can shape: your drones, your levels, your content, your vibes.

It begins with the launch of a completely revamped track builder (a true game changer), soon to be followed by a HUD customization tool, now in its final stages of development. For a glimpse of Liftoff’s fresh new look, here’s a preview of our UI revamp, making Liftoff look less 2015 and more 2025 from the moment you booth up the sim:





Disclaimer: Nothing shared in this post is set in stone. We follow an organic development approach, and plans may evolve over time based on opportunities and community feedback. While we’re eager to get everything into your hands as quickly as possible, we’re fully committed to taking the time needed to ensure everything is done just right.

A few additional fixes and optimizations, along with an improved drone search option based on community feedback.

• Updated: the drone selection menu's can now search for drone setups, and the layout has been made more consistent.
  
• Updated: Hall26 lighting, performance and thumbnails.
  
• Fixed: several texture and material shadows.
  
• Fixed: the race timer would start before arming the drone in the rare case where the first checkpoint of the race was right in between the environment's origin point and the drone spawnpoint.
  
• Other: split up large game files into several smaller packages so that future updates to textures and materials will result in smaller updates.
  
• Minor backend bugfixes

Gather 'round, dear friends, for a joyous celebration awaits in our festive 4-week in-game holiday extravaganza!

Embrace the spirit of the season as you embark on a merry quest to uncover every snowman nestled within a single Liftoff level. With each discovery, unlock the enchanting "Snow Spotter" achievement.
May your days be merry and bright.