Ukrainian drone pilots are training in GTA V. Not a joke.
The best FPV drone trainer in Ukraine right now is Grand Theft Auto V.
Vitrugan, a drone school certified by Ukraine’s MOD, modded GTA V into a full FPV sim.
Real telemetry on screen. Distance, RSSI, flight time. Radiomaster TX16S remotes plugged in.
Los Santos as the sandbox.
Pilots say it feels close to a real rig.
A 13-year-old game. A live war. Cheap, repeatable, yet effective.
One small flag: Vitrugan themselves said it’s “not a replacement for real training” – more of a way to keep fingers sharp between missions.