This series of lessons uses the free FPV Freerider simulator to teach a complete beginner how to fly an FPV multirotor in acro (no autoleveling) mode. You can learn to fly a quadcopter at home in front of your computer for almost no money. You can learn to fly without any fear of crashing and breaking an expensive toy. And yes, the things you learn here WILL translate over to real life.
In this lesson, we begin to learn basic aerobatic maneuvers: flips and rolls. Aerobatic maneuvers are not, strictly speaking, used in drone racing, but you certainly do want to be able to do something flashy as a flourish after you win a race, right?