
There is also a highly detailed and comprehensive new checklist system. Essentially, whatever you would see if you sat in the cockpit of the real thing, you will see in the virtual equivalent. It isn’t just the exterior of the planes that is highly authentic, this realism continues in abundance in the cockpit, which is “highly detailed and accurate”. So, what can we expect with the upcoming release? Well, it would appear, quite a lot.ĭepending on the edition you wish to purchase (which we will move on to shortly) you will receive up to 40 further highly detailed aircraft – and these range from smaller light planes to huge commercial airliners, as well as up to 40 highly detailed airports, much more intricately designed and replicated than the 37,000 generic airports also available to land and take-off from, each of which is still amazingly reproduced and easily recognizable to anyone with an interest in aviation. Now, with the technological advances in the decades since, everything is in place to roll out and finally release it. The world was an entirely different place in the early-1980s, as was the technology and hardware available. Indeed, it has been almost 40 years since the first Microsoft Flight Simulator was released back in 1982, so it is hard to disagree with the developers that it is “the right time to develop the next generation of Microsoft Flight Simulator”. The release will be available for PC as well as Xbox Game Pass for PC (Beta).

Official Pre-Order Launch Trailer Video.You can jump to the individual sections of this article using the links below: At first, we thought it was a hoax (like our 2014 April fools joke) however the video was verified and had been released on Microsoft's official Xbox YouTube channel.

The announcement was made via a YouTube video previewing the new sim. This is a developing story so be sure to bookmark this page - it will be updated regularly with more information as and when it becomes available. We weren't expecting this announcement - given the history of Microsoft's attempts to revise its historic Microsoft Flight Simulator package (aka Microsoft Flight). The official name for Microsoft's latest simulator is simply "Microsoft Flight Simulator" or abbreviated as MSFS. Announced by Microsoft at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2019 (E3 2019) is their new flight simulator package set for release in 2020 for both PC and Xbox.
