The new Flight Simulator is 4,000 times better than the previous one (or so they say)

It may not be talked about much, or not as much as other games, but quietly Microsoft Flight Simulator has been with us for 42 years, during which more than a dozen titles have been released. In 1982, it broke all the standards of the time, and its new game, which just came out a few days ago, not only promises to do the same in its niche (flight simulators), but according to its developers, it has marked a before and after.

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The latest Microsoft Flight Simulator was released in 2020, that year that simultaneously feels like it happened three decades ago and five minutes ago, and fans were clamoring for a new title exclusive to PC and Xbox Series. And the wait has been worth it: it is spectacular, has improved fidelity, and even offers all kinds of air simulation, from balloon travel to helicopter flight. No expense spared.

The game creators have actually stated that not only can you explore the planet Earth in its entirety, but technology has improved so much since 2020 that the level of detail is “4000 times greater.” And that’s even with having to compress and optimize, so it wouldn’t be an unfathomable game.

To give an example of the level of detail, in 2024, you can no longer land anywhere with a plane and get off: if there are rocks or it’s a cliff, you won’t be able to do it. And there are many, many rocks all over the planet. And after all, engine failures are much more frequent than we would like (mind you, also in real life), so you will have no choice but to try to find a place where there are no rocks everywhere.

Come on, if you want the ultimate simulator, you have it, and they have added so many things that it seems, directly, like madness. Now you just need to like flight simulators, of course…

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