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Microsoft Flight Simulator a day  earlier than previously announced. This update comes with an extensive list of new features added and various improvements made across the board. Clocking in at 7.97GB for the main update and 1GB for the client update, there’s a lot to unpack. For one thing, there’s a surprise in this latest update: legacy paint schemes from  FSX. Legacy simmers will surely recall the fictional airlines of the series like World Travel and Orbit Airlines. Paint schemes for...

Today Microsoft hosted a Q&A livestream with the developers of Microsoft Flight Simulator, offering a lot of details about future plans. We hear from head of Microsoft Flight Sim Jorg Neuman, Asobo CEO Sebastian Wlock, and executive producer Martial Bossard. They mentioned that the upcoming update dedicated to the UK and Ireland may come next week, but the day isn’t determined yet. The cities that will get a photogrammetry update are London, Birmingham Oxford, Cambridge, and Bristol. Below...

December 22nd, 2020 Asobo Studio/Microsoft Microsoft Flight Simulator now supports most virtual reality headsets. If you have a headset that’s SteamVR compatible or OpenXR compliant, such as an HTC Vive, Oculus or Windows Mixed Reality one, youll be able to explore the world in VR following the latest update. Windows Mixed Reality headset owners were able to try the feature first as part of a closed beta, but now it’s open to everyone. Alongside VR support, Asobo has added real-time snow an...