'Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024' Preview: Advanced, Audacious Leap Forward

The new iteration of the flight simulator franchise set for release in November features improved aircraft flight models and new aviation careers.

Sean Siff

Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:26 PM ET

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is set to release on November 19. [Courtesy: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024]

Key Takeaways:

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (MSFS2024) is a brand-new, ground-up rebuild launching November 19, designed to be the franchise's most advanced simulator, featuring technical improvements like cloud streaming for faster loading.
The new simulator offers extensive upgrades to aircraft (new models, advanced system modeling) and a vastly improved global environment, including dynamic weather, high-resolution ground detail, realistic surface interactions, and expanded infrastructure like airports, helipads, and gliderports.
MSFS2024 introduces a comprehensive "Career Mode" with flight school, diverse missions (e.g., crop dusting, search and rescue), wear-and-tear mechanics, and new challenge and photography modes, catering to both new players and experienced sim pilots.

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Four years after the launch of Microsoft Flight Simulator in August 2020, developers are preparing the launch of the most advanced and audacious Microsoft simulator software product in the 40-plus-year-old franchise’s history.

In a media preview that took place in early September, journalists were given a few hours of early access to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (MSFS2024) to see just how much more is coming to flight sim pilots on November 19.