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Review: ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024’

Latest high-tech software version is everything to everyone—really.

'Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024' (MSFS2024) is a comprehensive next chapter in the storied franchise. [Courtesy: MSFS2024]
'Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024' (MSFS2024) is a comprehensive next chapter in the storied franchise. [Courtesy: MSFS2024]
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Key Takeaways:

  • Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (MSFS2024) is a comprehensive, community-driven overhaul, building on its predecessor with significant advancements and a massively expanded development team.
  • The simulator introduces groundbreaking visual and environmental realism, leveraging advanced AI, machine learning, and Bing Maps for highly detailed terrain, dynamic seasons, and intricate physical interactions with surfaces and atmospheric effects.
  • It features a vast array of new and upgraded aircraft, including blimps, airliners, and transport planes, alongside highly detailed "study-level" systems modeling, fully functional Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs), and realistic avionics behavior.
  • A major new career mode offers structured progression with diverse missions, aircraft ownership, and realistic wear-and-tear mechanics, complemented by casual challenge and photography modes, catering to both dedicated sim pilots and newcomers.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (MSFS2024) is a comprehensive next chapter in the storied franchise that builds on the successes of MSFS2020 and adds more, much more, to the flight simulation experience.

There’s a great deal to be excited about.

Sean Siff

Sean Siff is a private pilot who has worked in marketing in the aviation industry. He’s an active flight sim user as he works to stay current in the airplane.

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