Highlights From FlightSimExpo 2024

Convention provides updates on top simulator titles and more.

Sean Siff

Monday, June 24, 2024 at 12:30 PM ET

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Edited By: tccjeremy

FlightSimExpo 2024 in Las Vegas over the weekend enjoyed record-setting attendance. [FlightSimExpo]

Key Takeaways:

Microsoft announced "Flight Simulator 2024" as a new standalone title launching November 19, featuring new aircraft, improved visuals, and enhanced flight dynamics, while committing to monthly updates for "Flight Simulator 2020" until 2028.
Artificial intelligence emerged as a key theme, with new AI-powered air traffic control and flight assistant services like SayIntentions.AI and FlyShirley.com being introduced, often with reduced subscription costs.
New flight simulation hardware was showcased, including WinWing's lower-priced aircraft controls and FliteSim.com's force feedback yokes, alongside updates on detailed new aircraft models for both MSFS and X-Plane 12.

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LAS VEGAS—Since 2018, the Flight Sim Association has been organizing an annual convention, FlightSimExpo, for flight simulation enthusiasts attended by both sim and real-world pilots, software, and hardware developers.

Over 2,000 simulator enthusiasts, a new attendance record, gathered in the comfort of the air conditioning inside the Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Convention Center while near-record heat scorched the city’s world-famous strip and surrounding desert.