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:

FlightSimExpo 2024 set a new attendance record while hosting significant announcements for the flight simulation community.
Microsoft unveiled *Flight Simulator 2024* as a new standalone title launching November 19, featuring new aircraft, enhanced visuals, and improved flight dynamics, while confirming continued monthly updates for *MSFS 2020* until 2028.
*X-Plane 12* announced upcoming performance and visual updates, along with the integration of its store directly into the software.
Artificial Intelligence was a central theme, with new AI-powered air traffic control, flight instructor, and copilot services introduced, alongside announcements of new hardware innovations and detailed aircraft models for both *MSFS* and *X-Plane*.

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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.