'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), launching November 19, is a brand-new, ground-up rebuild designed for enhanced performance, expandability, and reduced loading times.
It introduces significant realism improvements, including advanced aircraft system modeling with wear and tear, a dynamic new weather engine, and highly detailed ground environments with varied terrain interactions.
The simulator expands its world with a vast selection of new aircraft (including GA, helicopters, airliners), 160 upgraded airports, thousands of helipads and gliderports, and enhanced AI traffic.
A new, comprehensive career mode offers structured flight training and millions of dynamic missions (e.g., crop dusting, search and rescue), making the simulator more accessible and engaging for all pilot levels.

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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.