Asobo Studio’s weekly Flight Simulator update is out and it contains its usual smattering of information covering everything from core updates to the sim, bug fixes, a new aircraft released to the marketplace, and a partnership video with the EAA. Let’s have a look! Carenado’s PA44 Seminole is in the marketplace If you’re looking for…
Tag: Flight Simulator 2020
New CPU’s are changing the market for flight simmers now and in the future
For the last decade, if you wanted to get the best flight sim performance, you pretty much had to get one of Intel’s popular Core series of CPU’s and make that the heart of your simulation rig. AMD has had its time in the limelight before with the Athlon 64 but they haven’t been able…
Flight Simulator’s first patch is out, more to come
Asobo Studios plans to deliver a one-two punch with patches for Microsoft Flight Simulator with the first patch being made available yesterday and a follow-up patch due soon. This all according to the latest developer update which focuses in on the work that is being done to shore up some of Flight Simulators weak spots….
First flights in Microsoft Flight Simulator
It’s been just a few days but I’ve had my first flights in the public release version of Microsoft Flight Simulator checking out both the multiplayer and single player experience and I thought I would share my experiences. Checking out Billy Bishop (CYTZ) and the Toronto Area I wanted my first flight to be in…
Flight Simulator releases in just hours, first reviews in
Perhaps the biggest and most consequential release of a flight simulator in the better part of a decade is about to happen and depending on where you live in the world will depend on when you can start your downloads. The first reviews from the mainstream gaming press are also coming in so here’s what…
New DLC roadmap and interesting media coverage of Flight Simulator
With just 8 days to go until the release of Microsoft Flight Simulator, the new sim is picking up considerable traction all across the gaming news media in ways that most simulators just never get to. This sim has the attention of so many more than typical and that’s produced some interesting news articles including…
Flight Simulator goes beyond just 40 airports
There’s been some confusion since the announcement that Microsoft Flight Simulator is coming out August 18 with some worried that the title will ship with just 40 airports. This is what we know about the locations that you’ll be able to land and takeoff from in the new Flight Simulator. Thirty Seven Thousand According to…
FlightAware to fill Flight Simulator’s virtual skies with airplanes
The latest Partnership Announcement for Microsoft Flight Simulator looks set to make sure that the skies of Microsoft Flight Simulator are filled with aircraft using real world data. To do that, they are partnering with FlightAware, a data based company that supplies data to airport status billboards and to companies like Google who use that…
New insights into post launch flight planning for Flight Simulator
Microsoft’s latest partnership series update introduces is to NavBlue, owned by Airbus, that provides navigational information and will be supplying that information to the simulation at and post launch. It gives us a peek at what the simulator might be offering in the future. Let’s have a look at what we know and do a…
What we learned from Flight Simulator Dicovery Series 6: Airports
Right on schedule, Flight Simulator Discovery Series 6: Airports is out with details about how airports are built, what they are like, and what we can expect from Microsoft Flight Simulator. Lets dig into the details! Thirsty seven thousand airports This is the number that Sven Mestas, Lead Game Designer from Asobo Studio quoted as…
Stormbirds 