Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

A summary of the planes and airports included in the three versions. Given the price of current software add-ons for other flight simulators, it'd cost £100s to match this.

 


anth said:
Only UK airport is Heathrow and that’s in the premium version.
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There are 37,000 airports, dozens of which have been modelled to a high spec. The ones listed are up to the standard of the stand-alone retail airports, which normally cost £20-30 a pop. Still, it's a bit of a cheap shot to hold back some major airports for the deluxe versions - given that the natural customers for them would probably be hankering after more obscure airports.
 
In winter, probably about 5-10% of flights get diverted from Gibraltar to Málaga, because of wind, and a very short runway, so Gibraltar might make an interesting runway for anyone to try not to crash on.

One time, after a bit of a session, the Gib police were trying to hurry my dad up, he was staggering across the runway, as the plane was making its final descent to land.

Doubt you'll get that on the simulation, mind.
 
Always fancied treating myself to one of them real flight simulators that ate used to train pilots .
Sure there’s one in Teeside somewhere
 
Hulkster said:
But could you take over a plane if the pilot became incapacitated?

That's sure the entire point of these games, no?
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Yes I could. I would need help from ATC but these days with auto land, autobrake etc etc I could land one.

I mean someone would need to put out the fire and all the other mess but hey - I had a go
JJH said:
Always fancied treating myself to one of them real flight simulators that ate used to train pilots .
Sure there’s one in Teeside somewhere
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Book yourself a flight mate. Not too expensive and actually counts towards your PPL.

Cessna if you want great views looking down or Piper if you like the security of the feeling of sitting on the wings and better upwards viewing
 
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sick said:
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 will require, at minimum, a Windows 10 PC with either an Intel i5-4460 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 processor, an Nvidia GTX 770 or AMD Radeon RX 570 GPU, 8 GB RAM, 2 GB VRAM, 150GB of hard drive space, and support for DirectX 11.

According to Windows Central, Microsoft recommends an Intel i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X CPU, Nvidia GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 590 graphics, 4GB of VRAM, 16GB of RAM, and a 20Mbps download speed.

Not too beastly. I've never played anything that needs 20Mbps internet before though, or is that normal for online gamer people ?
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you need fast internet because it loads map and satellite imagery data in real-time from the cloud so it can maintain the visuals.
 
Pseudonym Number 1 said:
Must be a huge file, read somewhere that the physical edition has 10 discs.
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To run it in top spec mode it needs a constant internet connection because it streams the scenery like watching a film on Netflix as you fly along.
Super Elmo said:
you need fast internet because it loads map and satellite imagery data in real-time from the cloud so it can maintain the visuals.
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What he said
royaldragon said:
I'm an Tech Alpha tester for MSFS, people will be very surprised that you don't need a NASA PC to run it smoothly, most we'll get decent FPS. I can't say too much at the minute because I'm still bound by the NDA.
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Is it canny though marra?
RichD said:
Apart from taking off and landing I can't see the point...
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Well it means you can take off in one place and land in another, you could try landing in the deck of an aircraft carrier
 
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lurker said:
To run it in top spec mode it needs a constant internet connection because it streams the scenery like watching a film on Netflix as you fly along.

What he said

Is it canny though marra?

Well it means you can take off in one place and land in another, you could try landing in the deck of an aircraft carrier
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Sounds fascinating...
 
Marty Moose said:
Do you just take off, hoy the autopilot on and then stare out of the cockpit at the sky for eight hours? It's not like you're going to get engaged in a dogfight with the red baron or owt
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You missed out shagging the cabin crew in the hotel at the destination.

How do people ever get enough time to play on Play Stations as adults? I've hardly got time to sit down and read, something I love doing, but I find myself with less and less time to do it. Playing computer games no longer appeals to me as an adult, but I get that it does for others. Even if it did I'd find it too addictive and it would just eat into the time I need to do real word stuff.
 
Kent_Mackem said:
You missed out shagging the cabin crew in the hotel at the destination.

How do people ever get enough time to play on Play Stations as adults? I've hardly got time to sit down and read, something I love doing, but I find myself with less and less time to do it. Playing computer games no longer appeals to me as an adult, but I get that it does for others. Even if it did I'd find it too addictive and it would just eat into the time I need to do real word stuff.
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Just like people making time for a game of golf or going to the match.
 
RichD said:
Apart from taking off and landing I can't see the point...
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It's applying all the knowledge and navigation needed to get from A to B. There's a lot of satisfaction in doing everything properly, then seeing your destination runway perfectly lined up 10 miles ahead of you then landing just as you would in real life. Takes quite a bit of dedication to be good enough to replicate everything as it is in real life, and a lot of it transferable to the real world, could definitely get a Private Pilots Licence a lot easier than someone who's never used Flight Sim properly.
 
Marty Moose said:
Do you just take off, hoy the autopilot on and then stare out of the cockpit at the sky for eight hours? It's not like you're going to get engaged in a dogfight with the red baron or owt
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My old flatmate used to do Heathrow jfk and do exactly that. He was a total ronker. Played piano in West end musicals and am pretty sure was a horrendous sexual deviant and grinder user.
 

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