It's looking pretty spectacular, hopefully it all runs and plays smoothly because I could right do with a nice chilled flight sim to woosh about in.UPDATE: Microsoft has clarified how the airports in the various editions of Microsoft Flight Simulator will work, after a request from Eurogamer.
Standard edition players will be able to fly from all the airports in the game, but there are "hand crafted" elements that will improve the experience from those airports included in the different editions. So, the premium edition Heathrow, for example, will be better than the Heathrow in the standard and deluxe editions. But that does mean standard edition users will indeed be able to fly from Heathrow, as well as all UK airports.
Here's the statement from a Microsoft spokesperson:
"Microsoft Flight Simulator includes nearly every airport around that globe that is represented in Bing Maps, which is roughly 37,000. However, of those 37,000 airports, we have specifically hand-crafted 40 of them (depending on the edition - 30 for Standard Edition, 35 for Deluxe Edition, 40 for Premium Deluxe Edition) for the most realistic and immersive simulation experience."
I've asked what the difference is between, for example, standard edition Heathrow and premium edition Heathrow.
GurtTractor wrote:The general vibe from seasoned simmers about the pricing seems to be pretty positive. Things like the weather, specific locales, even trees are typically additional paid addons in other games, so relative to those this seems like great value considering it features the entire world rendered pretty convincingly.
RamSteelwood wrote:if i play this it will be to take the biggest and/or fastest plane, take off, try to do a loop and then try to land it....
no doubt I'll crash and never play it again.
GurtTractor wrote:I'm curious to see how effective the coverage of high detail is. I expect there will be areas that are a bit janky and low res, that's fine though really and all part of the fun.
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