It's been over a decade since Microsoft released a new flight simulator but that all ends on August 18th with the release of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020! This simulator seems to be a game changer as Microsoft is leveraging Bing Maps data, AI and it's Azure cloud servers to basically 3D generate the entire Earth and every house, building, and airport on it. Real time air traffic and weather will be in the game as well. Check out the level of detail below from the launch trailer, crazy.

It's time to land a Cessna on the road in front of the Stern factory lol.

Microsoft is releasing 3 versions of Flight Simulator 2020, standard, premium, and deluxe. The higher end version includes more planes and handcrafted airports. Even though 35,000+ airports on Earth are created using Bing Maps, AI and Azure data a number of airports have been handcrafted with extra details.

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-airports

More info

https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-release-date-trailer/

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Lots of new videos now coming out as a wider beta is now occurring. The "game" looks amazing. Just got in my new PC parts.

Looking forward to trying out the Icon A5 in the sim.

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Anyone else playing MSFS 2020 now that it's been out a couple months? I just got a 3080 Founders Edition for my new PC and it's been a huge jump over the original 1080 I had in there. I've been playing the sim at low to average difficulty for the past month but want to start trying the more difficult settings and properly start the plane.

Cool! The Honeycomb Yoke is amazing, I picked one up a couple months back. Have you seen the upcoming Honeycomb Quadrant? Looks sick.

https://flyhoneycomb.com/products/bravo-throttle-quadrant

Sweet. I wish I got in on the preorders but missed them, seems like its going to be another hard to get item. It's crazy seeing almost all flight sim accessories being out of stock. With more people at home due to the pandemic and the release of MSFS 2020 it seems like there's been a big uptick in the hobby.

Hi! I would be happy to suggest some options. What is your budget for a PC, display, and flight controls?