**** Official Microsoft Flight Simulator Thread ****

[Participant]

So will this need to stream the scenery over the internet in real time? Or will there be the option of locally downloaded scenery packs etc.?

Wondering on cost and hardware requirements for a good 4K experience too .

 

[Shoeyuk]

Yeah I am not too hopeful either, guess they got loads of people with 8700k's and 1080 ti's

 

[andy_mk3]

So will this need to stream the scenery over the internet in real time? Or will there be the option of locally downloaded scenery packs etc.?

Wondering on cost and hardware requirements for a good 4K experience too .

By the sounds of it you will be able to cache a certain amount of data locally, so I think it'll work fairly well.

What would be good is a slider to assign X amount of disk space for local caching.

 

[shawty1984]

I've seen a few people mention this being made for the next generation of Xbox, Xbox Series X. Has anyone got any information on that because as far as I'm aware it's being made for the Xbox One.

 

[Mr_Sukebe]

I don’t remember reading anything that was specific about whether it would work on the existing or upcoming Xbox. My guess is that it will be being designed for the new one as a potential “killer app”.
After all, Sony will have no response with the PS5

 

[shawty1984]

I don’t remember reading anything that was specific about whether it would work on the existing or upcoming Xbox. My guess is that it will be being designed for the new one as a potential “killer app”.
After all, Sony will have no response with the PS5

The official page for the game lists it as Xbox One. I've never heard anything other than people just assuming that it will be for the Xbox Series X. I mention this because I have the Xbox One X and I really hope that the detail we are seeing in the videos comes from streaming side of things. No doubt it will come to the Xbox Series X though.

 

[LeMson]

Still no access email yet, checking like a mad man every 5 mins lol

 

[Dano]

A whole load of short dev clips were uploaded last night it seems:

 

[neckbeardthethird]

Never played a proper flight sim before and was wondering if you ever get stuff like mechanical failures simulated ? ie: landing with no landing gear down

 

[*Rich*]

Never played a proper flight sim before and was wondering if you ever get stuff like mechanical failures simulated ? ie: landing with no landing gear down

I do remember failures being an option in the last Microsoft flight simulator, not sure about other flight sims though.

 

[LeMson]

It's out, dling now

Edit: updating it isn't going well, dl is in chunks, dl and install a bit, then repeat, keeps failing to pick up the next chunk, tho everyone in alpha is dling now so srvs prolly hammered

It got arsey when I alt tabbed out too lol

 

[McGraw]

Never played a proper flight sim before and was wondering if you ever get stuff like mechanical failures simulated ? ie: landing with no landing gear down

you can simulate that by not lowering your gear

 

[LeMson]

should have gone with a smaller xbox tag, it's plastered all over the screen making leaking anything impossible lol

 

[Matty8787]

should have gone with a smaller xbox tag, it's plastered all over the screen making leaking anything impossible lol

Ill be happy to hear what you think, really looking forward to this game.

 

[LeMson]

Ill be happy to hear what you think, really looking forward to this game.

I think they need to improve the way they install the game, dling chunks and installing, repeat for 80gb is horrible, just let me dl it all and install it at once lol

 

[Matty8787]

I think they need to improve the way they install the game, dling chunks and installing, repeat for 80gb is horrible, just let me dl it all and install it at once lol

Wonder what made them do that? Crazy.

 

[Dano]

I think they need to improve the way they install the game, dling chunks and installing, repeat for 80gb is horrible, just let me dl it all and install it at once lol

It's called alpha testing for a reason.

 

[LeMson]

It's called alpha testing for a reason.

Of course O_o

 

[Tombstone]

Those weather effects on the canopy !

 

[neckbeardthethird]

Looks amazing, easily the most visually impressive game yet.

Quick question. When it's all fully release/updated etc is the idea that you can fly from country to country (provided you use a plane with enough fuel etc) ? Or will it be a case of you choose a city/region to fly in and you're limited in how far you can go (like an invisible barrier or something).

Are there any current flight sims on the market that already let you do this ?