Flight Simulator 2024

[Jonj1611]

Loved the graphics but wasn't the biggest fan of FS. But this I could get into :

[kalniel]

I've only just managed to get the current one to run nicely Think I'll stick for a while, gorgeous as this is.

[TeePee]

I love that they're showing off so many parts of Aviation that most people never even think of! I think I've done all of those non-military fixed wing jobs at one point!

I am sad that they're using the Beluga rather than the LCF for the video!

[Saracen999]

Get thee behind me, Satan.

I just finished saying in another gaming thread I don't pay full-price for games, but if anything was going to tempt me, it'd be this. I've been a fan of MS Flight Sim since, well, since it was in short trousers, really. The 90's I guess. It helped that I knew MS's Press Office pretty well and several versions just .... erm, arrived. Somehow, they knew and I'm sure I only mentioned it a couple of hundred times.

That said, my current "gaming" machine is a laptop and, while a pretty good spec for a laptop, it is still a laptop. For this, I'd want a desktop gaming rig and a nice big monitor. At my pace, by the time I get around to buying that, we'll probably be on FS 2034, never mind 2024. And Intel 17th Gen.

[Jonj1611]

No chance of plugging the laptop into an external monitor? God knows what the GPU requirements will be however.

[kalniel]

I just saw the news about the Dune expansion for FS2020 though, that could be fun!

[Jonj1611]

Just come to post that lol

[Output]

I can't remember if I've ever actually played any versions of Flight Simulator (if I have, it was probably very briefly and likely in the early 2000s at the latest), but I think I own Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition, so I honestly don't know if I'd enjoy any of them or get bored quickly.

My main point for replying in this topic though, was that I thought it was worth mentioning (in case anyone else was similarly unaware) that I recently discovered that there's an Open Source flight sim named FlightGear that has been developed for many years - even using something originally made by NASA at one point, with NASA in turn ending up using what FlightGear later developed as its replacement.

[Saracen999]

No chance of plugging the laptop into an external monitor? God knows what the GPU requirements will be however.

Oh, certainly. It's more .... at the risk of TMI, I use the laptop mainly laying on the bed. My 'office' (it used to actually be that, but these days I just call it that out of habit) isn't really geared for gaming. I need to declutter a smidge. i.e. hire a skip. Or two.

Then, I'll have the space to do a decent job. As for the laptop, 3080 but (obviously) a mobie 3080 which isn't really a 3080. Thanks, nVidia, it's all really clear. Not. And yup, HDMI something (2.0b, IIRC). I'm also reorganising the bedroom, and it's getting a nice big TV on the wall. But not before wardrobes, painting, etc.

[AGTDenton]

I thought they were doing a 10 year+ active lifecycle with the current one.

The new one feels like they're adding optional missions & activities in the style of Truck simulators based on the ad.

I last played FS '98, and that was ahead of its time then.
Fun fact, Microsoft Flight Simulator is older than Windows.

[kalniel]

I guess active lifecycle means patching and supporting third parties still.

[AGTDenton]

I guess active lifecycle means patching and supporting third parties still.

I think there was a general assumption it meant no other game until a lot later.

The good news is this for existing owners:

Will all purchases users have made from the Marketplace be transferrable to the new simulator?

With very few exceptions, virtually all add-ons that work in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) today will function in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. Add-ons that were purchased from the in-simulator Marketplace will not need to be re-purchased in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

https://www.flightsimulator.com/micr...ator-2024-faq/