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[Ozriel]

Oh, you better believe the thing is $$$, lol. Not as crazy as some $20K ones that have been shown on YouTube but still.

I am going to get controls and stop right there. Well, maybe a mount similar to my driving one for wheel/pedals.

Hmm… wonder if I can get something where I can swap things quickly but use same pedals.

Really interested in seeing pictures of your setup or any target inspiration. Played the first one with a controller but now I’m pivoting to PC these days, might be looking to set something more professional.

I think I heard about a guy who found/got the actual cockpit from a decommissioned 737 (I think) and put a flight sim inside.

 

[Timberwolf25]

Can you takeoff or land on an aircraft carrier?
Always wanted to recreate that Top Gun moment

 

[rodrigolfp]

Please stop.

Naive of you thinking this is an entire new game.

 

[nemiroff]

edit: this is so stupid, I should know better than to be baited. sorry.

 

[rodrigolfp]

What the fuck is your problem?

Lies.

 

[nemiroff]

edit: this is so stupid, I should know better than to be baited. sorry.

 

[Dacvak]

Damn…

 

[StereoVsn]

Really interested in seeing pictures of your setup or any target inspiration. Played the first one with a controller but now I’m pivoting to PC these days, might be looking to set something more professional.

I think I heard about a guy who found/got the actual cockpit from a decommissioned 737 (I think) and put a flight sim inside.

Yeah, I saw that one, completely epic. I currently have a chair/stand racing setup with some cheap Logitech wheel.

First Flight sim game I just played with a cheap Thrustmaster combat sim setup. But I kind of want full civilian plane controller (not the $1-2K ones, more realistically priced) and setup similar to that racing chair.

I don’t have place for both so going to take a look and see if there is a way to build a relatively inexpensive setup for both (swap top controls, keep the pedals maybe).

 

[Burger]

Why did this never come to GeForce now?

 

[CuteFaceJay]

I don't generally play these kind of Sim games but damn if Flight Sim '20 wasn't an impressive piece of kit.

They are what I call retirement kinda games. When old boys finished with work and have some cash to live easy but not enough to bankroll an actual real plane but enough to have a crazy flight sim at home

Some of the guys that have insane copit sims for Elite Dangoruse are crazy.

 

[nemiroff]

Can you takeoff or land on an aircraft carrier?
Always wanted to recreate that Top Gun moment

Yes



Edit: Oh crap, because of movie license idiocy this expansion is no longer available...

 

[Hari Seldon]

I really want them to use this engine and make a combat game. I love planes and flying but without combat I never stick with it. Just do WW2 planes so you don’t have to model all of the electronics of new stuff.

 

[Trunim]

Goddamn that price for deluxe whatever was feisty, but considering how many aircrafts and airports and whatnot it includes it's pretty cheap. I haven't dug deep into all new info yet but I don't need navigraph sub anymore for the charts?

 

[Timberwolf25]

Yes



Edit: Oh crap, because of movie license idiocy this expansion is no longer available...

Damn it. I was 100% going to buzz the tower with a flyby

 

[nemiroff]

Damn it. I was 100% going to buzz the tower with a flyby

I think you're still able to do both the F-18 and the carrier. Just not with the movie license.

 

[Timberwolf25]

I think you're still able to do both the F-18 and the carrier. Just not with the movie license.

I'll play the Top Gun theme song and Dangerzone thru the Spotify app
Technically, to do it right for the OG film it would be the F-14 Tomcat, but the F-18 is good as well.

 

[haveagood1]

I've spent more on this game this gen then all my other games combined.

 

[Thebonehead]

Ideal Spec is 64GB - I'm currently running 48GB as one stick failed.

Looking to upgrade rig when Lunar Lake is out and can run a proper comparison with AMD. Will also be looking at 128GB memory ( As I play around with LLM's ) and a 5090 when available

	Min Spec	Recommended Spec	Ideal Spec
MIN OS VERSION	Windows 10 With Latest Update	Windows 10 With Latest Update	Windows 10 With Latest Update
DIRECT X VERSION	DX12	DX12	DX12
CPU	AMD Ryzen 2600X or Intel Core i7-6800K	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X or Intel Core i7-10700K	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X or Intel it-14700K
GPU	Radeon RX 5700 or GeForce GTX 970	Radeon RX 5700 XT or GeForce RTX 2080	Radeon RX 7900 XT or GeForce RTX 4080
VRAM	4 GB	8 GB	12 GB
RAM	16 GB	32 GB	64 GB
STORAGE	50 GB	50 GB	50 GB

 

[willothedog]

Ideal Spec is 64GB - I'm currently running 48GB as one stick failed.

Looking to upgrade rig when Lunar Lake is out and can run a proper comparison with AMD. Will also be looking at 128GB memory ( As I play around with LLM's ) and a 5090 when available

	Min Spec	Recommended Spec	Ideal Spec
MIN OS VERSION	Windows 10 With Latest Update	Windows 10 With Latest Update	Windows 10 With Latest Update
DIRECT X VERSION	DX12	DX12	DX12
CPU	AMD Ryzen 2600X or Intel Core i7-6800K	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X or Intel Core i7-10700K	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X or Intel it-14700K
GPU	Radeon RX 5700 or GeForce GTX 970	Radeon RX 5700 XT or GeForce RTX 2080	Radeon RX 7900 XT or GeForce RTX 4080
VRAM	4 GB	8 GB	12 GB
RAM	16 GB	32 GB	64 GB
STORAGE	50 GB	50 GB	50 GB

also for ideal is 100Mbps of internet bandwidth.

 

[Darsxx82]

Loading transitions in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.



And min 8:00 and 14:15 in this video.

 

[adamsapple]

Loading transitions in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.



And min 8:00 and 14:15 in this video.

Nice.

They've done a lot more work on the terrain this time. Last time they only really modeled terrains in cities or airports.

 

[StereoVsn]

Well then, is I know what that 5080 or 5090 I want will be for, lol. I do have 64GB RAM now, so that’s all good.

 

[Schmick]

Comparing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 - FSElite

Side-by-side comparisons of airports and the world between the two simulators.

fselite.net

 

[Beechos]

Why can't someone use tech like this to make an open world game?

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[pasterpl]

Just crazy how they have managed it to look even better.

 

[Cakeboxer]

Not my genre, but interesting and damn impressive nevertheless.

 

[Little Chicken]

This is the kind of game MS should be releasing across all platforms.

 

[Schmick]

MS and Asobo worked with Frontier (Planet Zoo) to obtain the animal assets.

Is it strange that I'm super excited about being able to walk in a Flight Sim.

 

[Brucey]

MS and Asobo worked with Frontier (Planet Zoo) to obtain the animal assets.

Is it strange that I'm super excited about being able to walk in a Flight Sim.

Sounds like it's more of a planet simulator/ultimate open world so makes sense you'd be able to walk around. Maybe a patch for PC so you can ride a. elephant around, or zoom about on the back of a cheetah?

 

[Buggy Loop]

Asobo are wizards gaddamn

I skipped on version 2020 because I was too busy but this one I might get the HOTAS out. The career looks fun.

 

[poppabk]

This is the kind of game MS should be releasing across all platforms.

Yeah hopefully the rumors are true and this will get ported to PS5.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Comparing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 - FSElite

Side-by-side comparisons of airports and the world between the two simulators.

fselite.net

2020:

2024:

This game is actually crazy! This might be the first time I buy a flight sim.

 

[calistan]

2020:

2024:

This game is actually crazy! This might be the first time I buy a flight sim.

Very nice and all, but when you're not bringing your PC to its knees with 3D modelled grass blades and giraffes, this what you actually want to see, this being a flight sim (shot from the 2020 version):

I've definitely never seen the 2020 edition looking as rough as in your first two screenshots. They've deliberately picked scenes with messed-up clouds and weird transparent trees.

 

[Vindicator]

Sounds like it's more of a planet simulator/ultimate open world so makes sense you'd be able to walk around. Maybe a patch for PC so you can ride a. elephant around, or zoom about on the back of a cheetah?

There is a Corvette DLC for FS2020 (haven't bought though) but the roads seem to be quite bumpy, maybe it'll be improved for 24.

 

[Brucey]

Think there's any improvements beyond 64GB of RAM for this one? FS has always been a massive pig for resources.

 

[cormack12]

So FS has never been something I've been interested in. I know they added missions to FS2020 but nothing was compelling me to kind of try them

So sell me on the game. My perception is great scenery, little bit of input for landing and takeoff. The bit in the middle is just like pressing x for your horse to follow road in an open world game? What's the middle part of things that happen while I'm floating in a straight line?

 

[calistan]

So FS has never been something I've been interested in. I know they added missions to FS2020 but nothing was compelling me to kind of try them

So sell me on the game. My perception is great scenery, little bit of input for landing and takeoff. The bit in the middle is just like pressing x for your horse to follow road in an open world game? What's the middle part of things that happen while I'm floating in a straight line?

Well, you're flying an aircraft. It's a bit more involved than pressing X to follow a road. Even if you want to use an autopilot, it's not trivial to set up.

The 2020 one had a good feature called Bush Flights, where you'd have to navigate between multiple airstrips at low level according to a description and a screenshot. You could cheat and use a Garmin or whatever, but it was best if you switched that stuff off.

 

[Woody337]

I hope this loads faster.

 

[StueyDuck]

honestly just being able to get out and walk around your vehicle is enough alone to be actually interesting and new. I just hope you can do that in MP or Co-oP and that it''s not too ridiculously restricted.

 

[Larogue]

Man, this is exciting.

 

[poppabk]

So FS has never been something I've been interested in. I know they added missions to FS2020 but nothing was compelling me to kind of try them

So sell me on the game. My perception is great scenery, little bit of input for landing and takeoff. The bit in the middle is just like pressing x for your horse to follow road in an open world game? What's the middle part of things that happen while I'm floating in a straight line?

Sadly you missed out on the Top Gun missions, landing on carriers, time trials trying to fly as low as possible, the experimental jet flight.
For me it's just enjoyable to fly around for an hour or two and then maybe try and land on a highway - but it seems like 2024 is going to have a lot more gamey stuff to do.
Edit: just to add there are over 40 discovery flights in 2020 - even if you just spend half an hour in each just flying around the gold coast or London or whatever looking at points of interest that's still 20 hours of content.

 

[Ribi]

just give me the flight sim GTA mod with a large server and you have a winner

 

[Trunim]

I wonder how long until we see someone actually walking across a whole country in the game, or I wouldn't be surprised if someone Did like all from Alaska down to Argentina or Norway to Italy. Would be pretty fun to watch tbh

 

[BigLee74]

Will download, and attempt to land in my back garden. Standard!