Microsoft Flight Sim 2020

[Lusekofte]

To me he sounded like the cheated husband.  
But I am open for the possibility that 2020 is hyped up to a place it can’t deliver. 
Usually nothing are as good as it seems

[SeaW0lf]

I've seen a leaked footage from the game, low res, and it was astonishing, thunderstorms, city, and cumulus nimbus, just beautiful. Even with the intermediary specs people will interact with things that we did not see before. You can also download parts of the map to fly with better graphics. They had already told that CPU power wasn't a deal breaker. 

 

Unless they screw on the controls / cockpit side of things, I imagine what will be to fly MFS 2020 for a month and then go back to the other simulators, combat ones included.

 

In some ways, it is the realization of what we dreamed.

[Lusekofte]

21 hours ago, SeaW0lf said:

I've seen a leaked footage from the game, low res, and it was astonishing, thunderstorms, city, and cumulus nimbus, just beautiful. Even with the intermediary specs people will interact with things that we did not see before. You can also download parts of the map to fly with better graphics. They had already told that CPU power wasn't a deal breaker. 

 

Unless they screw on the controls / cockpit side of things, I imagine what will be to fly MFS 2020 for a month and then go back to the other simulators, combat ones included.

 

In some ways, it is the realization of what we dreamed.

I hate you, now I gonna buy a panel and switches and GPS and spend thousands of ? that I have no chance explain the importance of to my wife. Can’t you see I try to self medicate me into ignore this jewel

[LLv34_Flanker]

S! 

 

The latest update showed clouds again. And those looked very nice. There is no competition. 

[DetCord12B]

 

 

[Trooper117]

Looks great... if only combat flight sims could look that good!

[CanadaOne]

1 hour ago, DetCord12B said:

 

 

 

 

[Tektolnes]

Looks absolutely phenomenonal. The feedback coming out of those who have been getting hands on with the alpha is excellent too - it doesn't just look great but it flies great too. MS must have thrown some amount of money at this project. 

[DetCord12B]

I really hope they release layered templates for the NEO and 74. I'd love to get back into commercial liveries.

 

Just a few examples of my previous work. Some contracted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love Airbus though, so I'm eagerly awaiting the A320 NEO.

[SeaW0lf]

We might be on the verge of a 'new' era of simulators. The whole thing sounds promising. A Thrustmaster set licenced by Airbus? Who could have imagined? I wonder what else will come to the market. I hope to see some good FFB sets out there. Looks like FFB will be supported, or it is on the works.

 

 

Edited June 19, 2020 by SeaW0lf

[Bremspropeller]

5 hours ago, SeaW0lf said:

We might be on the verge of a 'new' era of simulators. The whole thing sounds promising. A Thrustmaster set licenced by Airbus? Who could have imagined? I wonder what else will come to the market. I hope to see some good FFB sets out there. Looks like FFB will be supported, or it is on the works.

 

 

 

Nice stuff.

But a trim-switch and a Z-Axis on an Airbus Sidestick? ?

 

Too bad it doesn't come with the viscous damper on the actual sidestick. TBH, if you already have a Warthog, there's little incentive in buying that throttle-set shown above, since the WH already comes with plenty of modes, buttons and switches and it's forces are quite similar to the real Airbus SS (the WH when new actually needs a bigger breakout-force).

 

[SeaW0lf]

12 minutes ago, Bremspropeller said:

 

Nice stuff.

But a trim-switch and a Z-Axis on an Airbus Sidestick? ?

 

Too bad it doesn't come with the viscous damper on the actual sidestick. TBH, if you already have a Warthog, there's little incentive in buying that throttle-set shown above, since the WH already comes with plenty of modes, buttons and switches and it's forces are quite similar to the real Airbus SS (the WH when new actually needs a bigger breakout-force).

 

 

It is more about the novelty. They seem to be expecting a new wave of players, which sounds reasonable due to all the hype. We might start to see some new stuff out there.

[MattS]

For me the thing I'm hoping for the most is a more "integrated" experience of civ flight. With FSX/P3D it felt like I had to constantly rebuild the world from scratch (downloading/installing/checking sceneries, starting/updating/configuring add-ons, doing flight prep/planning tedium that pilots would not necessarily have to wrestle with) just to have a plausibly realistic airline flight.

 

If more of these functions are streamlined within the sim itself, and it does a better job of keeping up with the world in terms of airports and navigation, it will be a good deal for me. I'm just worn out on and done with tweaking.

[Bagpipe]

There is so much i want to tell you guys about MSFS2020. But can't. 

Bars get set high for new sims and sim products and with Microsoft being "The Daddy" the bar is probably set even higher. 

 

I can talk about Xplane 11 as i own that along with four modules including the HotStart TBM900 and ToLiss A321. I wish them all the best in their future endeavors.

If combat sim companies like DCS and even IL2 got access to the tech as discussed in the article above i would absolutely sh...poop myself with joy.

 

I reckon the industry stands to make a whole heap of money in the coming years

[-332FG-Gordon200]

56 minutes ago, Bagpipe said:

There is so much i want to tell you guys about MSFS2020.

Can you say if it supports Virtual Reality?

[Tektolnes]

Not yet but it's one of their priorities apparently but I don't think there's any concrete date. Not sure if it even has TrackIR support yet. Last I saw was end April where TrackIR makers said they were in touch with MS now about adding support. I think adding TrackIR support shouldn't be overly difficult.

[SeaW0lf]

Yes, from all the talks, there will be no VR support at the release. It is still on the wishlist, but they are working on it. One of the Natural Point representatives wrote a couple months ago in a forum that they had contacted Asobo to work on the compatibility, so I imagine that TrackIR will be compatible at the release, but TrackIR is still on the wishlist as well (not good). The good news is that FFB seems to be compatible. Brunner forum has some feedback, and a keymaster said that most FFB features are working as of now. 

[OrLoK]

Im rather excited about fs2020.

 

i wont be buying until VR is in though. 2d seems so "removed" now.

[Bagpipe]

25 minutes ago, OrLoK said:

Im rather excited about fs2020.

 

i wont be buying until VR is in though. 2d seems so "removed" now.

I have a huge 1440p monitor and sit about 3 inches from it so pretty much VR anyway lol

[Redwo1f]

I just wish there is something "to do" - it would be fantastic if it had a search and rescue or fire fighting campaign - and if it was dynamic, that would be amazing!!! Give me something to do than simply just flying around - give me purpose. I do appreciate and respect those who are interested in it as it strictly as is. But for me personally, though it looks AMAZINGLY pretty, I am probably going to get board of it after the novelty wears off, just  like it  did in FSX for me -- and it is going to take up a huge amount of HD space.

 

Maybe there will be a third party that would develop it further? Would love that. 

Edited June 22, 2020 by Redwo1f

[CanadaOne]

2 hours ago, Redwo1f said:

I just wish there is something "to do" - it would be fantastic if it had a search and rescue or fire fighting campaign - and if it was dynamic, that would be amazing!!! Give me something to do than simply just flying around - give me purpose.

 

My purpose will be just flying around, I'm a geography fan, as well as being a Class A map slut, so FS2020, just because it exists, will be solid gold to me.

 

I just want to see the world.

 

[SeaW0lf]

Yeah, for who likes the experience of flying, it looks promising. They are also saying that, with the dynamic weather and the flight model surfaces, you can do a few go-arounds and each of them will be different. But they could add some storytelling, perhaps some careers.

[ZachariasX]

4 hours ago, SeaW0lf said:

Yeah, for who likes the experience of flying, it looks promising. They are also saying that, with the dynamic weather and the flight model surfaces, you can do a few go-arounds and each of them will be different. But they could add some storytelling, perhaps some careers.

I'll be so much looking forward to A2A simulations porting their "Captain of the Ship" aircraft to FS2020. They feature a whole career system that includes your piloting efficiency and aircraft wear over time. It's just grand and put FSX on a whole new level.

[Guest deleted@210880]

11 hours ago, Redwo1f said:

I just wish there is something "to do" - it would be fantastic if it had a search and rescue or fire fighting campaign - and if it was dynamic, that would be amazing!!! Give me something to do than simply just flying around - give me purpose. I do appreciate and respect those who are interested in it as it strictly as is. But for me personally, though it looks AMAZINGLY pretty, I am probably going to get board of it after the novelty wears off, just  like it  did in FSX for me -- and it is going to take up a huge amount of HD space.

 

Maybe there will be a third party that would develop it further? Would love that. 

 

I don't know if you're aware but there's a 3rd party website that you can register with that provides a money/career aspect to many of the flight sims. You pick up jobs, earn money to get better aircraft. I didn't get to investigate it properly because I was somewhat disillusioned with the physics, sound, performance and lack of collisions with objects in whatever Sim it was I was using (steam version of one of them, I forget which).

 

I hope this sim has the good performance and physics etc. so I can finally live my dream of being Maggie in an old Cesna buzzing around Alaska.

 

 

[Feathered_IV]

On 6/23/2020 at 9:54 AM, CanadaOne said:

 

My purpose will be just flying around, I'm a geography fan, as well as being a Class A map slut, so FS2020, just because it exists, will be solid gold to me.

 

I just want to see the world.

 

I just want to go back in time. 

[CanadaOne]

58 minutes ago, Feathered_IV said:

I just want to go back in time. 

 

Don't we all.

 

About 25 years ago, after sushi and Saporro on the couch with that brunette...

[Stoopy]

On 6/23/2020 at 2:35 AM, ZachariasX said:

I'll be so much looking forward to A2A simulations porting their "Captain of the Ship" aircraft to FS2020. They feature a whole career system that includes your piloting efficiency and aircraft wear over time. It's just grand and put FSX on a whole new level.

 

Along the same line, the dynamic weather and great scenery should certainly make cargo hauls in FS Economy much less of a grind... I need to check in and see if my little FBO on the California coast is still operating.

 

On 6/23/2020 at 5:18 AM, John_Yossarian said:

 

I don't know if you're aware but there's a 3rd party website that you can register with that provides a money/career aspect to many of the flight sims. You pick up jobs, earn money to get better aircraft. I didn't get to investigate it properly because I was somewhat disillusioned with the physics, sound, performance and lack of collisions with objects in whatever Sim it was I was using (steam version of one of them, I forget which).

 

I hope this sim has the good performance and physics etc. so I can finally live my dream of being Maggie in an old Cesna buzzing around Alaska.

 

Sounds like you are speaking of this:

https://www.fseconomy.net/

 

Any pilots here are welcome to stop by 66CA, this month's special is a free tri-tip sandwich with every refuel. 

 

[Guest deleted@210880]

1 hour ago, =[TIA]=Stoopy said:

 

Along the same line, the dynamic weather and great scenery should certainly make cargo hauls in FS Economy much less of a grind... I need to check in and see if my little FBO on the California coast is still operating.

 

 

Sounds like you are speaking of this:

https://www.fseconomy.net/

 

Any pilots here are welcome to stop by 66CA, this month's special is a free tri-tip sandwich with every refuel. 

 

 

Yes that's the one.

[kestrel79]

Looking forward to what A2A is cooking up for FS2020, they have to be working on something. Those graphics with an updated Accusim should make it pretty fun.

 

Anyone in the Alpha can they fly over Wisconsin for me? Is it generic tiles and textures or is it legit I can spot my house like in the screenshots of the bigger cities we have seen. Yeah yeah I know NDA maybe just a simple yes or no?

[Lusekofte]

7 hours ago, Feathered_IV said:

I just want to go back in time. 

Not a good idea, bad ideas from my youth performed with my expirience today simply would feel stupid

[SAS_Storebror]

11 hours ago, 216th_LuseKofte said:

bad ideas from my youth performed with my expirience today simply would feel stupid

 

Bad ideas from my youth performed with my self-confidence today would be lethal

 

Mike

[SeaW0lf]

Preorder already avaiable (yeah!). Standard (Game Pass), Premium and Premium Deluxe. Release on August 18th. Check the website.

[AndyJWest]

So, $59.99, $89.99, $119.99 USD, for the three versions (20, 25 & 30 aircraft, 30, 35 & 40 'handcrafted international airports'). Not bad. Even the standard version has a nice mix of aircraft, though I had to Google a couple. I shall definitely be preordering, though I'm not sure yet which to go for.

[SeaW0lf]

I'm preording today. Won't leave it for tomorrow.

[Swing]

you have the link to the website Seawolf please ?

 

[icecream]

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/microsoft-flight-simulator

[Swing]

Thanks Icecream ?

[SeaW0lf]

Christmas came early this year! Boy, I was waiting for this.

 

 

[Hoots]

Luckily no flying means the bank balance has some cash in it. Early Christmas present indeed!

[unlikely_spider]

Requires 150 gb hard drive space... Did they manage to fit the entire world in that space, or are they still streaming terrain to you as you fly?