Learn fundamental skills and techniques to fly like a professional Visit iconic and beautiful locations from around the globe (Giza Egypt, Mount Everest Nepal, Bora Bora French Polynesia, Naples Italy, New York United States of America, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, Paris France and London England come with the base install) Once installed, the main gameplay modes (or simulations) include As a result, Microsoft Flight Simulator is worthy of being called a next-gen game. Considering the photorealism of this game, it is well worth it and the real-time rendering is impressive, not to mention the realistic lighting, weather effects and detailed virtual cities, even with traffic.
Oh, it’s also a large install on the XSX with almost 100GB and if you want to download additional maps, these will just add to the size. Microsoft Flight Simulator on the LG C1 OLED TV (2021) So while you are guaranteed a framerate of a minimum of 30 frames per second as a standard, the console will push it even higher, especially when matched with gaming monitor or TV like the LG C1 OLED TV. When game optimisation was enabled on this TV, the New York City map which is very dense in graphics pushed the FPS between 64 to 101, whereas the Bora Bora area which is considerably less detailed but equally impressive averaged between 80 to 100 FPS according to the LG C1 OLED TV’s game optimisation mode. However if you have a TV that supports VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) such as the LG C1 OLED TV ( Our review coming soon), it will make the gameplay smoother and in essence, increase the framerate. Although the framerate on the Xbox Series X does take a hit compared to high-end gaming PC’s, surprisingly the 30 fps is still quite solid on this console. Supporting the visuals on the Xbox Series X is 4k Ultra HD and HDR that runs at a resolution of 3840 x 2160 with vibrant colours and some spectacular depth to help with the overall realism.
However the caveat for this feature is that you need fast internet connection and if this is an issue, you can still play the game offline without photogrammetry. In essence, it adds real-world images that have been rendered to really make you feel like you’re flying a real airplane. These awe-inspiring graphics are made possible due to the satellite data streaming which adds realism due to the photogrammetry that is streamed from cloud stored satellite images.
The game is out now for Windows 10 PC via Steam, the Microsoft Store and Xbox Game Pass.The first time I was flying around in discovery mode that allows you to visit some truly scenic locales such as the Pyramids of Gaza in Egypt to the beautiful beaches of Bora Bora French Polynesia and of course the architectural wonders of New York City, it really dawned on me how good this game looked and there was plenty of wow moments… including plenty more to come. Microsoft Flight Simulator will release for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Cloud Gaming on 27th July. Flight Simulator will continue to run on DirectX 11, with work continuing to port the game to the more efficient DirectX 12 in future. PC players might see further performance improvements in future as well. Further reading: Microsoft Flight Simulator has five new features for the Xbox Series X|S release
There the game will run at 4K on Xbox Series X and at 1080p on Xbox Series S, with both systems locked to 30FPS – if you have a VRR TV, you will be able to unlock the frame rate. Clearly it was a demo intended to first put the load all on the CPU, and then lift it to let the GPU run.Įither way, this is a truly impressive uplift in performance, and it’s surely based off work that was done to get the game optimised for Xbox Series X|S. While the game’s visual settings were set to Ultra and he was running the game on a 4K display, the ‘renderscale’ was set to 40%, more than halving the native resolution.