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I assume the whole team has been assembled to do the Luton update.
It's such a picturesque wonderland.

Breathtaking. Its like actually being in Luton.

The level of detail in this is just nuts!

Me flying London to Bristol (and getting lost and ending up landing in Coventry).

God i cant wait for this to come to Series X.

I’ve been amazed by how processor heavy this is. It’s not well optimised for core numbers and means it’s pretty choppy in airports (3600x).

It will be interesting to see how it looks and runs on series x, I suspect they will have to target 30FPS.

I can live with that

kazanova_Frankenstein wrote:I can live with that

In this game in particular yeah, I can live with 30fps but I'm sure they said they are still optimising as they go on and they will be for years to come.

It is an insane game. It is really tough though. I can take off/fly and Land. I haven't got a scooby how you land properly, by following a traffic pattern and doing the proper Air Traffic Requests.

It looks so good.

kazanova_Frankenstein wrote:God i cant wait for this to come to Series X.

It really could be a fantastic showcase game.
Just the opening credits scenes (if they still bother with those) that are shoved on repeat in stores is going to be awesome.

It's going to put my TV to a real test and I'm hoping for good things :wub:

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I’d be amazed if this runs at 4k on series X, unless they really mess with the level of detail.

It’s a tough one to scale. As the training missions are middle of nowhere and you can get high FPS. As soon as you hit airports or big cities the frame rate tanks.

Thinking about it, the biggest challenge might be mapping all the controls to gamepad. Flying is ok with the pad, but still use a bit of KB. But for Nav aids and the wider menu it’s going to be tough. I suspect you’ll need to push a button to open up the menu which will probably pause flight. Then push the button to go back to flight.

Bertie wrote:I’d be amazed if this runs at 4k on series X, unless they really mess with the level of detail.

It’s a tough one to scale. As the training missions are middle of nowhere and you can get high FPS. As soon as you hit airports or big cities the frame rate tanks.

I suppose it depends on how optimised the game is for the SX hardware.
I think one of the limiting factors so far has been that games have been made for last gen and then just upgraded and that doesn't use all the extra oomph available.

We'll see.

Bertie wrote:Thinking about it, the biggest challenge might be mapping all the controls to gamepad. Flying is ok with the pad, but still use a bit of KB. But for Nav aids and the wider menu it’s going to be tough. I suspect you’ll need to push a button to open up the menu which will probably pause flight. Then push the button to go back to flight.

I can live with that.

Maybe they can release a flight hat that reads thought just like in the film Firefox?

The only problem being you have to "Think in Russian!".

Bertie wrote:Thinking about it, the biggest challenge might be mapping all the controls to gamepad. Flying is ok with the pad, but still use a bit of KB. But for Nav aids and the wider menu it’s going to be tough. I suspect you’ll need to push a button to open up the menu which will probably pause flight. Then push the button to go back to flight.

I thought I read that even on PC it had a kind of beginner/arcades option to use a gamepad.

Photek wrote:
Bertie wrote:Thinking about it, the biggest challenge might be mapping all the controls to gamepad. Flying is ok with the pad, but still use a bit of KB. But for Nav aids and the wider menu it’s going to be tough. I suspect you’ll need to push a button to open up the menu which will probably pause flight. Then push the button to go back to flight.

I thought I read that even on PC it had a kind of beginner/arcades option to use a gamepad.

Like I say, you can play with the pad fine (I’m using one), especially from third person view. It gets clunky in 1st person on bigger planes as you have to press control+num for a certain panel view, or use the mouse to look and click controls. Flaps are F5 and F8. Landing gear left click. Auto pause is ‘pause’ on KB. Throttle is managed by A/B or F2/F3, but these could be triggers. They aren’t like racing games though. You set engine revs in increments.

I’m very much a beginner. But rudder and elevator controls use Y+d pad but often I use the keyboard. There is a menu system for ATC/weather/nav aids/and some others so while flying I access via mouse.

There are a lot of controls basically. Be interesting how they make it work on just a pad.

If Elite is anything to go by holding a button down more or less remaps the D pad and shoulder buttons for each face button.... it’s tricky but with Elite it became second nature after a while...

Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update 3: UK & Ireland Now Available for Free

World Update 3: United Kingdom & Ireland features high-resolution 3D photogrammetry for the renowned cities of Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, London and Oxford, five new meticulously hand-crafted airports (Barra, Liverpool, Land’s End, Manchester-Barton and Out Skerries), visual and logistical improvements to 85 more area airports, and improved digital elevation information across the U.K.

In addition, we’ve added compelling architectural elements throughout the region, ranging from British manors and Victorian homes to countryside stone structures, castles and churches – and even some drive-thru restaurants. In addition, over 70 custom landmarks and points of interest bring stunning new levels of detail and fidelity to some of the world’s most famous landmarks and bridges, regal palaces, breathtaking cathedrals … and, of course, football stadiums.

Also included with the update are a trio of new activities: an Iconic Flight in the Northern Isles and two diverse Landing Challenges – an epic one up north on the Shetland archipelago, and a fierce one far south in the turbulent skies over Southeast England.

World Update 3: United Kingdom & Ireland is available free starting today to all Microsoft Flight Simulator users. Be sure your simulator is up to date first, then visit the Marketplace to download the UK & Ireland bundle, and begin exploring the land of charm and magnificence that awaits. The sky is calling!

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/02/16/ ... -for-free/

There is a 1GB update for the the game before you can download the update.

Dear Microsoft, please roll all updates in to the same strawberry floating files, stop making me update the game in the marketplace app then start up the sim and have to update the game while in the game marketplace as well.

In game update is 23GB.

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