Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update XVII Focuses In On The United Kingdom & Ireland

From developer Asobo Studio, the French team remains busy with the continuously growing Microsoft Flight Simulator. Enough so that it celebrated a new milestone for the 2020 release – entertaining more than 15 million players. Not to mention a follow-up is sprucing up for its release later this fall. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 arrives this November featuring more ways to explore the skies and adds meaning with new roles for unique experiences & perspectives.

Additionally, the base game continues to face ongoing support as well. In February, the game welcomed one of its most expansive updates establishing an overarching amount of specialties to The Caribbean Islands across the Atlantic Ocean. Now after many raving requests, Asobo Studios touts World Update XVII to be the biggest yet for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

This week, World Update XVII went live offering major emphasis on both the United Kingdom & Ireland. You can read the featured list for points of interest from this new update in the list below:

England

Brighton
Bristol
Buckingham Palace
Cardington Airfield Sheds
Castle Howard
Crimple Valley Viaduct
Dover Castle
Leeds
Liverpool
London
London Eye
Maunsell Forts
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory
Newcastle
Ouse Valley Viaduct
Prince of Wales Bridge
Royal Border Bridge
St Albans Cathedral
Victoria Tower

Ireland

Cliffs of Moher
Cork
Dublin
Mussenden Temple
Peace Bridge
Ross Castle
Slieve Donard Hotel
St. Colman’s Cathedral

Isle of Man

Calf of Man
Peel Castle
The Great Laxey Wheel
Tynwald Hill & The Chapel of St. John

Scotland

Edinburgh
Inverness Castle
Isle of Mull
Glasgow
Lowther Hill Radar Station
The Scottish Crannog Center

Wales

Britannia Bridge
Cardiff
Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower

“The world, especially the Big Data world, between Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 will be shared. We are not going to have two different digital twins — cities like London are going to be shared, POIs are shared, the height field (DEM) and aerials are all shared,” Microsoft Flight Simulator head Jorg Neumann explains.

“We are not going to have two different digital twins — cities like London are going to be shared, POIs are shared, the height field (DEM) and aerials are all shared. What’s different in MSFS 2024 is we have optimized how the data is brought to the player. So, there will be a lot more in the Cloud, which allows us to do more. Instead of 23 species of trees, we now have something like 200. And ultimately with that it allows you to be a lot more accurate. There will still be trees in both worlds, but one will be a little bit more generic and the other more sophisticated, but the worlds will be the same.”

Are you excited for this new World Update in Microsoft Flight Simulator?

Microsoft Flight Simulator is out now for Xbox Series X|S & PC.

Source: Xbox Wire