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All 341 photorealistic cities in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020A full list of every city created using photogrammetry in Flight Simulator 2020
A full list of every city created using photogrammetry in Flight Simulator 2020
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020is, in certain ways, the most technically impressive game we’ve ever seen. And its inclusion in the Xbox Game Pass for PC means that the skies over all the world’s cities will be filled up with digital planes and their gobsmacked pilots for quite some time.
But not all cities are built equal in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, with 341 cities in particular having been recreated in stunning photorealistic detail using photogrammetric data from Bing Maps. Read on to find out exactly where these 341 photorealistic cities can be found across the Earth.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020: photorealistic cities list
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 makes use of Bing Maps to recreate the entire Earth to a level of detail never before seen in any game. But the crown jewels of this flight simulator are its photogrammetrically realised cities, which are a cut above the rest in terms of photorealistic detail. In the words of Video Warlord Matthew, “you know them when you see them, as they are real showstoppers.”
What about everywhere else?
While the difference between the photogrammetry-based cities and the rest becomes clear as you fly low over each one, the non-photorealistic cities are still an astonishing technical accomplishment, and detailed enough that in most cases you’ll be able to pinpoint your exact house even if you don’t live in one of the 341 aforementioned photorealistic cities.
