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A screenshot of Microsoft Flight Simulator, showing Paris, France after the polish of World Update 4 has been applied.

If you like to playMicrosoft Flight Simulatoras a tourist, I’d suggest hooking your game up toBushtalk Radio. It’s a community generated landmark database that tracks where you are in-game. Get close to a registered landmark and the site will automatically start telling you all about it, just like my mum does when we’re in the car (‘Ooh, a red Volvo.'). Think of it as an audio tour for the entire world, one that covers everything from magnificent waterfalls to the world’s largest beaver dam.

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I had to shuffle Flight Sim off of my PC recently for space reasons (but I also have two 1TB SSDs now waiting to be installed, and I’m genuinely considering giving one over just to Flight Sim) so I can’t log-in and record the thing in action, but you can listen to the tours via the site. Here’s what happens when you approach theworld’s largest beaver dam.

You can download landmarks that will show up in-game as you fly, which is exactly what I’ll be doing after reinstalling Flight Sim this weekend. I might even add a couple of POI’s myself, there doesn’t seem to be entries forInchconnachanor theTranscontinental Airway System. I need the world to know how cool those places are.