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Microsoft Flight Sim’s next World Update is taking on the USAAmerica, The Big Apple
America, The Big Apple
Following this week’s brief trip to Japan,Microsoft Flight Simulatoris already booking its next intercontinental clean-up flight. It seems the gigantic flight sim has decided to take on the United States of America for its next World Update, bringing a similar mix of photogrammetry-improved cities and higher-resolution terrain in another World Update before the end of the year.
That news comes courtesy of this month’s Q&A with Asobo CEO Sebastian Wloch and head of MSFS Jorg Neuman onTwitchthis week (cheers,Twinfinite). During the stream, the pair announced that World Updates should be hitting on roughly a 2-3 month schedule, with the USA taking focus sometime later this year.
Watch on YouTube
Watch on YouTube
Likethis week’s Japan update, it’s likely we’ll see some stateside cities get the improved photogrammetry treatment, along with more hand-crafted airports and improved terrain resolution. The USA is a fair bit bigger than Japan of course, and I’m curious to see whether any update scales up in kind, but expect there to be new challenges to show off whatever cities and airports end up getting uplifted.
While not mentioned, it also looks likesign-ups are now openfor VR testing. Instructions on getting in can be found at that link - though, like most Microsft PC stuff these days, you’ll need to register as an Insider for any pre-release goodies.
