I'm most surprised about a fully fledged career mode being implemented in this simulator. I'm so happy to see that they have been listening to what the players want
I still cannot believe that we get to play a game like this. I cannot believe this is a real game. Flight Sim is such a technical achievement. Kudos to Asobo and MS.
I have been flying MS flight simulator since I was a young kid back in the late 80s / early 90s, when flight simulator was so bare bones that you had to have a super vivid imagination to know that you were actually flying something! 😂 …..They have come such long way with the “realism”, from that time, it is simply astounding!
What's the point if they fail to provide 3rd party developers with whatever they need to make their real study sim airplanes? To this day companies like PMDG have no access to an SDK. I think that's completely unacceptable.
I'm waiting on the 9800X3D as I'm still on the 5800X3D as I didn't want to waste my time with the 7800X3D. I may not have to replace the 4090 for another 2 years.
I can make my 4090 cry running on my 14900KS system in VR in the Aero in FS2020. FS2024 should do the same at 4K HDR Full Ultra flatscreen. Titan AI next!
It's gonna be hell for completionists. Not because of the high number of missions but rather because I assume these are generated and also won't be available forever. Imagine a resuce mission in the winter in the mountains... well it won't wait for you until summer, will it? 😀 You'd have to accept that "someone else took to job" if you did not.
Imagine if we got to a point where we wouldn't need seperate softwares/games for flight, driving and sailing sims. Being able to travel across the whole world in whatever mode of transport you choose.
It's the same amount of work as all of those games combined, so very high risk and expensive, and considering how sims tend to be made by smaller indy devs, far less likely to get that kind of money. Same total dev work, just combined into one, far more expensive, far more hardware-demanding product, financially much riskier for developers.
As offical Planet Zoo ambassador and Creator of Frontier games: This is definitely the wildest Collab i was never expecting to find in a video. Period. (also there are 2 species we dont even have ingame yet...excuuussseee meee haha) This game looks fantastic. So it deserves fantastic animals.
I personally do suspect that a small transaction was involved, but it is laudable of Microsoft and Asobo to realise that they wouldn't be able to top Frontier's expertise. Although Jorg Neuman's previous working experience with Frontier on Zoo Tycoon XBOX probably helped a bit😅.
This…actually sounds really cool. The ground detail and the ground effect especially. I wonder if some of the seasons stuff got ported over from Forza. AND OMG THE ANIMALS YAYYYYYY
The lighting is so advanced that when I let the dog out and she runs in front of the garage, tripping the motion detector flood light, it shows up in game 30 seconds later! Truly next gen stuff. Amazing! 😉
Oh yes, I remember I used to play fs 2004 with some sort of career mod. I just like to have a progress system to learn, practice and evolve with different aircrafts and exploring differents parts of the world.
@@Mick-f4e i shouldnt have to go to a third party website and sign up to something that still doesnt feel like a career mode. this adds so much for us who wanted something to fly for
@@Mick-f4e My thoughts too. The career mode is what keeps me playing GT7 or FM8 over some of the better racing sims out there. I need purpose and progression in a game. Sure there is Neofly and others and they did a great job, but it feels a little janky compared to having a system built in to the sim.
I like the fact that you could technically put a fake helipad in your garden, and the next time they update the satellite data it will be available in the game
Google maps currently (as of the last time I looked) has the Unit HQ helipad set from Doctor Who on the backlot of Bad Wolf studios in Cardiff. You can bet that I will be checking to see if that’s there as a usable helipad when FS2020 is out. I don’t need career mode-I can roleplay on my own as a Doctor Who aerial camera operator thank you very much 😀
From having not enough stuff to do in MSFS2020, it seems we have the risk of *too much* to do in 2024! These 2024 reveals are a nice surprise today. Thanks Paul and congrats on being one of the lucky few! :)
I normally, never, ever do this, but I pre-ordered the Limited Collector's Edition. MSFS2020 has given me much joy over the years, and I put my trust in Asobo to not botch up the 2024 edition. Thanks for letting me know that physical copies are up for grabs (even if they don't include disks anymore).
1:55 howly mowly... Look at that detail!!!! It seems like AI draws roads, markings, crosswalks with asphalt textures etc while ortho lies nicely under. Just wow, I'm speechless. But in other shots aswell: cacti, bushes, gravel all details are there. And you can get good performance with good LOD's and nice smooth blending between. This is just amazing.
Saw the price for the Aviator edition set to $200 and thought "What the hell, why is it so much?" Watched your video and with how much they have squeezed into this game, I have turned into Fry screaming "TAKE MY MONEY!"
I didn't get any version of 2020, instead used the game pass, as I wanted the features of the 120€ edition, but it was too expensive for my taste, especially regarding extra airports detail level. Now? I won't even hesitate.
i mean yeah i get they really put a hard work on this. but 200 is still too much.. not to mention we probably have to re-buy the add ons that we have from 2020, as the developers would be releasing their add ons on 2024 too.. so i'd say if one wish to migrating from msfs 2020 to msfs 2024 it would cost them 500$ at the very least
They will take not only your money but also your SOUL.Maybe some "features" will probably require third parties software (at a price of course). Abd BTW, be careful with your comments or you could experience funny quirky behaviours in your sim.
Jörg Neumann, head of Microsoft Flight Simulator, has talked about that with some of the other people they invited to Arizona. He said that their specialty is aircraft. He said that if the Train Simulator folks approached him and wanted to do something with them, he'd be interested.
MS Train Sim is now Train Sim World from Dovetail Games. They are the studio that worked with Microsoft on the original train sim in the early 2000’s. Dovetail Games also signed a license agreement with Steam to release the new Microsoft FSX Gold Edition. So they have been intertwined with Microsoft and Steam since the beginning and would be well positioned for a collaboration between MSFS and Train Simulator which they now develop.
and 20 years from now will be nothing vs a 100 years from now ... mindblowing the further I push it ... Maybe at some point we´ll look back to FS2020 and think "my gosh, that thing was so barebone" ;)
Actually looks incredible. The only thing I don't like is the reliance on the servers, because if they're down, then you're just unable to play the game. I really don't get the people complaining about install sizes and loading times. It's no longer 1990, drives are really not that expensive anymore, and they have become so fast (NVMEs) that loading times really aren't a big issue.
They modeled almost the entire surface of the earth to within centimeters, and the rest to within 2 meters. You could literally fly through your town in a helicopter and double check the models with real life drone footage of your house. This isn't Microsoft Medical Simulator 2024, cut the devs some slack😂
@@mmorris2830 chill out, it's funny. Having a laugh at the expense of an amusing bug isn't hateful or anything. The devs would probably find it just as funny.
I have goosbumps. The Drako X, which is basically a turboprop PZL-104 Wilga - the aircraft of my childhood and teenage glider pilot years. I will fly that the most!
That was already confirmed to be upgraded post-launch (they aim to upgrade MSFS 2020 as well I believe at the same time). However, the aircraft models for the air traffic will be 91% complete as stated in the video.
There is so much wrong with the 2020 ATC that I don't believe they won't at least try to sort it. My highlights include: - A tug pushing me out of the airport boundary and the flight ending because I'd hit an object. I couldn't stop the tug because the ATC was yammering away to every aircraft on the planet and it didn't let me even click to ask the tug to stop (the button was greyed out and ATC wouldn't shut up) - Being given final landing clearance on ILS approach when at 7000ft with the runway 1NM ahead. That happened because I did everything ATC told me to do. I was then immediately told to Go Around and it tells me to head off to some waypoint 50NM away. That's not normal, right?
@@ukmaxiwasn't the 91% comment about actually modelling air traffic. Not about air traffic control? I think OP is commenting about the built in ATC system to get clearance and stuff.
I very much doubt this would run on my ZX spectrum with the extra memory from the 1980s - the first time I tried a flight simulator by Psion Computers.
I hope thats still going to be a feature. I plan on flying out yellowstone or somewere out west land next too a nice creek and just watch the beautiful sunrise. It would be cool of they also can add a more detailed realistic camground feature
I would love to see an open world train sim that modeled the word's railroads. I can only imagine how cool it would be to simulate the entire route of the Orient Express or a coast to coast or an Atlantic to Pacific trip in North America. I got into Train Sim 10 plus years ago, but the fact they couldn't get lines to interconnect to other lines kind of made me get bored of it.
@@skyhawk_4526 if I remember correctly Microsoft was planning on doing the entire world. Tracks and terrain were supposed to generate based on satellite imagery and data etc.
@@kaeptnbaloo they actually did have a Ship Simulator too. And it would be a lot easier as most of the land wouldn't need to be made. only about 1-2km of the coastal stretch
its amazing how they identified and improved on all the flaws of the previous game and included every feature you could possibly imagine. I'm just hoping it all works as advertised this time.
havent watched a video of yours in years.... hearing your voice gave me much nostalgia and had me thinking back to the euro truck sim days when id watch you everyday.
I stopped playing MSFS 2020 because of how annoying it was with the updates. Took so damn long every month or so, so long that I couldn't deal with it any longer, so having it cached instead sounds nicer.
Instead of complaining and doing nothing to improve it you should just get a good internet connection. With a fiber connection all household can afford, it takes only 10 to 15 minutes when an update has to be download.
@@laurentsamson8927 Fiber isn't readily available in every neighborhood, dingus. Also, I have gigabit fiber and updates still take an ungodly amount of time.
@@laurentsamson8927 A fiber connections, or even a good internet connection, is not available everywhere, and it is far from true that "all" households can afford it. Your privilege is showing.
@@laurentsamson8927 Oh how wrong you are. I have 350mbs download. It does not take 15 minutes on the microsoft servers. Especially once you've installed the update and still have world update found in the store to install + anything else they updated. Far from 10-15 minutes.
Thank you @squirrel, love your videos in general so great to see this coming from you. I'm looking forward to the release although I know that my PC will also need to be upgraded probably then.
@3:07 - You: Southwest 1690, climb and maintain FL350. Southwest sure have suffered shrinkflation. Dont think that cessna will make it that high either hahaha.
I really hope water physics get some love with this edition. Being able to properly fly a float plane would be really neat; First rise, second rise, and all that... if you know, you know. As it stands, that just isn't represented currently. Heres hoping, as this looks pretty freaking cool.
Im sure they will make water physics right on this but another very important feature is to make those trees and vegetation naturally move by the wind/weather... Also if they made it possible to be able to go to the moon and be Superman or able to fly a UFO spaceship too woukd be cool
@@OzzyInSpace it has been said, waves were more dynamic, they react to objects in water like your pontoons, and the height and direction of waves effect takeoffs. Tree physics have always been there.
@@EmeryE2 Well that's great to hear, if that is the case. But they haven't always "been there" - Flying a water based aircraft in the current sim "works", sure. But it definitely isn't up to par with being able to truly learn how to fly float planes.
It kinda makes me teary to see all these footage and how far we've come. I decided to chase my dream and started ground school back mid '22, MSFS has been my training tool since day 1, it was invaluable during PPL to practice maneuvers and routes. Now that I'm going through IFR it's even more important, luckily the folks at Working Title joined in and created immaculate recreations of all Garmin units. This game can be a sim depending on how you use it, and can be your best weapon to be a good proficient pilot.
@androidfarmer8863 I guess it's a good thing then that there's no way to easily set visibility in fs2020. They pretty much sold a copy of xplane when I tried setting the weather for flying an approach to minimums.
@@pieterduplessis6906no, it doesn’t, it means you know they don’t care as much as they should if you have any sense, and that doesn’t mean we don’t recognise there are more important things, but that you know that attitude can and does unfortunately affect those more important things too.
I've yet to see anyone mention the logbook or if they finally give an option to remove the arrow at the top of the screen every time you touch your mouse (without the need of an add on that is). Great video. Finally one with external footage without all the external gauges and POI markers all over the place. I give asobo major credit for what they've achieved and in doing it without greed. I love Star Citizen too and just imagine how easy it would have been for them to charge crazy high prices and monthly insurance, haha. It's amazing what you get for the ridiculously low price.
They better add a gamelauncher, where you can update the game, install/deinstall parts, and browse the addon store WITHOUT launching the game. Im tired of hours long installs/updates while running the game and wasting energy ... in windows update MS states they are commited to the environment ... well, prove it MS!
Looks stunning! The overall ground rendering and lighting improvements sell it for me. I really hope the performance optimisation means a half decent computer will be as smooth as glass. Really looking forward to November!
I sure hope trees snd vegetation moves according to the weather, its a important thing to give it that realism... They need to have a easy and automatic flyby camera too!! Also would be cool to be able to go do space mission to the moon and also be a UFO ship or Superman
The wheel prints in the snow/ foliage, wake turbulence, the visuals, MAINTENANCE!! This is going to be amazing. (But please get rid of the “you crashed” screen…
The 1 thing I think that wasn't mentioned is Performance. Was this footage recorded on PC or Xbox? And if it was PC, are you aware of any major performance increases from 2020 to 2024 besides the smaller install size and load times?
On MSFS 2020 I unintentionally became kind of "anti stutter expert", because I always had to struggle with annoying suttering, despite owning a high end PC. I hope so much this was solved in MSFS 2024. So my biggest concern is performance in MS2024 and as you said, it was not mentioned AT ALL in all the "early access videos" I have seen so far. ☹
@@Thoddy398 When I was in the CAT / CBT back in 2019, we were specifically told to not talk about performance in detail, especially because those who broke NDA were talking bs or from a place of lack of knowledge / technical know how. I expect this to be the same here. But I suspect a substantial improvement in some areas...
@@FlightSimmer-gl3yw Well, how does it look on the videos? I know you cannot always tell, but it seemed pretty smooth. Considering they have completely reworked the game engine, I would assume the performance was not a real issue.
Yeah all this is mind blowing but im afraid that ill have to run the game at all minimal video settings in VR. Hope im wrong and itll be optimized well.
I'll believe it when I see it. 50 million users is crazy for 2020 when they had so many bugs that affected core gameplay for YEARS. Mid-flight game crashes, Unable to capture glideslope in deluxe aircraft, and my favorite is entering the app and the plane from a cold start only to see that there is a plane system failure like the FMS when those settings are disabled. How many hours did I waste of my life trying to do an activity like landing challenges only to see the glass cockpit screens wouldnt turn on? Everything they built is really really impressive, but if I can't do the core gameplay mechanics outside of visually taking off/landing whats the point..
Have to agree there are still a lot of annoying bugs in 2020 even after all these years plus performance has always been bad. Can't help to think that it will be even worse given all the new features added. For me I'm going to wait until the game comes out to see if I will need to build a new PC just to play it.
I cannot wait for career mode. It looks like so much fun. The casual photography mode sounds cool too. This is coming from someone that MS/Asobo would probably categorize as a hardcore simmer (thousands of hours, played since early 2000s, enjoy flying on vatsim etc)
I am a real world pilot and use 2020 to practice flights as well as enjoy earth porn. It annoys the crap out of me that the devs 4 years on haven’t fixed some of the basic things like icao units (how hard is it to have knots, millibars, feet and meters like we use here in Europe) Fingers crossed for 2024
Real pilot also: not sure why you mention that. ICAO is an international standard, not particular to Europe, btw meters is a non-standard unit for altitude. And in MSFS you can have all the units you mentioned, it entirely depends of the aircraft.
I hope atc can state pressures in metric and imperial, even if just in brackets next to it, sick of pulling out my conversion chart in the dark tryna convert 29.92 to 1013 for eg
Damn Squirrel.. been a while since I've visited your channel, but back 4 years ago, you literally taught me how to fly with your MSFS2020 tutorials. I took those skills over to DCS and IL2 and have been really enjoying WW2 dog-fighting. Excited for some more Flight Sim content with the release of this exciting new sim in November!
Working in Ag Aviation, the A-star, R44 and Air tractors are so cool to see WITH the spray booms. I'd like to see 206s and oh-58s. Maybe even MD500s so I can reenact my powerline inspections.
3:48 texture popping of that rectangular building LOL. Cloud still looks weird in my opinion. And relying heavily on cloud? Thats a big big concern for me. Asobo servers cant sometimes handle MSFS2020 traffic. How is it going to work with new sim which needs even more data streaming for all the players online?
MSFS is the reason why I bought the XSX console and just happily purchased the aviators edition. It doesn’t matter to me what 2020 content transfers over or the cost. I’ve been playing this sim since almost day one and I’m grateful it’s on console and runs so well.
I'm hearing alot of promises...and we've been down this road before. I'm not getting excited over anything until the release date is closer and third party consumer reviews come in.
the ever-present pessimist A review from these 25 lucky people already gives us an idea about what is to come Then again, we have your type of comment at every launch of every sim and every update You will buy it day 1, then weekly you will probably have something that either you hate or kills immersion for you. And it will probably be small type things And in the meantime, you will miss what our hobby is evolving into. Not a flight sim anymore, but an aviation sim with human experience
I have the game, I am rather casual but I play tons of other games...and this review was hands down one of the best I have ever seen. Also, the work they did on the new version is amazing. Identifying and segmenting the user base is so crucial and they are doing a great job at listening. Love it
Nothing. Which is why many of us weren't happy with the 2020 announcement. Guarantee they shut down 2020 by mid 2026 as a prod to buy the new one. And with the price point they want, I see XPlane getting a shift in users
Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed the video! A long of work went into this one 🙃
What most surprised you about what's been revealed so far?
Did they allow you to take a real aircraft out and fly it?
Most surprising? That there's still so many distracting rendering artifacts from screen space effects.
I'm most surprised about a fully fledged career mode being implemented in this simulator. I'm so happy to see that they have been listening to what the players want
One thing you did not talk about is the performance of the new flight sim. Are there any improvements compared to MSFS2020?
Many thanks, yours is the first channel I check for facts.
I still cannot believe that we get to play a game like this. I cannot believe this is a real game. Flight Sim is such a technical achievement. Kudos to Asobo and MS.
I have been flying MS flight simulator since I was a young kid back in the late 80s / early 90s, when flight simulator was so bare bones that you had to have a super vivid imagination to know that you were actually flying something! 😂 …..They have come such long way with the “realism”, from that time, it is simply astounding!
Wait, wait, wait to have the game in your hands
@@747-pilot I played when it was SubLogic and there was a biplane fighting game in which you had a dot attacking you with more dots.
Playing FS in VR with a beefy rig is eye-watering. Might need to upgrade to a 5090 for this one though.
What's the point if they fail to provide 3rd party developers with whatever they need to make their real study sim airplanes? To this day companies like PMDG have no access to an SDK. I think that's completely unacceptable.
"I felt a great disturbance in the Force... as if millions of GPUs suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced."
I'm gonna need something better than my 2019 8GB RX 580...
The great thing is that most PCs can play provided they have an SSD. If you have a small monitor, HD and 2K are fine.
@@jonahfalcon1970 Oh yeah. MSFS2020 runs surprisingly well on my PC. I'm still gonna want something at least a little better, though.
I'm waiting on the 9800X3D as I'm still on the 5800X3D as I didn't want to waste my time with the 7800X3D. I may not have to replace the 4090 for another 2 years.
I can make my 4090 cry running on my 14900KS system in VR in the Aero in FS2020. FS2024 should do the same at 4K HDR Full Ultra flatscreen. Titan AI next!
Flight Sim is literally the best thing Microsoft has done the last decade.
to be fair they make some very good products Sentinel Defender XDR come to mind, and some junk at the same time.
What about windows Vista
@@theanimalnumber55 do you know what a decade is?
@@saus660 10 thousand years?
@@theanimalnumber55 yes
I was worried about a lack of missions in career mode, but I think 3 million missions might just cover it.
I want to run transport missions in Patagonia
Wait there are 3,000,000 missions? Lol
@@chrisplacido4737 Just make sure your plane doesnt have a misinterpretable callsign written on it.... 😂
@@thebanksfilms4426 in this video at 09:15
It's gonna be hell for completionists. Not because of the high number of missions but rather because I assume these are generated and also won't be available forever. Imagine a resuce mission in the winter in the mountains... well it won't wait for you until summer, will it? 😀 You'd have to accept that "someone else took to job" if you did not.
Imagine if we got to a point where we wouldn't need seperate softwares/games for flight, driving and sailing sims. Being able to travel across the whole world in whatever mode of transport you choose.
Sailing might get a little sleepy.
@@PriusTurboThe sea can be just as violent as the sky
It's the same amount of work as all of those games combined, so very high risk and expensive, and considering how sims tend to be made by smaller indy devs, far less likely to get that kind of money. Same total dev work, just combined into one, far more expensive, far more hardware-demanding product, financially much riskier for developers.
@@wythes. And there are pirates
@@B.D.E. Sounds great, I'm in!
As offical Planet Zoo ambassador and Creator of Frontier games: This is definitely the wildest Collab i was never expecting to find in a video. Period.
(also there are 2 species we dont even have ingame yet...excuuussseee meee haha)
This game looks fantastic. So it deserves fantastic animals.
I personally do suspect that a small transaction was involved, but it is laudable of Microsoft and Asobo to realise that they wouldn't be able to top Frontier's expertise. Although Jorg Neuman's previous working experience with Frontier on Zoo Tycoon XBOX probably helped a bit😅.
@@martijn9568 Yeah absolutely, still it was very very surprising haha
Will we get capybaras in elite after we defeat the thargoids?
talking about Frontier collab, why no mention of Python Mk.II?
@@whiskeysk elite ships wouldn't be flyable without their normal thrusters in atmosphere
This…actually sounds really cool. The ground detail and the ground effect especially. I wonder if some of the seasons stuff got ported over from Forza. AND OMG THE ANIMALS YAYYYYYY
Lexi!!!! Didn't expect to see you here lol. I too am excited for the animols
The animals are from Planet Zoo!! I was so amazed!!! Frontier Developments, Asobo Studios and Microsoft Gaming 🤯
Yeah, it seems as though Microsoft likes to iterate over its own tech.
The lighting is so advanced that when I let the dog out and she runs in front of the garage, tripping the motion detector flood light, it shows up in game 30 seconds later! Truly next gen stuff. Amazing! 😉
Wait, you are not kidding?
@@cosmotecthe isn’t! I’m the motion detector flood light and can confirm.
@@cosmotectcome on man 😂😂
@@jonathanwood5033 :P
Career Mode. That is all I needed to hear.
Yeeees 💪💪
Oh yes, I remember I used to play fs 2004 with some sort of career mod. I just like to have a progress system to learn, practice and evolve with different aircrafts and exploring differents parts of the world.
And not just some drop-in missions like I was worried they'd be. It's a proper career mode with progression and money. I can't believe it.
@@Dexi I play American Truck Simulator. Now all we need is a boating sim.
Yes its crazyyy 😅
Real life looks almost as realistic as Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 😂
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😂😂
The career mode with XP is what sells me. Gives purpose to flying
@@Mick-f4e i shouldnt have to go to a third party website and sign up to something that still doesnt feel like a career mode.
this adds so much for us who wanted something to fly for
exactly.... without the need to subscribe to a 3rd party tool with broken econimics :P
@@Mick-f4e My thoughts too. The career mode is what keeps me playing GT7 or FM8 over some of the better racing sims out there. I need purpose and progression in a game. Sure there is Neofly and others and they did a great job, but it feels a little janky compared to having a system built in to the sim.
@@Mick-f4e meh...not even comparable
Been playing career mode with MS2020 A Pilot’s Life and this is what keeps the game exciting for me!
I like the fact that you could technically put a fake helipad in your garden, and the next time they update the satellite data it will be available in the game
I wonder how many botched pads people will discover, that are on weird roofs or so irl and aren't placed properly in the sim.
Google maps currently (as of the last time I looked) has the Unit HQ helipad set from Doctor Who on the backlot of Bad Wolf studios in Cardiff. You can bet that I will be checking to see if that’s there as a usable helipad when FS2020 is out. I don’t need career mode-I can roleplay on my own as a Doctor Who aerial camera operator thank you very much 😀
@@jasonlescalleet5611 Pretty sure this is FS2024...
We're gonna hot balloon like it's FSX 🥳
Mach one air balloon!
@@Derkiboi I see you're a fellow Airforceproud95 enjoyer
@@edameow rodger Dodger
@@edameow 400mph hot air ballon flybye :)
Pair that with Vatsim! Ps: Always spawn on the runway.
From having not enough stuff to do in MSFS2020, it seems we have the risk of *too much* to do in 2024! These 2024 reveals are a nice surprise today. Thanks Paul and congrats on being one of the lucky few! :)
As in life.....pace yourself, choice is another option, OCD can be medicated so im told.
I normally, never, ever do this, but I pre-ordered the Limited Collector's Edition. MSFS2020 has given me much joy over the years, and I put my trust in Asobo to not botch up the 2024 edition. Thanks for letting me know that physical copies are up for grabs (even if they don't include disks anymore).
All they have to do is sharpen up the ATC and they've got me already. Things like ILS approaches were a disaster in the base 2020 release.
1:55 howly mowly... Look at that detail!!!! It seems like AI draws roads, markings, crosswalks with asphalt textures etc while ortho lies nicely under. Just wow, I'm speechless. But in other shots aswell: cacti, bushes, gravel all details are there. And you can get good performance with good LOD's and nice smooth blending between. This is just amazing.
Thats handcrafted tho. The ai wont be that good. But it does seem improved, and im excited to try it.
@@trainsofnorway9664 Oh, ye could be. Still overall texturing, ground looks miles better than 2020. Future is super bright.
@@mantokee it does yeah
Saw the price for the Aviator edition set to $200 and thought "What the hell, why is it so much?" Watched your video and with how much they have squeezed into this game, I have turned into Fry screaming "TAKE MY MONEY!"
I didn't get any version of 2020, instead used the game pass, as I wanted the features of the 120€ edition, but it was too expensive for my taste, especially regarding extra airports detail level.
Now? I won't even hesitate.
Same man, same! Now I gotta figure out how to talk to the wife about my new addiction...
@@drizztcat1 _"So how about a new phone or a new pair of shoes?"_
...then buy FS2024 while they're still love buzzin :)
i mean yeah i get they really put a hard work on this. but 200 is still too much.. not to mention we probably have to re-buy the add ons that we have from 2020, as the developers would be releasing their add ons on 2024 too.. so i'd say if one wish to migrating from msfs 2020 to msfs 2024 it would cost them 500$ at the very least
They will take not only your money but also your SOUL.Maybe some "features" will probably require third parties software (at a price of course). Abd BTW, be careful with your comments or you could experience funny quirky behaviours in your sim.
I'm surprised Microsoft hasn't included train simulator into this
Jörg Neumann, head of Microsoft Flight Simulator, has talked about that with some of the other people they invited to Arizona. He said that their specialty is aircraft. He said that if the Train Simulator folks approached him and wanted to do something with them, he'd be interested.
@@tedsword Microsoft train simulator was a big thing in the 2000's, so I hope there is a market that discusses that with him. Thanks for sharing.
I don't know if Train Simulator has forums, but feel free to ask them. ;)
To be fair
MS Train Sim is now Train Sim World from Dovetail Games. They are the studio that worked with Microsoft on the original train sim in the early 2000’s. Dovetail Games also signed a license agreement with Steam to release the new Microsoft FSX Gold Edition. So they have been intertwined with Microsoft and Steam since the beginning and would be well positioned for a collaboration between MSFS and Train Simulator which they now develop.
I really hope they keep the VR mode in the game.
Just watched a different video and he confirmed VR is available at launch
Please have triple screen support. Please God
@@skippychurch2965 If your PC can handle it... The released specs are not exactly kind in some areas.
@@ukmaxi yeah tripple screen all maxed might be beefy
@@RSProduxx I do triple now with msfs2020 (5, actually, with two g1000s). I just hope multiscreen is still a thing.
for 4 years this is such a fucking insane leap. I can't imagine 10-20 years from now.
and 20 years from now will be nothing vs a 100 years from now ... mindblowing the further I push it ...
Maybe at some point we´ll look back to FS2020 and think "my gosh, that thing was so barebone" ;)
@@RSProduxx It's scary to think about lol
MSFS also looks a lot better now than in 2020. I made a break between early months till 2023 and it looks like a new game in comparison.
When you crash, your VR set will electrocute you.
I like that MSFS 24 has different kids of "game" options. Freestyle - Missions - Challenges, plus others.
This was so well put together. Great job and thank you!
Actually looks incredible. The only thing I don't like is the reliance on the servers, because if they're down, then you're just unable to play the game. I really don't get the people complaining about install sizes and loading times. It's no longer 1990, drives are really not that expensive anymore, and they have become so fast (NVMEs) that loading times really aren't a big issue.
Well if you can afford a few petabytes at home, go on 😂
You can't store this game at home
Agreed. There may be a choice for drive use hopefully.
They want to see whats on your drive spying !!!!!
@@OmerrhonI really hope there is.
The issue is not storing it.. the issue is downloading massive amounts of data VS your ISP.
8:33 somebody call that npc an ambulance. I don't think human eyes are supposed to do that 😅
Ahaha that's horrifying
They modeled almost the entire surface of the earth to within centimeters, and the rest to within 2 meters. You could literally fly through your town in a helicopter and double check the models with real life drone footage of your house.
This isn't Microsoft Medical Simulator 2024, cut the devs some slack😂
@@mmorris2830 chill out, it's funny. Having a laugh at the expense of an amusing bug isn't hateful or anything. The devs would probably find it just as funny.
That grand canyon footage looks stupidly good
Riiiight? Pretty amazing stuff. The increased focus on flight planning was cool too.
RTX-8080
Yes, I can't wait to see the Mach Loop or Star Wars Canyon. I guess I land solidly into the tourist category of simmer.
Amazing to meet you at this Squirrel! Epic event and great vid!
I have goosbumps. The Drako X, which is basically a turboprop PZL-104 Wilga - the aircraft of my childhood and teenage glider pilot years. I will fly that the most!
Damn these devs are a beast. Kudos to their commitment!
Not one mention of ATC? Sounds like we may still need third party ATC to fill the gap.
That was already confirmed to be upgraded post-launch (they aim to upgrade MSFS 2020 as well I believe at the same time). However, the aircraft models for the air traffic will be 91% complete as stated in the video.
There is so much wrong with the 2020 ATC that I don't believe they won't at least try to sort it.
My highlights include:
- A tug pushing me out of the airport boundary and the flight ending because I'd hit an object. I couldn't stop the tug because the ATC was yammering away to every aircraft on the planet and it didn't let me even click to ask the tug to stop (the button was greyed out and ATC wouldn't shut up)
- Being given final landing clearance on ILS approach when at 7000ft with the runway 1NM ahead. That happened because I did everything ATC told me to do. I was then immediately told to Go Around and it tells me to head off to some waypoint 50NM away. That's not normal, right?
@@ukmaxiwasn't the 91% comment about actually modelling air traffic. Not about air traffic control? I think OP is commenting about the built in ATC system to get clearance and stuff.
I very much doubt this would run on my ZX spectrum with the extra memory from the 1980s - the first time I tried a flight simulator by Psion Computers.
At least MSFS 2024 will have hot air balloons so I can put to rest my ZX Spectrum game Ballooning after 40 years.
So refreshing to a video that is not just a rehashed edit of the existing trailer. That earned you a subscription.
You forgot to mention that we can explore most of the world on foot
I hope thats still going to be a feature. I plan on flying out yellowstone or somewere out west land next too a nice creek and just watch the beautiful sunrise. It would be cool of they also can add a more detailed realistic camground feature
@@chrismion4007 You don't have to hope. That feature is already been confirmed.
It was a pleasure to meet you at this event! Fantastic video and I look forward to seeing you again!
MICROSOFT.... please do a Train Simulator next
I would love to see an open world train sim that modeled the word's railroads. I can only imagine how cool it would be to simulate the entire route of the Orient Express or a coast to coast or an Atlantic to Pacific trip in North America. I got into Train Sim 10 plus years ago, but the fact they couldn't get lines to interconnect to other lines kind of made me get bored of it.
Mmmh, or ships :)
Flight simulator is one of the oldest game franchises
@@skyhawk_4526 if I remember correctly Microsoft was planning on doing the entire world. Tracks and terrain were supposed to generate based on satellite imagery and data etc.
@@kaeptnbaloo they actually did have a Ship Simulator too. And it would be a lot easier as most of the land wouldn't need to be made. only about 1-2km of the coastal stretch
Im just interested in better live weather ngl, I live for those atmospheric flights or storm chases
I love that they added cargo weight so when carrying things it will affect your flight. I am super excited for hauling in this
Thats in 2020 aswell though
I hope its better optimized than the previous release
Yeah, it actually using more than 5% of the GPU would be nice.
It not having "reinstall your operating system - regards, Microsoft" issues alone would be a step up
This just makes a better case we might live in a simulation.
This is an excellent commercial. Hope the soft compensation agreement has improved.
Now they need to collaborate with scs and do something with truck sims. Man that would be something
its amazing how they identified and improved on all the flaws of the previous game and included every feature you could possibly imagine. I'm just hoping it all works as advertised this time.
havent watched a video of yours in years.... hearing your voice gave me much nostalgia and had me thinking back to the euro truck sim days when id watch you everyday.
Great insight into MSFS 2024! Thanks Paul! 🔥
Well done, nice review! Surprised about EGSR being your local aerodrome. Greetings from Ipswich!
That career mode officially makes Microsoft Flight Sim one of the best "videogames" ever made, people can't argue it's just a simulation tool anymore.
its both a simulator and a game. just depends on how you use it this debate is dumb because its both
All you needed to tell me is ‘they’ve got CAPYBARAS!!’ Take my money
9:58 Oh man, i hope those banner adverts are customisable 😊
Can we, like... put SCS somewhere in this project and drive trucks too?
haha If you do that for a living you would never play that sim
Sourcing information on oil rigs from insurance companies is a stroke of genius! Great overview, looking forward to this.
You best believe I am starting my career in Nantucket.
I hear there's a legendary man from there.
Of all the folks invited to this event, i appreciate your recap the most. Thank you! Im so excited!
You had me at dynamic walkarounds 🤣
I stopped playing MSFS 2020 because of how annoying it was with the updates. Took so damn long every month or so, so long that I couldn't deal with it any longer, so having it cached instead sounds nicer.
Instead of complaining and doing nothing to improve it you should just get a good internet connection. With a fiber connection all household can afford, it takes only 10 to 15 minutes when an update has to be download.
@@laurentsamson8927 Fiber isn't readily available in every neighborhood, dingus.
Also, I have gigabit fiber and updates still take an ungodly amount of time.
@@laurentsamson8927 yeah and pay 100 a month or so, no thank you.
@@laurentsamson8927 A fiber connections, or even a good internet connection, is not available everywhere, and it is far from true that "all" households can afford it. Your privilege is showing.
@@laurentsamson8927 Oh how wrong you are. I have 350mbs download. It does not take 15 minutes on the microsoft servers. Especially once you've installed the update and still have world update found in the store to install + anything else they updated. Far from 10-15 minutes.
Thank you @squirrel, love your videos in general so great to see this coming from you. I'm looking forward to the release although I know that my PC will also need to be upgraded probably then.
1:13 didnt know the graphics would be this good
That hummer scene is insane
$260 CAD plus tax which will put it over $300 for the aviator version, holy crap that's insane...This has to be the most expensive game ever.
You save about 300$ if you get the aviator compared to buying all 30 local legends and famous flyers in 2020
@3:07 - You: Southwest 1690, climb and maintain FL350.
Southwest sure have suffered shrinkflation. Dont think that cessna will make it that high either hahaha.
Happy to see you're are still thriving!
I still recall the DayZ days..
It’s quite funny to think that Asobo believes you can see the Milky Way and stars from a major city.
Literally unplayable
😅😅😅😅@@kevinphilpot3270
You can, in North Korea
@@kevinphilpot3270 🤣🤣🤣
Its also funny that you think this is the final build. Its not....
On a personal note, it’s really nice to here from you again, I’ve been wounding where you have got to
I really hope water physics get some love with this edition. Being able to properly fly a float plane would be really neat; First rise, second rise, and all that... if you know, you know. As it stands, that just isn't represented currently. Heres hoping, as this looks pretty freaking cool.
Im sure they will make water physics right on this but another very important feature is to make those trees and vegetation naturally move by the wind/weather... Also if they made it possible to be able to go to the moon and be Superman or able to fly a UFO spaceship too woukd be cool
Trees and water have been given correct physics.
@@EmeryE2 Have they outright said that anywhere?
@@OzzyInSpace it has been said, waves were more dynamic, they react to objects in water like your pontoons, and the height and direction of waves effect takeoffs. Tree physics have always been there.
@@EmeryE2 Well that's great to hear, if that is the case. But they haven't always "been there" - Flying a water based aircraft in the current sim "works", sure. But it definitely isn't up to par with being able to truly learn how to fly float planes.
It kinda makes me teary to see all these footage and how far we've come. I decided to chase my dream and started ground school back mid '22, MSFS has been my training tool since day 1, it was invaluable during PPL to practice maneuvers and routes. Now that I'm going through IFR it's even more important, luckily the folks at Working Title joined in and created immaculate recreations of all Garmin units.
This game can be a sim depending on how you use it, and can be your best weapon to be a good proficient pilot.
Well, I see we still have large commuter buses driving through small GA tiedown areas. Sweet.
when we nitpick like this, then you know you have a winner in your hand
@@pieterduplessis6906 Ok then. Set visibility to 3 miles. Let me know what happens.
@androidfarmer8863 I guess it's a good thing then that there's no way to easily set visibility in fs2020. They pretty much sold a copy of xplane when I tried setting the weather for flying an approach to minimums.
@@pieterduplessis6906no, it doesn’t, it means you know they don’t care as much as they should if you have any sense, and that doesn’t mean we don’t recognise there are more important things, but that you know that attitude can and does unfortunately affect those more important things too.
I've yet to see anyone mention the logbook or if they finally give an option to remove the arrow at the top of the screen every time you touch your mouse (without the need of an add on that is).
Great video. Finally one with external footage without all the external gauges and POI markers all over the place.
I give asobo major credit for what they've achieved and in doing it without greed. I love Star Citizen too and just imagine how easy it would have been for them to charge crazy high prices and monthly insurance, haha. It's amazing what you get for the ridiculously low price.
They better add a gamelauncher, where you can update the game, install/deinstall parts, and browse the addon store WITHOUT launching the game. Im tired of hours long installs/updates while running the game and wasting energy ... in windows update MS states they are commited to the environment ... well, prove it MS!
did you watch the video at all? you wont get any updates, its all server side.
If you watched the video you will have learned that the updates will be all server side unless they have a big to fix for the client.
@@wout123100 Oh really ? They will never update the executable or DLL's will they ? lol
This looks like everything I wanted MSFS2020 to be so I'm pretty excited, I just hope my 3080 can run it at 2k 60fps minimum.
I am more of a career mode person myself. I'm going to have some fun with that.
What a time to be alive!
I remember being blown away by FS98
My, how far things have come.
I cannot wait to get my mitts on 2024!!
What hardware was the demonstration played on? I ask because I could still see stuttering? surely the hardware they used would've been the best.
I bet it still stutters.
its a very early version, i bet that will improve, i say most issues might come form the servers.
Looks stunning! The overall ground rendering and lighting improvements sell it for me. I really hope the performance optimisation means a half decent computer will be as smooth as glass. Really looking forward to November!
I sure hope trees snd vegetation moves according to the weather, its a important thing to give it that realism... They need to have a easy and automatic flyby camera too!! Also would be cool to be able to go do space mission to the moon and also be a UFO ship or Superman
took them 30 years but finally they added a career mode
That was an excellent synopsis of this sim. Very clear, logical, compact, and interesting!
And no irritating subtitles!
The wheel prints in the snow/ foliage, wake turbulence, the visuals, MAINTENANCE!! This is going to be amazing. (But please get rid of the “you crashed” screen…
My dear, I really appreciate and love your videos. Thanks, mate.
The 1 thing I think that wasn't mentioned is Performance. Was this footage recorded on PC or Xbox? And if it was PC, are you aware of any major performance increases from 2020 to 2024 besides the smaller install size and load times?
Yes. I watched 5 re/previews now and no word about performance. NDA?
On MSFS 2020 I unintentionally became kind of "anti stutter expert", because I always had to struggle with annoying suttering, despite owning a high end PC. I hope so much this was solved in MSFS 2024. So my biggest concern is performance in MS2024 and as you said, it was not mentioned AT ALL in all the "early access videos" I have seen so far.
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@@Thoddy398 When I was in the CAT / CBT back in 2019, we were specifically told to not talk about performance in detail, especially because those who broke NDA were talking bs or from a place of lack of knowledge / technical know how.
I expect this to be the same here. But I suspect a substantial improvement in some areas...
this is an early release, it will get better , i am sure.
@@FlightSimmer-gl3yw Well, how does it look on the videos? I know you cannot always tell, but it seemed pretty smooth. Considering they have completely reworked the game engine, I would assume the performance was not a real issue.
I am old as i played the very first Microsoft Flight Sim. Boy has it came a long way from back in the day.
wow ..VR is going to be next level on this !
Well only if you have the top of the top of the line PC.
Yeah all this is mind blowing but im afraid that ill have to run the game at all minimal video settings in VR. Hope im wrong and itll be optimized well.
@@bobbyQQ yeah hopefully well optimized , i played the current one in vr not much of a drop compared to normal playing
@@dyllengeris that because the game is mainly CPU limited not GPU?
I hope they improve on vr interaction, x-plane has the advantage in this area right now.
Beau and informative to watch. Thank you from NZ for taking the time to share this with us
Beau = beautiful 🙄
I'll believe it when I see it. 50 million users is crazy for 2020 when they had so many bugs that affected core gameplay for YEARS. Mid-flight game crashes, Unable to capture glideslope in deluxe aircraft, and my favorite is entering the app and the plane from a cold start only to see that there is a plane system failure like the FMS when those settings are disabled. How many hours did I waste of my life trying to do an activity like landing challenges only to see the glass cockpit screens wouldnt turn on? Everything they built is really really impressive, but if I can't do the core gameplay mechanics outside of visually taking off/landing whats the point..
Have to agree there are still a lot of annoying bugs in 2020 even after all these years plus performance has always been bad. Can't help to think that it will be even worse given all the new features added. For me I'm going to wait until the game comes out to see if I will need to build a new PC just to play it.
Can’t imagine what Microsoft flight simulator 2054 will look like
FAA will be included for sure. We will rent a real aircraft and fly with vr glasses in the real world 😅
2:12 Thats a gdman A10 Warthog! Time to spread some freedom
love that plane ❤
One BRRRRRRRRRRT at a time
I cannot wait for career mode. It looks like so much fun. The casual photography mode sounds cool too. This is coming from someone that MS/Asobo would probably categorize as a hardcore simmer (thousands of hours, played since early 2000s, enjoy flying on vatsim etc)
I am a real world pilot and use 2020 to practice flights as well as enjoy earth porn. It annoys the crap out of me that the devs 4 years on haven’t fixed some of the basic things like icao units (how hard is it to have knots, millibars, feet and meters like we use here in Europe) Fingers crossed for 2024
Real pilot also: not sure why you mention that. ICAO is an international standard, not particular to Europe, btw meters is a non-standard unit for altitude. And in MSFS you can have all the units you mentioned, it entirely depends of the aircraft.
I hope atc can state pressures in metric and imperial, even if just in brackets next to it, sick of pulling out my conversion chart in the dark tryna convert 29.92 to 1013 for eg
Damn Squirrel.. been a while since I've visited your channel, but back 4 years ago, you literally taught me how to fly with your MSFS2020 tutorials. I took those skills over to DCS and IL2 and have been really enjoying WW2 dog-fighting.
Excited for some more Flight Sim content with the release of this exciting new sim in November!
Whatre the specs we need?
9800X3D
4080
64gb ram
for optimum experience :D
@@Skafiskafnjak51 don’t forget a super fast ssd and fast internet
NASA Super-Computer
all of it.
Xbox? 😂
Working in Ag Aviation, the A-star, R44 and Air tractors are so cool to see WITH the spray booms. I'd like to see 206s and oh-58s. Maybe even MD500s so I can reenact my powerline inspections.
12:30 - This is terrifying knowing all the network issues 2020 haS.
3:48 texture popping of that rectangular building LOL. Cloud still looks weird in my opinion. And relying heavily on cloud? Thats a big big concern for me. Asobo servers cant sometimes handle MSFS2020 traffic. How is it going to work with new sim which needs even more data streaming for all the players online?
MSFS is the reason why I bought the XSX console and just happily purchased the aviators edition. It doesn’t matter to me what 2020 content transfers over or the cost. I’ve been playing this sim since almost day one and I’m grateful it’s on console and runs so well.
Flight Sim is an extraordinary achievement by humanity.
The scale of this game is literally unheard of in the gaming industry.
I find your videos more fun than playing, and super relaxing. Great work !
I'm hearing alot of promises...and we've been down this road before. I'm not getting excited over anything until the release date is closer and third party consumer reviews come in.
always wise to wait and see actual gameplay from several others with medium range computers.
word promise was never used 😂
the ever-present pessimist
A review from these 25 lucky people already gives us an idea about what is to come
Then again, we have your type of comment at every launch of every sim and every update
You will buy it day 1, then weekly you will probably have something that either you hate or kills immersion for you. And it will probably be small type things
And in the meantime, you will miss what our hobby is evolving into. Not a flight sim anymore, but an aviation sim with human experience
I have the game, I am rather casual but I play tons of other games...and this review was hands down one of the best I have ever seen.
Also, the work they did on the new version is amazing. Identifying and segmenting the user base is so crucial and they are doing a great job at listening.
Love it
From the way you described, there seem to have lots of advantages but I ask: What about owning? If their servers go down? What will you actually own?
this is one of the symptoms of the digital revolution, not a simming thing.
Nothing. Which is why many of us weren't happy with the 2020 announcement. Guarantee they shut down 2020 by mid 2026 as a prod to buy the new one. And with the price point they want, I see XPlane getting a shift in users
This is the best and most comprehensive Msfs2024 preview video amongst all the other RUclipsrs I have seen so far. Thank you!
ObsidianAnt was right, this is a stellar video!!
Did the Microsoft PR Department write the voiceover?
Used to watch your ETS2 videos years ago. Glad to have found your channel again.