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Fly over Gamescom in Microsoft Flight Simulator’s first City Update, out nowI can see Geoff from up here!
I can see Geoff from up here!
Make-believe plane pretenderMicrosoft Flight Simulator’s first City Update has added realistic versions of five German conurbations just in time to mark Gamescom 2022. You can now fly over Hanover, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Bonn and Cologne. They’re rendered with the fancy photogrammetry technique that’s already plonkedhundred of citiesinto Flight Simulator’s rendition of Earth.
Microsoft Flight Simulator: City Update 01 - Available nowMicrosoft Flight Simulator’s first City Update adds photorealistic versions of five German metropolises.Watch on YouTube
Microsoft Flight Simulator: City Update 01 - Available now
Flight Simulator’s added new stuff regularly with plenty of free updates, but cities have so far eluded the extremely pretty game. The trailer shows off some reet nice views, including theGothicrevival castle of Marienburg in Lower Saxony and Borussia Dortmund’s home ground of Signal Iduna Park. I also spotted Dusseldorf’s Merkur Spiel-Arena, where the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest was held. That was when Azerbaijan won with thisditty.
Recent changes to Flight Simulator have seen theUSA zhuzhed upin World Update 10, andItaly and Maltain World Update 9 back in May. Other parts of Germany already had aglam makeover, along with Austria and Switzerland, in last September’s World Update 6. You can also flyHalo aircraftin it, for some reason. If you fancy some more random content in your photorealistic flight sim then you could always check out our guide to thebest mods for Microsoft Flight Simulator, Godzilla included.
Microsoft Flight Simulator is onSteamand theMicrosoft Storefor £60/$60/€70. It’s also part of PC Game Pass, if you’ve got that.
