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It sure looks like Microsoft Flight Simulator evicted the QueenI fail to see the problem here.

I fail to see the problem here.

Microsoft Flight Simulatorpromises an entire world. It’s a stunning feat, one the game largely succeeds at, but it’s understandably flubbed a few locations here and there. At least, that’s the most reasonable explanation for why the global flyover has replaced Buckingham Palace with a brutal grey apartment complex - assuming, of course, the folks at Asobo and Microsoft haven’t just let slip a peek at their anti-monarchist politics.

Taking a flight through Flight Sim’s facsimile of London, theBBCdiscovered a few notable oddities - including the radical act of replacing the Queen’s 775-room residence into a massive block of (presumably) affordable housing.

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Apparently, the new Microsoft flight sim has used AI to map the entire world. But it’s not done it all that great, and turned Buckingham Palace into a generic 90s office block.https://t.co/hgJnGmauPIpic.twitter.com/KybFG7XOf9— Oli Mould (@olimould)August 18, 2020

Apparently, the new Microsoft flight sim has used AI to map the entire world. But it’s not done it all that great, and turned Buckingham Palace into a generic 90s office block.https://t.co/hgJnGmauPIpic.twitter.com/KybFG7XOf9

— Oli Mould (@olimould)August 18, 2020

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Sydney Harbour Bridge, meanwhile, hasn’t been replaced so much as outright removed. While it may just be that dodgy procgen has warped or deleted these landmarks, some have suggested that in the Bridge’s case, stingy behaviour from the structure’s rights owners have kept it from appearing in the sim.

These slips come with the territory of pulling the entire planet out of Bing Maps - and if you want an aerial view of some stunning photorealistic cities, Ollie’s compiled a handy list ofFlight Sim’s most detailed urban sprawls. If you do want your capitol right n' proper, though, Orbx have compiled athird-party pack of London landmarksto download for £6.01/€6.66/$7.95.