Hello,

It's been a month since the release of this new version of Microsoft Flight Simulator, and based on the feedback from the community as well as our own experience, we can begin to make some judgements about this product. This post is not intended to lead this product, but to make an impartial judgment as possible.

The craze generated by the release of this "simulation game" has been very, very important, relayed by all the Microsoft communication, by youtubers as well as by TV channels (sic).

The innovative and high-performance graphic aspect is an unavoidable fact. Nevertheless, a simulation game is not just a beautiful display.

Many points that had been raised during the first 6 months of 2020 have not been solved for this launch despite two patches, the last of which was implemented in a rather chaotic manner:
- the complexity of the installation (one online account plus one XBox account)
- the reliability of the installer, which depends on the stream servers
- no user manual and an unfinalised SDK
- basic aircraft treated superficially in terms of avionics and flight models

Of course, this product is young and the Asobo/Microsoft couple has planned a regular update over the next 10 years. With the release of this opus, a multitude of new developers were born and a lot of freeware appeared on the market. Microsoft says to have sold more than a million licences but clouds are beginning to darken the sky:
- difficulties on some streaming servers (those in Western Europe over 2 days in a row)
- users who complain about the incredible complexity when installing this product
- not many interesting aircraft on the market apart from basic aircraft

Some will say that one month is very short but it nevertheless allowed us to form an opinion based on both our impressions of Alphas testers and users of the RTM version.

Unfortunately, a flight simulation is much more than just a pretty landscape.

A flight sim is more than just a pretty face.