UPDATE – Early access previews of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 are now published, look for them on YouTube. Also, the official FS2024 FAQ with minimum specs is now available. The next Developer Livestream is on Wednesday, September 25 at 17:30 UTC featuring FS2024.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is a new standalone flight simulator landing on November 19, 2024, for both PC and Xbox Series X/S as well as via Xbox Cloud Gaming. Microsoft will continue to deliver nearly monthly updates to current FS2020 until year 2028. With very few exceptions, virtually all addons that work in FS2020 today will function in FS2024. Addons that were purchased from the in-simulator Marketplace will not need to be re-purchased in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. Here are some of the details we know so far.
- Improved ground details
- 3D tessellated ground materials
- Enhanced 3D trees with greatly increased diversity
- Improved cliffs
- Animal herds and migrations
- Worldwide live ship traffic
- Accurate live air traffic (models, liveries)
- Improved vehicle traffic
- More diverse character models
- Full seasons
- Aurora Borealis
- Tornados and storms
- Improved multithreading to improve performance
- Faster download, load, and installation speeds
- Improved aerodynamics and physics simulation
- Improved aircraft systems including electrical, pneumatic, fuel, and hydraulics
- New failure and wear & tear system
- Deeper and wider avionics systems
- Cockpit tablet available by default
- Worldwide Vertical Obstacles
- Worldwide Oil Rigs
- Worldwide Glider Airports
- Worldwide Heliports
