Flight simulator followers might discover themselves in a barely distinctive place come November when Microsoft unloads its rather more superior Flight Simulator 2024 onto the world, though the model that got here in 2020 and was promised a 10-year roadmap will nonetheless very a lot be put in on plenty of methods.
There’ll undoubtedly be these that don’t make the leap to the brand new model for a lot of causes – value, compatibility, or PC {hardware} so what in case you are a type of individuals? Will you be left within the jet wash on the brand new shiny toy?
It appears as if you needn’t fear as Jorg Neumann, Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator confirmed to FSElite in an interview final week that we will anticipate to see updates for the present sim proper up till 2028 which nearly ties in with the last decade since launch.
Microsoft is assured that almost all of mods, airports, and plane will operate if introduced into MSFS 2024 however there may be nonetheless going to be a messy overlap with corporations going ahead maybe having to develop two variations of an add-on, one which takes benefit of the brand new sim and one which doesn’t. Extra seemingly help for MSFS 2020 may ebb away fairly rapidly, though the truth that it has had 15 million pilots because it launched may shore that up a little bit. No person is strolling away from a assured consumer base for a brand-new one.
Operating two comparable merchandise alongside one another isn’t one thing that always occurs within the recreation trade. If we’re speaking racing video games, issues reminiscent of Undertaking Automobiles 2 utterly disappeared from Steam when Undertaking Automobiles 3 got here out.
It’s going to be very fascinating to see how it’s dealt with – there’ll should be a contact of sensitivity about it to keep away from some individuals’s noses getting out of becoming a member of.
Within the meantime, in case you are seeking to enhance your cockpit forward of enjoying Flight Simulator 2024 chances are you’ll wish to try the brand new Flight Simulator Pro Military Edition from Next Level Racing that lately launched.