Microsoft Flight Simulator Releases World Update VIII: Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, and Andorra

The Microsoft Flight Simulator Game of the Year (GOTY) Standard Edition celebrates all the positive feedback, reviews and awards garnered, but it is also a “Thank You” to our fans – new and old – that have made Microsoft Flight Simulator such a phenomenon. Microsoft Flight Simulator Standard Game of the Year edition includes 25 fully detailed planes, unique flight models, and 38 handcrafted airports.

This upgraded edition features five brand-new aircraft and eight newly handcrafted airports. Six new Discovery Flights are available. New tutorials have been added, as well as updates to the weather system.

Microsoft Flight Simulator now features five hand-crafted new aircraft:
• Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet: Our first military jet and a highly requested feature from the community. While the Top Gun Maverick film will come out next spring, we wanted to give simmers the chance to try their speed skills this holiday.
• VoloCity: We partnered with well-known German company Volocopter, which is working on an eVTOL called “VoloCity”, a vision for an urban air taxi. To create an accurate replica of the aircraft prototype for the simulator, we worked closely with Volocopter’s engineering team. This aircraft is the first to be capable of precise landings. It is also a preview of what we will launch in the simulator in 2022.
• Pilatus PC-6 Porter: This legendary short takeoff and landing (STOL) utility aircraft is a highly versatile plane from Switzerland and comes with several cockpits, cabins, and landing gear variations. This aircraft is the product of close cooperation with the manufacturer. The development effort by Hans Hartmann (developer) and Alexander Metzger (developer) resulted into a unique and enjoyable new aircraft that has exceptional capabilities in the simulator.
• CubCrafters NX Cub: Yakima-based CubCrafters recently introduced a nosewheel option for their flagship CC-19 XCub Aircraft, popularly called the NX Cub, which we are pleased to introduce to the flight sim audience to further enhance our bush flying and off airport options.
• Aviat Pitts Special S1S: One of our most popular planes gets a single-seat option with the release of this aircraft.

New Airports – We are adding eight handcrafted airports in Central Europe and the United States:
• Germany
o Leipzig/Halle Airport (EDDP)
o Allgäu Airport Memmingen (EDJA)
o Kassel Airport (EDVK)
•Switzerland
o Lugano Airport (LSZA)
o Zurich Airport (LSZH)
o Luzern-Beromunster Airport (LSZO)
•United States
o Patrick Space Force Base (KCOF)
o Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (KNKX)

Game of the Year releases information on 545 missing US airports.

New Missions: Based on the popular Discovery Flights series, six more locations have been added to the program (Helsinki/Fribourg im Breisgau/Mecca, Monument Valley/Singapore, Mount Cook).

New Tutorials – To further expand the onboarding experience, we are adding 14 new tutorials, introducing simmers to Bush flying (in an Icon A5) and IFR (in a Cessna 172).

New Features – We are also pleased to introduce several highly requested features by the community: an updated weather system, early access to DX12, and a dev mode replay system.

New Photogrammetry Cities – As part of our ongoing collaboration with Bing Maps, we are pleased to add a number of new photogrammetry cities: Helsinki (Finland), Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), Brighton, Derby, Eastbourne, Newcastle, and Nottingham (UK) and Utrecht (Netherlands).

Microsoft Flight Simulator Standard Game of the Year Edition for PCs and Xbox Series X|S. New users will find the GOTY Standard Edition a great way to start flight simulators. You can invite your friends and family to fly with you. You are the only one who can see the sky!