Microsoft Flight Simulator Announced 2019

**000rick000** · June 9th, 2019, 13:49

Ummmmm. This looks like reality. I haven't seen anything look better.....

https://youtu.be/ReDDgFfWlS4

***TuFun*** · June 9th, 2019, 13:50

Just saw the live video of E3 Microsoft presentation. Beautiful!

https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/06/09/microsoft-flight-simulator-announced-e3-2019

***DennyA*** · June 9th, 2019, 14:02

And note that it said during the press conference that it's coming to Windows 10 PC and Xbox, lest anyone be worried about that.

**Bushpounder** · June 9th, 2019, 14:02

I found this link as well. Just saw it on TV. Looks nice. For Xbox AND PC.

https://venturebeat.com/2019/06/09/m...aking-realism/

Don

**000rick000** · June 9th, 2019, 14:05

Did you see that Ray tracing!!!!! Those flocks of birds and animals. The heat of the engine exhaust!!!!!! Self reflection!!!!

**000rick000** · June 9th, 2019, 14:06

The night lighting and reflection off the aircraft! I'm at a complete loss of words.

**000rick000** · June 9th, 2019, 14:42

To the SOH Admin. Let's join the replies in this thread to the one started my TuFun, as his title reflects the sim only and it's now known it's not an XBOX exclusive. Thanks!

***icycle*** · June 9th, 2019, 15:04

Preview certainly looks very visually compelling. Certainly liked the land & city-scapes. Remains to be seen on which directions it goes - Realism, etc.
I guess I really did not want to save for retirement anyways.....

Bill

**000rick000** · June 9th, 2019, 15:10

**000rick000** · June 9th, 2019, 15:12

***TuFun*** · June 9th, 2019, 15:12

Website...

https://fsi.microsoftstudios.com/

**000rick000** · June 9th, 2019, 15:13

**000rick000** · June 9th, 2019, 15:16

**000rick000** · June 9th, 2019, 15:17

***gray eagle*** · June 9th, 2019, 15:27

Well, this caught me flatfooted. I'm sure this is on par with the 64 Bit P3d V4 (series) and it looks fantastic. Now, I will just have to wait and see more info on MSFS 2019.
My rig in only a couple months old and has the mobo/vid card and memory to run P3D V4 (that was why I did an upgrade but never did plunk down the $$$ for P3D V4 and
all the upgraded addons that it would need. It looks now that and I'm sure the Devs will now have another moneymaker for them to cater (perhaps) to the new flightsim after
just coding for P3D v4. At any rate, what ever 64 bit sim I go for, I'll have to pony up for the addons that I already have of P3D V3 (32 bit). I do like the trailer vid for the 2019
flightsim but wonder what extent the freeware devs will cater to it as well and the payware folks.

Currently, I am happy with what I have (P3D V3) and I know those that made the jump toe P3D V4 are even happier.
With the announcement of FS 2019, I am at the crossroads of waiting for FS 2019 to come out (price $$$?) vs P3D V4 (Academic version).
I saw the vid on Virtual pilot and not as impressed. Just my 2 cents....

***Odie*** · June 9th, 2019, 16:04

Thanks all for posting this! Like Gray Eagle I was caught off-guard on my flat-as-a-duck's feet! It will be interesting to see the progress as it moves forward.

***paiken*** · June 9th, 2019, 16:31

Hopefully this won't turn into the disaster that was "Microsoft Flight", but since they are marketing this for XBox as well it appears that it will have a similar structure; Basic simulation platform + pony up for super detailed aircraft and scenery. Don't count on ANY backward compatibility with either FSX or Prepar3D v.4...
Just my two bits worth, and I'm really hoping this will happen.

**Montie** · June 9th, 2019, 16:40

If we’re ever going to move forward we have to stop the backwards compatibility notion, it’s holding us back as painful as it might be.

**Boss86001** · June 9th, 2019, 16:43

We have been waiting for this since 2006!

***Daube*** · June 9th, 2019, 16:59

Well... This was certainly unexpected, to say the least...

I agree with the concerns above though: let's hope this is not another "MS Flight" or "Flight Sim World" catastrophe...

***Vitus*** · June 9th, 2019, 17:15

Soooo.... Did I get this right? The largest flightsim expo is currently being held in Orlando and Microsoft goes to the E3 to announce a new flight simulator?

**azflyboy** · June 9th, 2019, 17:27

Originally Posted by Vitus

Soooo.... Did I get this right? The largest flightsim expo is currently being held in Orlando and Microsoft goes to the E3 to announce a new flight simulator?

A flight simulator expo is going to have a few thousand attendees at best, and almost zero coverage from bigger gaming oriented websites. A presentation at E3 gets an audience of millions online, and a ton of coverage from big gamine sites, so this exposes it to a much larger potential audience than a flight sim expo.

***bazzar*** · June 9th, 2019, 17:35

ummm... that shot of the tubeliner landing. Are we really going to have "on the fly" control over focal length and depth of field? Seriously? And in some of the shots, those clouds don't look 3D, more like a spherical photo projection...interesting

***FlyingsCool*** · June 9th, 2019, 18:23

I'm imagining we're seeing some preproduction shots. I'm happy. Backwards compatibility would be nice, but I won't be upset if it's not there.

Good to have more competition for X-Plane. Maybe it'll force him to get ground and water handling worked out. Like others, after the MS Flight debacle, I'll hold my thoughts on FS19, but it looks good, psyched about the possibilities.