My Preview of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

[GripperSim]

Hi all,

I thought it was about time I did my full Preview of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 as it appears the Discovery feature series has faded away.
Enjoy!

[COLOR=var(--blue-link)]https://youtu.be/GetBM6jc-xI
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[MrZippy]

https://youtu.be/GetBM6jc-xI

The link works better without the additional junk!

[stansdds]

I appreciate flight sim reviews by experienced real world pilots. It's even better when those real world pilots also have plenty of experience with various computer simulators.

Looks like I will be building the the most advanced computer I can afford!

[warchild]

Welll, If I were to go by Microsofts recommendations, I'd be rushing out to update my motherboard and cpu to the latest generation of Ryzen 9-3900x and an NVidia 2080Ti. That just isnt going to happen.. As is, My machine sits smack in the middle of their chart and runs P3DV5 with completely maxed out settings at 35-70 FPS, and X-Plane 11 at 35 _ 80 FPS with mostly maxed out settings.. It's my network I worry about. I get 1.9MB throughput at best on a 20mbt line.. There is no upgrade available, so thats the best I'm gonna get..
I'm very curious after watching that video. The depiction of the flight dynamics seems to indicate a more granular approach to the Blade Element model of Aerodynamics theory. That would put MS2020 square into X-Planes front yard causing Laminar to take some drastic actions to stay afloat. My Guess is that Laminar will focus more now on their professional flight training software and develop or refresh old alliances with simulator hardware companies to produce better training simulators while letting the enthusiast market drift for a while. Either that, or take Microsoft to court as a barrier tactic to slow them down. I mean, Lets face it. All traces of Microsoft Flight Simulator are gone from MSFS2020, ans what we are left looking at, is a version of X-Plane. But ohhhhh what a version it is..

[zswobbie1]

Just asking why everyone calls it FS2020?
Neither Microsoft nor Asobo has it by that name. The official name is Microsoft Flight Simulator aka MSFS.
Avsim started the whole thing by renaming it FS2020 or FS20, which is the name of the latest farm simulator.
FS2020 is also the name of Aerofly's sim for iOS.

Why confuse?

[warchild]

Just asking why everyone calls it FS2020?
Neither Microsoft nor Asobo has it by that name. The official name is Microsoft Flight Simulator aka MSFS.
Avsim started the whole thing by renaming it FS2020 or FS20, which is the name of the latest farm simulator.
FS2020 is also the name of Aerofly's sim for iOS.

Why confuse?

Because its less confusing.

Keep in mind, there are several versions of MSFS currently being used. So which version are we talking about??? MSFS is nebulous and general. It could describe anything from the last thirty years, as can be evidenced by a scroll through the forum menu. MSFS2020 FS2020 and other honorariums are simply ways of identifying a specific version easily and quickly. Sure we could be talking about farm sim, but how likely is that on a site dedicated to aviation???