Standard Edition Explore the world with our largest aircraft fleet and take simulation to new levels as you pursue your aviation career in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. The Standard Edition includes over 65 aircraft and 150 hand-crafted airports. Fly with purpose · Start your aviation career wherever you want in the world. Gain experience, build your reputation and complete certifications to gain access to authentic aviation activities ranging from Medevac, Remote Cargo Ops, Aerial Firefighting, Search and Rescue and more to training to become an airline passenger transport pilot. Embark on a truly global aviation adventure with virtually unlimited missions around the world. · Compete against other pilots in the all-new Challenge League mode or hone your skills in dozens of activities ranging from thrilling rally racing and precision landings to low-altitude challenges and more. Experience head-to-head racing at the legendary Red Bull Air Races and the legendary Reno Air Races, including the new Roswell tracks. · Be a world photographer and travel across our beautiful planet to capture stunning natural views, visit famous landmarks and capture these adventures with images in your travel journal. Unique photography challenges will test your creative eye and piloting skills as you try to capture the perfect moment. Advanced Simulation · Improved physics system allows for more than 10,000 rigid body surfaces, allowing simulation of any aircraft shape. Soft body physics supports fabrics, ropes, balloons and more. Improved soil and water handling further increases realism. · New, high-precision aircraft systems, including electrical, pneumatic, fuel and hydraulic systems, payload and passenger systems, and avionics such as the Universal UNS-1 FMS and Honeywell Primus Epic 2. Pre-flight inspections and walkaround checks add to the immersion. · Plan your flights with a groundbreaking flight planner that supports both IFR and VFR chart layers, IFR charts, route planning, fuel and payload planning, vertical profile planning and ETOPS planning. It also provides airport information including weather and NOTAMS and is available natively in the simulation, on mobile devices or web browsers for flight planning outside of the simulator. Discover our visually stunning digital twin · Discover our most detailed recreation of planet Earth to date. Improved digital elevation maps, over 500 triangular irregular network (TIN) cities, and more than 100,000 square kilometers of landscape photogrammetry enable visually stunning digital twin experiences. More than 150 airports, 2,000 glider airfields, 10,000 helipads, 2,000 landmarks and 900 oil rigs have been carefully handcrafted, while a procedural system generates all 40,000 airports, 80,000 helipads, 1.5 billion buildings and nearly 3 trillion trees on our planet. · Land anywhere and step out of your plane for the first time in Microsoft Flight Simulator to explore 27 highly detailed biomes with hundreds of vegetation types and dynamically created details such as grass, rocks and flowers – all influenced by seasonal changes. The all-new photometric lighting system depicts the world more accurately than ever before, and improved weather features such as new cloud types, auroras and other weather phenomena provide fresh and immersive atmospheric experiences. · The world comes to life with a wide variety of land-based wildlife in their natural habitats and free-roaming livestock around the world. The oceans and waterways are teeming with vibrant global maritime traffic, ranging from large tankers and cargo ships to trawlers, tugboats and more. A diverse, regionally accurate depiction of humanity brings the world’s airports, planes and passenger cabins to life. Improved real-world air travel populates airport skies and tarmacs with hundreds of accurately depicted aircraft models and dozens of officially licensed liveries.
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