Microsoft Bringing Back Flight Simulator in 2020

Thurrot.com ^ | 6/9/2019 | Medhei Hassan

[deoetdoctrinae]

Can I have a 30mm cannon on my version?

I'm gonna get the stripped down fuselage on mine, for better fuel economy.

[TomServo]

Not to mention the superb aerodynamics.

[willk]

There are a lot of great flight Sims on the market already such as Aerofly and Xplane11. These both have full support for virtual reality. I’m hoping the new Microsoft version will too. VR adds so much to the realism and immersion.

[DCBryan1]

Hopefully they can open source it so we can get a DC3/C47 sim + PBY Cat and of course a Cessna 172.

[Political Junkie Too]

There's always Minesweeper. I think they dropped Space Cadet Pinball by then.

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

You can fly this one, but it's only available on Windows BC.

-PJ

[central_va]

Unless you can crash it into the sears tower it ain’t MS Flight Simulator.

[Vermont Lt]

Yes, but it doesn’t come with a manual.

[MeganC]

“The game...is powered by Microsoft Azure AI.”

So Microsoft will be using their Azure cloud to spy on everyone who buys the simulator.

[butlerweave]

I think I still have one around here someplace , Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0 Dos IBM 5.25 Disk ,LOL

[Ben Hecks]

I’m staying with Windows for Workgroups 3.11; too many bugs in that new stuff.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

Will it report to the F.B.I. anyone that uses it to fly into buildings?

[gibsonguy]

It looks good but like side scrollers I think most gamers may have moved on from this type of game.

[Mr. K]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReDDgFfWlS4

[taxcontrol]

For those that have upgraded to Linux:

https://www.lifewire.com/flight-simulators-for-linux-2204909

[Uncle Miltie]

What could possibly go wrong? It's better than Flight School!

[Dalberg-Acton]

I thought MS-DOS version 3.3 hit the sweet spot on capability, performance, and memory usage.
As far as Windows, that honor should go to Windows 2000 (NT ver. 5.0) with no service packs installed. Of course, MS had to hire some adults from DEC to design NT for them.

[Dr. Sivana]

I agree. I would also give an honorable mention to Win98se2 for 16 bit versions, for finally implementing USB, and cleaning up the horrific mess made by Win95.

[Don W]

The Solitaire in Win10 wants to go online for anything above beginner level.

I don’t understand why that would be.

[novemberslady]

someone I know is going to be so happy about this...