As Asobo ramps up the marketing machine for the upcoming release ofMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2024, so too does the project seemmore and more impressive. The presence of exciting new technology and improvements means not all of ourFlight Sim 2020content is going to transition, however.
Specifically, Asobo Studios higher-ups Jorg Neumann (Head ofFlight Sim), Sebastian Wloch (Asobo CEO, co-founder), and Martial Bossard (Executive Producer) spent some time discussing the way the2020and2024builds ofFlight Simwill interact. The topic comes up at about one and a half hours into the recent officialFlight Simdeveloper stream, with the team clarifying some burning topics. We now know, for example, that the Steam and Microsoft Store versions of the2020and2024builds ofFlight Simulatorwill be effectively interchangeable when it comes to official content licensing. Further, the official SDK will be available from day one onwards.
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Community support and third-party content are of huge importance for most tenuredMicrosoft Flight Simulatorplayers. Whether we’re talking about “simple” additions such as new planes or something more complicated, likedriveable and customizable buggies,FlightSimhas historically been very good to its modders. The good news, then, is that this is bound to continue withMSFS 2024, too.
I highly recommend watching the featured section of theMSFS 2024September devstream if you can, but here’s the TL;DW in case you need it:
It’s a lot of information, to be sure, but it’s good to hear further clarification on how content transfer will work between2020and2024. The community has worked hard to massively expand the breadth of features, planes, and other assorted goodies in the previous build ofFlight Sim, and it’d be a shame to lose all of that in one go.
Generally, then, we’re looking at a very exciting upgrade withMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2024. It seems like Asobo is trying to be about as user-friendly as possible, and though there aresometechnical hurdles still in place, I’d be hard-pressed to call any of this a bad deal. Don’t forget thatthe official system requirements are more than reasonable, too! All in all, then, it seems like we’ve got much to look forward to with this one.
