Microsoft Flight Simulator's take on London is due a refresh in the near future, with this month's big update giving the UK scenery a makeover. Since its launch in August I've managed to rack up thousands of air miles, even as the skies above London have been near silent as planes have been grounded. I think it's resonated more, maybe because of the travel restrictions - and all those things that come with a pandemic, but that we see now where people are actually diversifying where they fly." All of a sudden, you can look outside, it actually looks like the world, it's not abstract. We knew VFR was always something that people wanted - and it makes the sim more accessible. "I think we had a lot of people that have never played a sim before, which is great - and quite a few of them stuck around. But those are people that are in the hobby, and I think they see the promise of what this is now and what it will be.
There's still some that say we need to be more study level - we know, we understand. But I would say the simmers have been so gracious - so gracious. You were gone for a while, the segment has moved. "When you come back after 14 years, you wonder how you're going to be received. " has been so generous," head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann tells me over Microsoft Teams (naturally) of the sim's first few months.
Small wonder it ended up being one of my - and many others - games of the year. It harnessed the breadth and depth of Microsoft's technical expertise, from Bing to Azure, to create a truly breathtaking 1:1 replica of the entire globe. After a decade and a half away, Microsoft's partnership with French studio Asobo delivered a sterling return to the world of hardcore simulation, and a little more besides - centred around a feat I still haven't tired of as I explore new corners of the world. 2020 was a big year for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
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