“So we have all those now, and we put that into the world map, and even if you go down and you try to plan out your flight you can now see all the cities around you, and it totally transforms the experience. “So now we added labels, and Bing has all these labels basically for every point of interest like a famous place, or river, or mountain. “We noticed on the PC side that people really love to explore the world in Flight Simulator but it was only visuals and so you didn’t quite understand how it all fits together,” Neumann says. The second addition is the option to turn on labels showing points of interest, both in the game map and overlaid on the game itself as you fly. “So we picked 10 places on Earth, some of the most compelling places, like Mount Everest or Rio de Janeiro, or New York or the Pyramids, and we basically put you on a plane, it’s ready to go, it’s beautiful weather, and all you need to do is fly and have fun.” “It’s basically, you know, you have a flight instructor next to you, he does most of the work usually, and you get to steer the plane and feel really good about yourself, and so we said we need to recreate that. “If you’re becoming a pilot, the first thing you do is you do a Discovery flight,” Neumann explains. The first is the addition of 10 discovery flights, designed to get players straight into the action.

Jorg Neumann, the head of Flight Simulator at Microsoft, explained the five new features during the Xbox Games Showcase Extended event. The Xbox Series X and S version of Microsoft Flight Simulator will be getting five main improvements designed to make the game more approachable for console players.

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