As we’ve already reported, Microsoft has launched the Closed Beta phase for Microsoft Flight Simulator. The game officially releases on August 18th and DigitalFoundry has shared some performance impressions.
According to Digital Foundry’s Alex Battaglia, Microsoft Flight Simulator can run with 30-40fps in 4K and Ultra settings on an NVIDIA GeForce RTX2080Ti. In short, this flight sim game will require next-gen GPUs in order to get a 4K/60fps experience on Ultra settings.
Now the good news here is that Microsoft Flight Simulator comes with a huge range of graphics settings. However, the game appears to require high-end CPUs on Ultra settings. As such, Alex was CPU-limited on Ultra settings, even when he dropped his resolution to 1440p. Thankfully, an AMD Ryzen 3900X can maintain 60fps at 1440p/Ultra settings.
Unfortunately, Microsoft has not provided us with any beta code, therefore we could not test the game ourselves. Naturally, we’ll be sure to purchase a copy once it’s out. So yeah, it will be interesting to see how the game will run on our Intel i9 9900K CPU. From the looks of it, this game may take advantage of the better gaming experience that Intel’s CPUs can offer. It will also be interesting to see how the game will scale on older gen Intel CPUs.
Lastly, Alex stated that Microsoft and Asobo will add support for Ray Tracing via a post-launch update. The teams have not clarified yet the effects for which they will use Ray Tracing, or when this RTX update will come out.
You can find Digital Foundry’s performance impressions at the 11:07 mark.
Microsoft Flight Simulator releases on August 18th. The game will be available on Windows Store, Game Pass and Steam. Moreover, it will support TrackIR at launch. On the other hand, Asobo will add support for VR via a post-launch update.
Stay tuned for more!
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You dont know much about simulators do you?
First of all those are not “games” and comparing them to games is an insult.
Go check about dcs prices for each modules and if you are smart you will delete your comment
They may not technically be “games” but they are part of the “gaming industry”, whether you like it or not.
Also traditionally available at Retail “game stores”
The comment won’t be deleted, that person can call it a game or a sim or whatever he wants, and you can go pout in a corner if you don’t like it…
Just like documentaries can be found in the same stores as movies, Still i wont compare a documentary to an Hollywood production.
And i dont expect him to delete his comment, based on his history of barfing lunatic’s comments and complaining about everything like some kind of frustrated entitled “knows it all” while he is as dense as a nuclear bunker wall, it was more of a provocation for him to question himself…
But he probably wont and continue spreading his cancer inducing comments here.
Well every town needs its town’s idiot…
people that enjoy those sims are most of the time not gamers at all, you wont find them in comment sections of gaming forums bashing stuff they have no idea about,unlike you.
but well flying a plane require a modicum of intelligence something you definitely lack.
its actually a blessing we don’t need cysts like you polluting the servers.
“First of all those are not “games” and comparing them to games is an insult.”- hahaha. Hahaha! Yeah you play them on a computer… with a controller… there’s even a gameplay loop in every and each one of them. But they are not games. Of course they are not.
“hahaha. Hahaha! Yeah you play them on a computer.”
on what else would you run a simulator? a coffee machine?!
“there’s even a gameplay loop in every and each one of them”
the “gaming section” are there to lure and ease you into the extremely demanding world of flight simulations,its there that you figure out if its for you or not but they are like a small taste compared to the whole experience.
meanwhile there is simulators out there like prepar3d,xplanes etc… that wont hold your hands at all and have a very complicated interface and tutorials but the audience for those simulators are for highly experienced people and the overall cost of the modules there are far more expensive than buying the premium deluxe edition of flight simulator 2020,in term of flight simulators available FS2020 is actually a bargain.
“Yeah you play them on a computer… with a controller”
sure you can play like that with all the settings on easy…but you wont get the full experience its like riding a bicycle with a training wheels on an even terrain
in other words don’t bother get this “game” if you plan on playing like that.
just because a game requires more time to learn to play than Candy Crush doesn’t make it any less of a game. It’s still a game. A form of an entertainment based on pure make-belief.
Just FYI I have about 1500 hours between Falcon BMS and DCS and never once I felt they weren’t games. Just on a different end of spectrum compared to Ace Combat or HAWX. And MS Flight Sim was always sitting in the sweet spot of that spectrum where it is still has enough complexity and the learning curve is still a curve and not a steep incline.
im amazed you had the patience to repeatedly go through all that explaining. some people – just shouldnt have internet.
“some people just shouldnt have internet”
If you like dictatorship then you are welcome to live in a country like North Korea,if its too hardcore for you China is also an option
There is a game category called simulators, so it is both a game and a sim.
The definition of simulator is “make belief”. Now if you can use it for entertainment call it a game.
But there are many racing and flying simulator games used by profesionals for training.
Example they https://flypfc.com/ sell FAA approoved controlers and the software is based on X-plane.
Running much better than i expected, i remember flight simulator x at release being impossible to max out at playable framerates on the best pc’s of the time
$120 is the price for 2 planes in many simulators. $120 for what it offers is the deal of a century.
Sim DLCs are always expansive AF, nothing new
in this case its actually on the lower end of the spectrum.
wait till you see an in-game shop with 3rd party products – which will be the main source of game’s revenue (which is the whole plan of MS). A $60 (without current discount) animated crew for a supercarrier will seem tame compared.
Yep, pretty surprising considering how monstrous FS2020 is
i would love to see some GPU and CPU usage
I hope they implement DLSS 2.0 as well.
No brainer imo once they implement DX12.
Does this game use DX11?
Yeh, although they’re working on implementing DX12 and RTX at a later date. Should have gone with Vulkan imo though, but MS pulls the strings on this one.
I guess you people forgot what a PC exclusive title is. Ironically it’s Microsoft reminding you how those things were way back when
Even when i hate GaaS as a concept, in the case of this game makes sense, being quite a niche one and updating 24/7 looking at how it works.
Was surprised to see it pop up on Steam. Pre-purchased the premium deluxe bundle. Now I just have to clear some work in time for the launch.
Please use DX12 and DLSS or even better Vulkan