Microsoft has released a new set of incredible screenshots from the Alpha Build of Microsoft Flight Simulator, showcasing some truly stunning next-gen visuals. Seriously, just open the header image in a new tab and tell me this isn’t one of the most impressive in-game screenshot you’ve seen.
Alongside these screenshots, we also have a gameplay video from user Flinty94. This gameplay video shows off the game’s amazing volumetric clouds, as well as its awesome lighting system. To be honest, it’s not an exaggeration stating that Microsoft Flight Simulator feels more next-gen than some of the games that Sony showcased during its PS5 event.
Microsoft Flight Simulator will undoubtedly be one of the best graphical showcases on the PC when it comes out. Unfortunately, though, there is still no ETA on when it will release.
In Microsoft Flight Simulator, players will be able to fly highly detailed and stunning aircraft in an incredibly realistic world. Players will also be able to create their flight plan and fly anywhere on the planet. Furthermore, the game will have day/night environments, as well as challenging weather conditions.
We’ve been sharing a lot of screenshots for Microsoft Flight Simulator these past couple of months. As such, we strongly suggest checking out some of our other articles too.
Enjoy the screenshots and stay tuned for more!
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” it’s not an exaggeration stating that Microsoft Flight Simulator feels
more next-gen than some of the games that Sony showcased during its PS5
event.”
The thing you have to realize is there is no such thing as next gen. Consoles merely catching up to pc for a week or 2 doesn’t really signify next gen really.
There are a lot new smart things in new consoles which will change PC. For example low level access to SSD by DirectX. Instead using files (NTFS) you have direct access to byte addressable data. By memory pointers with just bit offset in address
DirectStorage is an all new I/O system designed specifically for gaming to unleash the full performance of the SSD and hardware decompression. It is one of the components that comprise the Xbox Velocity Architecture. Modern games perform asset streaming in the background to continuously load the next parts of the world while you play, and DirectStorage can reduce the CPU overhead for these I/O operations from multiple cores to taking just a small fraction of a single core; thereby freeing considerable CPU power for the game to spend on areas like better physics or more NPCs in a scene. This newest member of the DirectX family is being introduced with Xbox Series X and we plan to bring it to Windows as well
Hello again, Sp4ctr0 Spencer.
Another normal day at work for the human billboard
Two saps even upvoted his latest Microsoft shilling!
i will dislike that son of a hore till the day i die.
Lol at your erection for Xbox and copy and paste skills Mr Spencer!
New generation of Xbox equals a new generation of BS from you.
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So Sp4ctro, it seems that @pcmr69:disqus post just irritate you, isn’t it ?
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Thanks, I have one more for you from NES emulator developer. But yopu probably never heard about NES
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This already exists on PC. Both Nvidia and AMD already have the tech.
And the fact that even the ugliest games can look decent from distance. MS Flight Sim is 99.9% about landscapes from birds eye view/
they are not supposed to catch up because they are entirely different thigns. no matter what Sony or Microsoft fanboys say their consoles can never be as powerful as the PC because of the PC’s inherent iterative nature and honestly with fixed hardware and at a fraction of the price, consoles should not and need not compete with the PC market.
so what is next-gen to the console audience might be obsolete to PC owners by the time it releases
I own a powerful rig as well as both consoles. to be honest, with all their deficiencies, the exclusives are really fun to play and for a tired teacher such as me, curling up with the controller at the end of the day and playing a single-player game like The Last of Us or Gears is what keeps me going as a gamer. they are not next-gen, but they are indeed impressive given the constraints and limitations their devs have to work with.
and in all honesty, I believe we owe consoles an apology, they are the reason why the advancements in software have happened. even Nvidia has realised that, 2080ti is barely an RT+4K ready GPU so they introduced DLSS2.0 which is a huge step in the right direction. in summary, I think we are judging the consoles by the wrong criteria. we need to be fair
Console can be more powerfull than pcs for periods of time, the ps5 ssd system is ahead of pcs no matter what, today.
Maybe not tomorrow.
I don’t think it catched up to the PC even for a day!
The so-called “next-gen” consoles every generation are a level BELOW the high-end PCs of the time!
It’s getting tiring seeing new screenshots every 4 days.
I feel it’s time they stfu, finish the game and release it.
Or at least let a real simmer do a detailed review so far. I want to know how much ‘sim’ is missing compared to a heavily add-on and modded FSX install.
Hum just unnecessary, and it’s idiotic because these visuals are not from the offline mode, isn’t it ?
Bravo!
“To be honest, it’s not an exaggeration stating that Microsoft Flight Simulator feels more next-gen than some of the games that Sony showcased during its PS5 event.”
I agree with most everything you usually say John but this is just too reductive and simplistic.
I hope you’re being deliberately provocative for the sake of the comments and the clicks.
a simulator with next to no gameplay mechanics, where you actively try not to lose altitude to avoid seeing the horrible low-res textures is barely comparable to a beautifully crafted singleplayer experience with a great story and with virtually the same amount of density albeit without the assist of a streaming service made possible using Google Earth. so next-gen is just visuals? even if this were true, this simulator (not a game) would still be beaten by an array of great games from both Microsoft and Sony and they are not even in the same genre !! IMO, games have music, good storylines, character arcs, interesting gameplay mechanics and art direction. Given the hardware they were built for and the type of technology and engine that powered them, Gears 5, RDR2 and the Order 1886 are easily far better looking games in comparison with this sim.
P.S. these low-res watermarked screens are becoming tiring pretty quickly
By your definition the 80% (or even more) of games out there are not “games”. You are so wrong, you need to redefine your definition of games. You are saying that only your preferred genres (2 or 3) are the only ones, speaking from the ignorance saying “simulators (or any other genre I don’t understand) has no gameplay mechanic, art direction, etc”. A puzzle game without story has more mechanic than The Order 1886, a simulator has far more complexity than Gears 5, that is not better or worse, is the fact you don’t know what you are talking about.
You like a couple of genres, that is fine, just don’t discredit another genres as “non-games” because ignorance.