First Look at Microsoft Flight Simulator!

[@AditMahesh]

Yes!!! Saw people on Twitter playing it and kept thinking "when is Jeff going to release his video?" Great job as always!

[@Profoundtrews]

Same

[@brandonstone6962]

I was honestly hoping that he was going to do like what Zach had done and do the training modules to see what he thought of them as an experienced pilot.. But he skipped all of it and went directly into it

[@pilotahmed777]

Same dude, and he posted as promised, love this guy.

[@mrhovoxo7236]

This is like 10 steps up in gaming history

[@jpklein740]

yooo fr

[@tylormerkley5183]

@idk Keeping it classy, I like it.

[@cheddar2648]

@idk "REEEEEEEEEEEEEE" is short for "retard"

[@callmelarry6145]

idk “Jonah Peter Klein bruh “yooo fr” shut the fuck up” shut the fuck up

[@jpklein740]

@idk tf i do to u

[@marcusjohnson7441]

Woooohooooo So excited about this. I can only imagine how you feel about it.

[@listerlives1]

Thanks for the video Jeff. Been flying all day in awe of what this sim has achieved. Despite the hickups I doubt I could ever go back to Xplane. The first time you fly into a cloud and ice over, you're hooked.

[@daniel-ji4ww]

The video we’ve all been waiting for.

[@Jaden_Iarusso]

Jeff: Downloaded within an hour Me: Still Downloading

[@RyanCunningham12]

Took me about 3 hours. Half of it is extracting the packages which uses a lot of CPU.

[@Jaden_Iarusso]

@@RyanCunningham12 wut ._. Am I srsly gonna have to sit here and wait for that to

[@troy9842]

Took me 6😭

[@cyrium1]

Will I have to turn off or disable my anti-virus to download it? 95.15 GiBs. I hear some say you do.

[@SceurdiaStudios]

How fast are you're speeds anyway? I probably need a whole day for 90gbs

[@aarontrueblood4340]

I live 45 min drive away from Polson. MSFS looks pretty accurate. I fly down there all the time, one of my favorite airports. 15 min flight from home

[@redbeardflys805]

Great video, my friend! You probably won’t see this but if you do, I wanted to say thank you for that excellent tutorial on the new INI a300-600 (xplane) you did. I literally took 5 pages of notes and now I am able to run that thing like a top!

[@jfavignano]

anytime man!

[@Mr.SheriffGames]

That was a good 52 minutes of my life I really enjoyed that. Can't wait to see where you go next Jeff! Keep em' Coming!

[@tsarrite]

Flight sims is what brought me to your channel years ago and am loving to have you on MSFS 2020. I'm learning much more from your content then anyone else out there. Keep up the good work.

[@indianajones6887]

"I didn't know you could fly a plane" "Fly yes. Land? No."

[@ryanator109]

I am by no way a pilot at any degree and this has been my first flight sim games I've ever played and have been thoroughly enjoying it so far!! Love it that anyone can play this game and yet it has such detail and realism that pilots can play this as after all this is a simulator! One of the best games of the decade really!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Tcook96]

Great video Jeff! I’m at the airlines now, but man I tell ya, this video made me really miss GA flying. I’ve gotta get back into it.

[@JerodM]

Definitely do the training! I like how you review it and provide added commentary on what you learned in real world training. Thanks Jeff!

[@YeCannyDaeThat]

Finnally Jeff gets his video out! (I was chatting with you in the alpha forum Jeff). Delighted you are able to release content now.

[@atxgti4218]

There are other videos out, but this is the one I’ve been waiting for 👌🏼

[@capevisser]

Really enjoyed your review Jeff. Lots of great info and good to see an honest comparison between XPlane 11 and this new sim. I was especially glad to learn that the flight model compares better than XPlane as I was at a crossroads as to which sim I should jump to. Looking forward to more content from you on this great new sim.

[@chrisadish]

And I like you Jeff because you're a real world pilot and I'm a student pilot, having flown the skyhawk as well. You explain the procedure and the vfr concepts very well! I mostly watch msfs videos by real simmers and pilots who know what they are talking about!!

[@patches8291]

I’ve worked on my PPL in Flagstaff and given what I know now learning about density altitude right off the bat is a good thing.

[@bradymatlock]

Let me tell you Jeff. You have made one of the best Microsoft Flight Sim videos today. Everyone has just been giving the sim crap about how the airplanes aren't true to real life, but you made this very educational and entertaining. Keep up the good work. 🙏🏼

[@jfavignano]

I have found if you treat the airplanes with respect they will fly pretty damn close to the real thing. At least the 172 so far for me. If you treat it like a toy it will act like a toy.

[@bradymatlock]

@@jfavignano Exactly what I wish everyone would understand. People just seem to jump the gun on this sim. I mean for fuck sake, it has been on steam for less than 24 hours and it already has mixed reviews.

[@jfavignano]

Yeah if people don’t like it they can go back to flying in P3D and Xplane. It is no skin off our nose, they are missing out.

[@maroofr]

I've watched all of your American trucking simulator videos. I've learned about that game by watching you. I'm now the proud owner of FS2020 (first time buying anything of this magnitude on launch day) and can't wait to see your content.

[@airwipe1639]

Obviously love it, but I loved the straight forward menu in XP.

[@truemetro181]

yeah the menus, control assignment utility, and camera need work.

[@outside7]

I have to say I absolutely love the look and feel of the menu, it it just a joy using it. But I agree, the functionality of some items need work.

[@AM-qo8sh]

10:48 I'm sure Ithere was an option for whether or not you wanted tool tips displayed that I selected when doing my initial setup, would need to go back and look to know exactly where in the options it was.

[@jfavignano]

Yeah tool tips I have turned off but the actual labels can’t be sadly

[@reverenddickie8116]

Something awesome you can do with the Drone Camera is actually simulate walking around wherever you are. I saw a guy do that on a KZbin video, just walking around the airport, and walking under the Eiffel Tower. It was so cool!

[@TheBrickonastring]

Totally agree on 3rd party and the hud elements. I for one would prefer VFR and IFR in GA content, been here since xplane-10. Your tutorials back then, were invaluable. great flying and keep them coming ;)

[@Avanchent]

Jeff, I have been enjoying your content since 2012, I have never been a fan of aviation but after watching this video I am downloading the game as I type. I look forward to seeing your walkthrough videos and try to learn more about aviation and hopefully become a good pilot!

[@zaviationn]

(Cringe warning) Yes! I what I was taught, practice makes perfect, even if you crash you can try again and you’ll do it!

[@MsMoon02]

Jeff hope you had a wonderful weekend. This upload is already making my night stay safe take care

[@tjs8617]

Great video Jeff!!! I live in Livingston, MT, and have spent much time in the Flathead Valley Area, so it was really cool to see you fly there!!! I'm loving the sim so far and i think it will only get better as time goes on!!! Can't wait for more content from you!!! Thanks Much!!!

[@legendkiller456]

I saw the livestream last night. It looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for the content, Jeff!

[@spencerboothe2406]

I’ve been watching a lot of other videos but I honestly was waiting the most for this one. Thanks Jeff

[@marccampbell7321]

Your Dash 8 will be available later as adware. The trick to Saba, is configure early with max flaps and fly as close to stall speed as possible. Use a bush landing technique where you fly at max angle of attack. You may get intermittent stall warnings. With the short runway you must land with at the slowest speed in order to avoid a runway excursion. Keep the blue side up.

[@JerodM]

I feel like Sid when “The Big One” finally came. So happy with this release.

[@justinboyd1231]

Jerod M underrated comment lol

[@JoshuaH688]

Wow! I'm a huge fan of your flight sim videos, as well as your ATS content. I live in Helena, Montana, so was really excited to see you choose Polson for your flight in this video! Looking forward to buying this soon. Got a decent gaming laptop with 32 GB of RAM, but thinking this will be my motivation to upgrade to a new system within the next year 😆 - Keep up the great productions! 👍

[@chuck176]

Joshua Howard I’m picking up my gaming laptop tommorw! Hp omen Amd Ryzen 7 1660Ti, 16gig memory, do you think I can run flight simulator 2020 on it great high settings!

[@gonuts4donuts]

I'd like to see online runway spawns removed and have to start from a parking area. Last night just as I was taxiing towards the designated runway I selected for departure from KDEN, I stop at the hold short line and just as I'm about to request clearance, a group of 10 Cessna Citations spawn right in front of me and begin rolling one at a time doing some ridiculous formation flight. Kind of annoying, but it is what it is for the time being.

[@falconiner4546]

This sim is a work of art

[@andrewhickinbottom1051]

Great flying, Jeff - loved that sandbar takeoff! Beautiful scenery. Jealous of your fast internet too - ive left it downloading non-stop for a day and a half now, and i'm only 30% downloaded. Had to delete everything and start again last night when one of the download packages corrupted and i was stuck on a 'please wait' message.

[@Mexx1011]

Good job Jeff! I'm not an active flight simmer at all, rather a real life pilot, but was very curious about the new product. I was aware that a bunch of KZbinrs got the press release before you but deliberately didn't watch any of them until your post. I figured you'd provide the best first 'real' look at it and wasn't disappointed. Great choice on using the classic 172 for your first flight as well. Thank you!

[@jfavignano]

Glad you enjoyed it Max

[@mr.martintorres5804]

I feel like MSFS2020 isn't officially released until Jeff does a video! Great job on explaining how to get started on this sim. I flew some yesterday & the small GA aircraft really feel great to fly. Great sound too. But I did struggle with the cockpit view. The Crtl + Space Bar key stroke didn't always reset my cockpit view. Also, every time I set a notch of flaps, I have a button setting bind on my Honeycomb, it would put me in the External view and I would have to hit the End key to get back inside the cockpit. If anyone knows what I'm doing wrong please comment. Not having a replay mode, not being able to save a situation or a flight for replay was a major oversight, but it was probably sacrificed for now in order to get the software released. I'm sure it's in the works. Definitely looking forward to seeing a flight training videos from you as your XP 11 series was very entertaining! We need a St. Bart's landing challenge with BIG planes video! Always a great laugh! Love your content Jeff.

[@indianboy0453]

Learned the high altitude aspect the hard way in this sim recently. But I never made the connection until this video. Thanks Jeff! Looking forward to your learn to fly msfs2020!

[@Filip_2303-i6q]

Hi Jeff! Could u do the flight from LFPB to LFMN in Cessna citation longtitude pls? It will mean a lot thank you!! ❤️

[@chuckzxcvbnm]

5:17 It would be spiraling slipstream, not P-factor. P-factor doesn’t exist on the ground, only when the aircraft is at high angles of attack.

[@jfavignano]

mhm

[@shodancat1000]

It was insanely fun flying with you and your viewers last night, Jeff. Thanks for the hours of fun

[@EllieODaire]

I know Whitehall! I've parked in the dirt lot across from the Town Pump there many times, I'm kind of a sucker for A&W and that's one of the easier ones to get to with a semi. Always nice to have a good parking area with food at the bottom of a grade like homestake for those of us that don't like chaining. 😊

[@MrSoLiDIcEplays]

even people who aren't "flight sim fans" can appreciate the beauty of this game. I'm a fan of you Jeff and aviation has always interested me, but the cool part about this game is you can go anywhere and it will be realistic. You can fly over Area 51! Fly over rainforests! Pretty sweet imo.

[@1kTreyHavinn]

Hey Jeff. love your content, and have been waiting for you to review this amazing flight sim!

[@jacobmiller9908]

Literally just commented on your GTA Video, saying I Can’t wait for you to start dropping FS videos. Almost like you heard me then I get a notification.....And it’s you posting a Flight Sim video. Awesome!!!! Stay Healthy Brother

[@ColinAverill]

Fly into a hurricane. Fly over a volcano. Fly through a forest fire. Try to hit the ground crew. (GTA has affected me, what do you want me to say?)

[@bagels377]

You can't fly through a forest fire and.nothing happens when you hit the ground crew.

[@ColinAverill]

@@bagels377 I'm Gut-ted. Ha. Haha. Yeah, sorry, bad pun.

[@thecorporatepilotdad]

Have you been flying around looking for stunt jumps and trying to find the nearest Ammu-Nation, too?

[@chrisadish]

And Jeff, I was a beta tester as well. I got my premium copy yesterday and they have cleaned it up a lot and lots of bugs fixed!! Lovely!!

[@spacep0d]

Awesome video Jeff. Thanks for the comprehensive overview, including your hardware and settings! Awesome flying.

[@mjh4892]

Great video. I was going to wait on MSFS until I could add a Honeycomb Yoke to my current HOTAS setup but my need to relive my days when I was a Cessna pilot are completely taking over. Add one subscriber.

[@eb13doc]

Really excited to see you get in the sim! Been looking forward to this video

[@Matt-mv5tt]

After months of following development as an insider, it’s finally here and I’m so excited. It looks amazing and I can’t wait to get my hands on it when it comes to console. It looks so good

[@owenlyons5788]

Jeff you make my day love you love your vids stay safe and keep up the good work

[@josephhodgins3806]

Been waiting for this video, thank you for your usual informative unbiased content, history has been made with the release of this simulator, we have a long road ahead with plenty of great things to look forward to

[@bobbywilliams7144]

I love your videos Jeff

[@jeremychatmonjr5994]

Love these videos, whether it’s GTA or a flight simulator, they’re all very well produced.

[@outside7]

He's just a joy to listen to. I bet he would be a great dad. :)

[@user-qp9pu1xi4k]

@@outside7 he would be a great pilot in real world commercial aviation

[@bhavdaya]

Loving the Fly around with Jeff series you have. Absolutely awesome game, it is great to see how much it evolved. Definitely a series I would enjoy to watch. Love to see Auckland, New Zealand as it is my home town.

[@cong1281]

Been waiting all day for this!! So excited to watch. Hope your having a great week Jeff.

[@66lwmorgan]

Some of those views reminded me of Backcountry182 landing on short sandbars in his 172, good stuff Jeff.

[@racerucki9201]

You should fly around Burlington Vermont over lake Champlain and around the green mountains, it has a good mix of rural and urban scenery with beautiful views, and as an added bonus I live there!

[@dtrjones]

Jeff you're on KZbin mate, haha glad you survived the Alpha program - I loved your support! You may have missed the tooltips, it's in General - Accessibility. Safe flying out there.

[@06L]

I TOTALLY agree with you ! I will probably adjust my heading at least 2000 times and 2000 times, a window will tell me "THIS IS THE HEADING BUTTON" and 2000 times, the menu arrow will tell me "THE MENU IS HERE" ... It's okay, I GET IT! There are also some hardcore simmers who know their planes! Suggestion for the menu strip: It only appears if the mouse is near the upper frame or (better when using the overhead panel) if it touches the frame !

[@jfavignano]

100 percent agree

[@pipedreamin]

Waiting for the download now, probably won’t get to touch it till the weekend (going to be a long week). What grinds my gears about this sim is that MS abandoned the flight sim community 13 years ago (ignoring the disaster known as Flight), meanwhile X-plane has been pushing the sim platform forward making steady progress, and now MS drops a few million bucks on development and instantly the little guy is obsolete, this would be way better for me if it was just the continual evolution of a product but a small company like Laminar Research will never have an R&D budget, or resources to make something like this happen. Rant off, I’m not stupid, I bought it.

[@johnseawind9558]

Nice first look! I suggest Bowman Field (KLOU) in Louisville, KY.. It's a WWII vintage GA field. You could even do a flyover of Churchill Downs.

[@kentharris7427]

One of the routes I have tried on MFS 2020 is from Tara Airport (VNPK) to Lukla airport (VNLK) in a Cessna 172 and always seem to crash. You can make it in a turboprop, however. In real life, I suspect it is not a point to point flight.

[@collinclary5762]

Man i didn’t have a care in the world about planes or flight sim until i saw about this game i watched ur streams in X-Plane every now and then but i saw this game and man i’m addicted now look forward to it on console so i can get into the flight sim community it is so fun looking and i look forward to more content on this from you

[@SkullMaster43]

love your videos Jeff, can you please fly over Dayton Ohio

[@Kevingamer1998]

The proper runup procedure for a high altitude airport is by setting the throttle full and leaning until peak RPM in a real world scenario. But it looks amazing dude jealous of it

[@nickhutchins3696]

Nice video Jeff! Glad to see someone in the gaming community knows how to fly!

[@Mykandera]

One note, the analog 172 is part of the Deluxe edition, so isn't quite a default plane. The base game only gets you the 172 with G1000 panels.

[@DownTheRabbit-Hole]

Thanks for using Analog cockpit as opposed to G1000 (analog is only in deluxe edition BTW). For us RW pilots they are so much easier to see on KZbin as we like to follow along with speeds etc.

[@BadDog-c4i]

Thanks Jeff. Fantastic content. Just what I needed to get started in this new sim.

[@GuatemalanGhandi]

You should fly over Antigua, Guatemala!!!! Guatemala is gorgeous when it comes to scenery with volcanoes galore and a capital city that sits up in the mountains at almost 5k above sea level! :D Great videos! Thanks

[@iambossco]

The concept is great. The flight graphics are amazing. I can't wait to finish getting the controllers and start flying. However, I just thought I would comment on the sims' depiction of Polson MT. I live there. Seriously. Polson Montana. The only part of the Graphic location that even closely resembles Polson Montana is the Flathead Lake graphics. The area of the river you were flying over is called "the lower Flathead". The upper Flathead is at the North end of the lake and feeds into the Flathead Lake. The South end of the Lake (where the town of Polson is located) is where the lake drains off into the Lower Flathead River and there is a Dam called Kerr Dam at this point (not depicted in the SIM). I know this is only a SIM but the graphics depicting Polson as an airport surrounded by farms and fields is all wrong. Polson MT. is a fair sized town (not depicted in the SIM). Lots of urban development by the Lake. The airport is nothing like in the SIM either. It's more like an "airfield" or "airstrip" for small private planes and more than a few private jets. The closest REAL airports are 60mi to the south in Missoula MT. (Missoula International). Or 60mi to the north in Kalispell MT. (Glacier International). I only bring this up because I was under the impression that this SIM used real satellite images and Google Earth and GPS.

[@chrisadish]

I agree with you Jeff when you mentioned about close to the ground scenery. People ate ratting about house details, building details etc.. flight sim , for me has always been great from the air. As long as I can see landmarks from a distance eg coming in to Heathrow and you see the city when you come in via rwy 27l or r its perfect for me. Already bought the London landmarks cos I live in the UK 🇬🇧 😀

[@Kaylin5171]

Hi Jeff. I would absolutely love to see a flight out of Schuylkill County Airport (KZER). The airport is atop the Broad Mountain, and the westward departure pretty much goes right off into the valley below. It's a neat departure. There are loads of options to fly into. Maybe stop by the Tidmore private field near Seltzer before heading off to the old Kutztown airfield (which is in the game despite being closed for 12 years) or head to Allentown Queen City or the big one, LVIA. Or, head north to Bloom or Hazleton Municipal or one of the airports near Wilkes-Barre. Idk. Like you said, the world is our oyster, so-to-speak, and I think any flight out of Schuylkill County Airport would be scenic. (Be sure to buzz Shenandoah on the way wherever you're going :P)

[@a351must2]

What are the odds that Jeff F. flies down the Flathead river on the first day playing MSFS2020... I flew down the Flathead river between the bridge on the gravel road to Hot Springs and Kerr damn in a Savage Cub as my 2nd flight in the game yesterday. Practiced a bunch of offroad landings and low speed flying just off the water.

[@briancota4544]

Jeff...thanks for your work and putting a video out already! Cannot wait until I get my sim fired up!

[@chanman4rings]

Agreed on the 3rd party devs. Everyone is rushing out and "porting" over or half-assing new items to take advantage of the hype. This sim is spectacular for GA and bush flying right now, but I feel like the quick release is nothing more than a paid beta right now. If you're a heavy metal flyer only accustomed to the realistic systems we have in XP and P3D, may not enjoy the sim right now, until the high quality revs come online in probably early 2021. This sim will really shine once the first updates from Asobo roll out over the next 6 months or so and when 3rd party comes online

[@jonx76]

Amazing flying Jeff!

[@thejaytea24]

Haven’t simmed since FS2004. That’s about to change.

[@asthalis]

neither have I ! So impatient to test it when I'm back home.

[@ledzeprulz]

I spent a ridiculous amount of hours (basically my childhood) on FS2004. What a sim!

[@theorangecactus2177]

Could you do some flying around the Seattle area? Would love to see how real it looks as I live near Seattle. It would also be a good way to compare the scenery from X-Plane 10 and 11 with this simulator as I did a lot of flying around here.

[@paceyatkinson5388]

The Orange Cactus Agreed, I’m training out of Olympia right now so that’d help me decide whether to get the sim yet too

[@AA-tz2bm]

Seattle is the most accurate city in msfs 2020 lol.

[@DownTheRabbit-Hole]

You make great videos. Thanks. But.... your busted LOL should use 10 degrees of flaps on soft-field takeoff. Everything else was good tho. Interesting to see that MSFS got airborne with 30 degree flaps 28:49 from grass in high DA. I bet in real life it would have been a fail. Too easy to be Monday morning QB on youtube. Talking and flying is very difficult and you do an excellent job!

[@batdude2196]

Flew over Orlando tonight at dusk, found Disney world by VFR. Absolutely stunning scenery and a pure joy to fly in such an environment. Wow!!

[@andrewnyberg5726]

Installing now! Havent played Flight Sim since the early 00s. Excited to jump in again!!

[@stevehostetter5557]

Next time you get a chance to fly around in MSFS try out your old stomping grounds. Use either KSTL or KSUS and check out the elevations around the Missouri. Fly over to Frontier Park in St. Charles. The river elevations are hosed to the point of having vertical parking lots. Love the sim but there is more work to do with the scenery data. ;-)

[@Matty__Matt]

I legit wanted you to step out of the plane and walk around! I don't know why that urge came to me. I know you can't do it but still! What they've done with this Sim is amazing! 26:28

[@salex5442]

I would like to see how they did Maine. The old FS versions always messed up the rivers and just gave you a green line on the ground. Can you go to KBXM (old KNHZ) and fly around the rivers and go East from the airport to the city and see how they rendered those areas. Thanks. And if you want some long runway go to KBGR.

[@statingtheobvious8119]

This is pretty cool. I saw a video of someone flying over chernobyl also!

[@SpooderOfficial]

Yessssss! I can't wait to see all the video on this game from you! :D

[@Ph33nxOne]

Great video Jeff! So excited for FS20. GA looks pretty good. Can't wait to see you and Zach do some multiplayer bush flying!

[@JamesFerminVideos]

Not a big SIM guy, but this, this beautiful. Microsoft did amazing job with it.

[@justinbingham3886]

Really excited to see your series on the training stuff.

[@Downandlocked628]

Great flying Jeff ! Scenery looks fabulous but I wish they'd get that annoying spinning prop right. Too much flickering during high speed or cruise. On the ground at idle you may see some flickering as the blades aren't spinning as fast, but at higher speeds or cruise you usually only see a faint outer arc. Otherwise , the sim looks as good as we hoped for!

[@IndyWildfire11]

Would love to see you do some flights overseas if the sim allows it. Not necessarily trans-pacific or Atlantic as that’d be a very long flight for you but showcasing some airports in other countries could be exciting to see. Just a suggestion, take it with a grain of salt as you can do whatever you want and I’ll still watch :)

[@officaljordenwtf9140]

Jeff Please respond or like, me and my dad have been watching you for a while now and you got him into trucking simulator and he plays it everyday thank you for the great content and hope you have a good future!

[@jfavignano]

That’s amazing and thank you!

[@venom_motoring]

Thank you for using the 172 with steam gauges, seems like most videos I have watched have been with the g1000. Looking forward to trying this out once I do purchase it.

[@ciri151]

turn off your texture supersampling and crank up the rest of the graphics options. I have most settings on high to ultra on 1440p with a 1070 ti and I get 30 to 40 fps.

[@cubulous]

Yes, please do a tutorial series. Would really appreciate it. Thank you for your amazing content! Also, would love to see you fly into or out of my home town of San Francisco!

[@MattyK-USA]

Bought and installed. I last simmed when this package was called "MicroLogic Flight Simulator" in the early '80's. I expect that some refinements have been implemented in subsequent releases, and that I will need to consult the tutorials occasionally to get back up to speed, so to speak. So be it.