Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Review - The Final Verdict

[@mrm7058]

Final verdict? Shouldn't Microsoft finish their the game first?^^

[@VelveteenWoodworking]

Yeah… idk if you can have a final verdict after just 5 days from launch! Hahaha they still haven’t finished 2020 in the first place.

[@flyersluver4eva]

Clearly a paid stooge . The game is absolutely awful

[@flyersluver4eva]

I mean he gave the game an 8 when it’s broken on 90% of systems . Doesn’t get more paid than that. What an awful take on a broken fkn game

[@thehuntergt]

@@flyersluver4eva It would be idiotic to review something based on somebody else's experience. Being in that 10% group you made up...I'd give it a 7 or 8 as well. It runs very good on my PC and is definitely not awful.

[@mr.kwamid-86_43]

Nope!

[@MrJove89]

Fly over my house and it looked like I was in a foreign country. Highly disappointed because it was perfect in the previous game

[@notmedude]

You can still play the old one 🎉

[@denrenvavanaardt6989]

My yard and area used to look pretty decent when 2020 first came out, at some point not sure when exactly something changed and my area is unidentifiable . Haven't checked in 2024 yet but other areas ive checked still look ass

[@chronictoggled464]

@@notmedudedoesnt change the fact that it’s still a disappointing game that is basically a cash grab with ‘24’ slapped on it bruh

[@mattspeer01]

I learned a long time ago, no matter how excited you are to play an upcoming game, just plan on waiting it out at least 6 months post-release. You'll have a far better experience and the game will be on sale by then. So much less stressful and more enjoyable, and when your game back catalog is as large as mine, it really doesn't matter that much anyways.

[@escapedcops08]

Sounds like the logic of a poor peasant who can't afford a lot in life. So you come up with this coping mechanism to sidetrack the fact YOU have to sit and wait for 6 months, while you are watching everyone enjoy a game you want to "wait" on. Talk about stupid logic that holds you back. You've played countless games that had bugs, but did whine and complain, so you're just being a hypocrite, along with 99.99% of the entitled community who wants to whine for the sake of complaining.

[@monstermarc227]

Unless it’s Rockstar.. they don’t release games till they are absolutely perfect

[@bblas5199]

Facts

[@billt2341]

I really agree with the waiting idea, but I doubt that it will be "on sale," (IMHO)

[@EmazingGuitar]

@@monstermarc227 i irrationally hope rockstar takes over the IP of the Jack and Daxter saga

[@shifterzx]

They need to give us the option to download the game to use completely offline.

[@strider029]

Are you willing to download terabytes of data to your PC just for one game?

[@brandonchappell1535]

You will be able to download all add-ons (planes/airports) but it seems tied to the marketplace, which at the moment isnt working to give devs time to update their products, this will eventually be available though, making it more like 2020 (world streamed, assets local)

[@therandomizortank8357]

@@strider029 the game is similar to that of MSFS 2020 with added extras although may take a 3rd of my storage space, would be worth it for those with poor internet reliability.

[@marcofava]

​@@therandomizortank8357 2020 fully downloaded was like 2.5 TB's, 2024 would likely be several times larger, if you have the space sure but very very few people do

[@truebrit3578]

They do. It’s called Xplane 12

[@FPJDK]

Its at beta stage. I was expecting it to be an evolution from FS2020 in its current State. This has been like going back to 2020 all over again

[@neilcassey1421]

"The game suffers from a few stutters." LOL. This is the type of guy who would describe the Columbia shuttle disaster as "an unfortunate glitch."

[@wout123100]

everything to get a view more clicks, these kind of youtubers.

[@JoeyBlazey83]

It will be mid 25 before the Sim is on the same level as 20 but I think that once they iron out the wrinkles it will be better than 20 but it will be awhile before that I expect 6-7 months till then

[@GrayMimikyu]

I heard 20 can be play offline. This one is always online?

[@adamleblanc5294]

@@GrayMimikyu They sort of pinned themselves into a corner with what they wanted to do with the game, so requiring an internet connection to stream textures became a requirement. The game is backed by multiple petabyes (1,024 TBs) of data to support the sim, so doing it this way was the only practical solution.

[@GrayMimikyu]

@@adamleblanc5294 damn, that’s not convenient for me. I was hoping to get either this one or the 20 one. But if the latter is more convenient (considering where I live with this internet) I would rather pick it and pick any other rescue mission games like the new Mudrunner.

[@shafiq_ramli]

It is sooooo weird if Microsoft is having problems with the cloud infrastructure performance when their bread and butter IS cloud provider business!

[@GrayMimikyu]

This is an Xbox that is an Xbox...

[@wrongwayfeldman5393]

​​Whoo hoo four days & I finally got the sim loading, at the infamous 97%. The 97 club😁

[@theoldar]

MSFS 2020 was buggy as heck. It took about a year until it was fully stable. I am enjoying 2024, and I will be patient.

[@JJ.R-xs8rf]

MSFS 2020? Fully stable????? Fully??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheIandustry]

I know right, people in the comments complain as if it's the end of the world and they've been personally offended by a launch day issue. I've been playing on console since day 2 and had zero issues outside of the odd frame drop when I'm flying like a lunatic

[@saleasylum]

The controls are backward and the plane takes off by itself. The trim causes a nose dive. Perfect!

[@v1rotatev230]

My opinion is who the hell asked for this. Microsoft spent years getting 2020 to where it is now very stable very reliable with a ton of really good third-party content. Why throw that all away and restart with a new simulator why not just update the existing SIM and build on that because as far as I’m concerned, I don’t think there’s enough in this new simulator to warrant a brand new Sim. The career mode could’ve been an optional paid DLC and they could’ve just reworked and optimized the sim for better textures and performance.

[@varshoee]

Yeah, Microsoft should have waited at least till 2030 for the new flight sim. there are barely any improvements from 2020 to 2024.

[@samcerulean1412]

Agreed!!

[@brendanturner4787]

I completely disagree. The graphics have improved a fair amount, the sim has higher FPS from 2020, the gamification of career makes it a more fun and once the market place is up all your third party paid ware will work with 24. Plus a lot of the freeware and paid ware not from the marketplace already works. Still a bad launch I've been able to play a fair amount the past couple of days. But it is still buggy as hell. Also there's no point in being upset yet anyway, 2020 is still supported just play that

[@JJ.R-xs8rf]

*_" Microsoft spent years getting 2020 to where it is now very stable very reliable "_* 2020???? Very table???? VERY??? 🤣 *_"Why throw that all away and restart with a new simulator "_* It's not a new simulator dummy, 2024 is a major update.

[@thedrewh10]

The state of our education system is downright scary. The plural of aircraft is not “aircrafts.”

[@montanastranger]

I drive truck and listen to countless podcasts. I'm not even trying to be mean, but I definitely agree.

[@thedude8128]

You just noticing this now? I mean, it's been known, beyond your ivy league schools filled with visa students, the USA is not even in the top 50 of education levels 😂

[@thedrewh10]

@ No, I’m not just noticing this now. I’m simply commenting on the narrator of the video saying ”aircrafts.” I hear it all the time on KZbin and it drives me crazy.

[@bdRiver94]

Really? How do you say it plural then? English isn't my mother tongue and since I hear people say "aircrafts" all over the internet, I thought it would be correct.

[@thedrewh10]

@ English has many idiosyncrasies. The plural of aircraft is aircraft. No s at the end. Same with deer. You don’t say “I saw many deers in the woods.”

[@AV8R_1]

I literally had one instance where I was put in a loading queue and was not able to get into the simulator. It lasted about an hour. Since then, I have been playing all day every day with almost no bugs glitches or any other issues of note. For me, there are some small Bugs that are not existential threats to the game, but minor nuisances that you know will be worked out quickly. For the most part my experience with this game has been nearly flawless with graphics maxed out, I'm getting high frame rates, and for the most part everything works the way it's supposed to. I honestly don't know why so many people are having so much trouble, but I saw this with MSFS 2020 also. A lot of people were having big problems and I just wasn't seeing it. Maybe I'm lucky, maybe my Internet or my system is better, I don't know. But I have very few problems with 2020 or 2024

[@jonmartel1005]

Same here

[@brandongarrett2309]

Nice overview, thanks, I will give it three months then take another look.

[@Dcully]

Career mode is exactly what i missed on FS2020.

[@3KPK3]

8/10 for me too. Horrendous launch and optimisation, but it's graphics and career mode are something special.

[@TheBaronVSP]

Unless you're a diehard flight enthusiast with nothing else to play, wait several months. The amount of bugs in this sim is downright infuriating and would take several paragraphs to list.

[@what_the_fff]

The fact that high end machines cant even maintain 60fps is sad

[@GREGHOLUB]

My “visual goodness” aka any city land mark other than a tree is a blocky shape hopefully they get the graphics better for Xbox users

[@aranthos]

The visuals for this version are fantastic. I love the new ways to engage a player like the career modes and the photography mode. Sure there was some issues to begin with but imo people are way too expectant now. It’s a massive product launch there was always going to be issues day 1…

[@starwindamada5313]

Another clown making excuses because he worked on it. Microsoft botched it. You don't sell a product after hyping it up for months and then it doesn't work and you act surprised. People paid money and didn't get what they paid for. Stop excusing this shit. The only ones defending this are the devs or content creators who got paid to promote it.

[@TheIandustry]

Been playing it since day 2 ( couldn't load on day one) on my series x and it's far and above my game of the year, what they managed to create is nothing short of incredible. Its frequently jawdropping, the missions are fun and ease you in and the freedom to fly anywhere on earth is unmatched. One downside is that they could make it easier to understand the controls for gamepads, like pressing the two shoulder buttons to activate the camera would have been nice to know without having to discover it by chance.

[@thesw1ftmohawk77]

I cant even do the career coz the camera is stuck in my guys foot.

[@adamleblanc5294]

Honestly loving the sim. Very few issues on my end. Only had 2 crashes that were caused by the "environment" app on the tablet (second one was because I wanted to see if it would crash again) and only some stuttering when I initially load in for the first second or so, then it's been incredibly smooth at 60FPS on decent settings. Load times have also been very fast, but I have a gigabit hookup, which probably helps. I can see myself spending a lot of time with this.

[@chicagorandy]

Thanks for a reasonably unbiased review on this troubled release. I fly GA piston planes on a Windows desktop PC that I built to meet the Recommended specs of MSFS 2024 on a limited geezer's budget. I'm flying at all High settings and really enjoying the sim. Setting up my various hardware with the new wonky, clunky User Interface has been a frustrating challenge to say the least, but now that I can kinda understand how it works things ARE better. Bring back Plug and Play - lol. The first two days Microsoft/Asobo might as well have been selling Bud Light or Jaguars.

[@frankdiehl8749]

Baffles me why they do that... I mean I get building a new platform from scratch because of the limitations of the current sim and they want to revamp the AI/photogrammetry in time and I do like the waaaay better lighting and terrain detail. But why o why mess up the UI?! It wasn't that broken. In fact it was fine! And is it just me or is there a ton missing in the menu? ATC settings? AI ships, ground vehicles and stuff? 2020 had settings for those right? Coming later I guess.

[@DonMrLenny]

You can forget about cold and dark mode for airliners right now, the pushback track doest pushes you back (you had a one job...)

[@dannyboyy31]

It sounds like the issues were sorted pretty quickly for those in the US, but that wasn't the case everywhere. For many of us in the UK, it was 4 days before we got to do any actual flying, which is deeply unsatisfactory.

[@JJ.R-xs8rf]

The issues aren't just about performance dummy....

[@forsaken841]

If they polish off the career mode, make it a little bit easier for newbies to learn by actually going over a few more systems. Iron out the bugs, it will be amazing.

[@bblas5199]

MSFS2024 should have the tagline, "Just wait a year and it'll be great." 😂

[@robprator5890]

Requires constant connection to the server? Yeah that’s a hard pass for me. We as a gaming community need to stand up against this. Devs will stop pushing this if we stop buying their games.

[@raticus65ify]

The game has to be online ... where do u think the world data comes from?

[@jojocarter24]

@@raticus65ify yes but they have to give a offline option because even when you launching the game you downloading data and that’s pretty annoying

[@Mike-ny5eh]

It is literally peta bytes of data in the new digital world. This sim looks materially better and I suspect returning to hosted data would materially diminish those gains.

[@thatguyrightbehindyo]

Not to mention releasing this and soon avowed with a physical “premium edition” without a disc.

[@robprator5890]

@ ​​⁠where does it come from? You mean I can’t download maps and weather? Companies have been making games for years (even Microsoft Flight Sim) that has downloadable maps. The fact that you MUST be online for all new AAA titles is criminal

[@MarkDavidBlack]

I had a holy crap moment. I was on an IFR flight. When I peaked through the clouds at 11000 ft. and saw the swirling clouds from the prop I went OMG!

[@joshuaspop8865]

I bought it today and have been flying around a bit. Honestly, performance has been perfect for me. No data issues at all. My thing is the flight models on the airplanes are awful. Even the A3300 has ridiculous pitch twitchiness. I can’t the “improved” physics when the flight models are so bad. Lastly, I guess it looks better, but I haven’t flown much yet, just cruising around my home area some. The clouds IMO don’t really look much better and the ground textures don’t seem night and day to me. My settings are high-ultra.

[@blakiepoop5568]

How will this run on my homebrew machine with an IBM based Mac emulation device from 2007? Jk.

[@boyermchristopher1]

Not well!!

[@Skinny-me]

They will probably solve all the important issues. However I do hope there will be a possibility to download whatever I need to be able to fly without any internet, and also for the sim to perform as it should without bandwidth problems as stutters, uncomplete textures etc.

[@T9x610]

Career mode is chefs kiss for me. I am enjoying it a lot, but we still need offline, cloud gaming was never meant for flight sims, actually, it was never meant for any game other than small indies. It does not matter how good your internet is, it’s not the same. Very disappointing but hopefully they can bounce back in the distant future.

[@LostWanderer605]

My first flight was a disaster. I Fought for over 2 hours of real time to get off the ground in the A320neo V2. Many of the issues I faced include. Textures degrading to the point of the cockpit panles and intrustments became unreadable. Using a mouse to looking to around resulted in extremely overreactive camera movement. Using a gamepad for camera movement was extremely sluggish. The HOTAS One velocity flight stick now has it's throttle and elevator controls reversed for some reason with no clear way to correct it. Airplanes spawning inside each other. Lag everytime a button is pushed. Textures completely disappearing. All of the avionics shutting off immediately after takeoff leaving me flying blind. ATC cutting off mid sentence while reading off instructions or ATIS. (Yes this problem carried over from MFS 2020.) Multiple failures to load the plane at the airport After setting up my flight plan from the free flight screen. Not being able to get in the Aircraft after completing the walk around. All the visual Icons for the walk around don't function. The cursor while in cursor mode disappearing, and or failure to register inputs. There are many more glitches and bugs I ran into, however these gave me the most grief. I would not get this simulator right now I would wait for more bug fixes and optimized updates. I know for a fact I have a few conflicting add-ons from the market place, however that feature isn't even available yet, because of that All of my Add-ons are currently running and, I can't turn them off or uninstall the ones I don't want/need. For those wondering my hardware is a refurbished XBOX Series X. If anyone can help me with these issues please let me know how to potentially resolve them I will happily take any advice right now.

[@andrewjamez]

In the end the 3rd party aircraft you buy are predominantly the ones you fly so as long as your purchase them from outside the in game store they will be stored on your system.

[@rcpilot9963]

If you fly P51D in Mfs2024 and think you can fly P51D try to fly it in DCS and try to land in one piece...

[@davidraborn3654]

There should be a level of "Pre Download" that you could select for your system preference. To lighten the bandwidth/server traffic.

[@OpoOnTheGo]

My controls never work on controller, i can go and stop. Until i lose stop, and then eventurally i lose go. God forbid i try to pause then it just tells me to use my keyboard! On a firestick... this was never supposed to be a game for me, yet i still ended up hilariously disappointed due to optimization. They deserve an award for that tbh

[@arranwilliams2523]

The roughest is failing your check rides in campaign because server desync forgot you already sent a request to taxi. I spent 4 hours trying to pass my night check ride.

[@S01DATT]

Nothing like buying a pre Beta to test it out😂

[@joshuagabsart]

3:16 we don’t need that system (its not a people sim), as WE irl are the characteristics that defines us each on how we fly and behave.

[@proteuswest1084]

I have gotten to play quite a decent amount of the game on Series X but the amount of crashes, stutters, and poor performance I still get definitely detracts from the experience. I have good Internet, but even when the game loads assets, I’m not sure that using the Cloud feels appreciably faster than 2020 when you load free updates. That being said, I love career mode and the tutorials (except for a couple of annoying bugs I’ve seen that block progress) are excellent for those of us who aren’t pilots in real life. If they can fix their major issues, this will be a big improvement to 2020, but it’s really unacceptable for games to launch in this state.

[@brunswickgaming1815]

Am I the only one that saw MSFS2024 2 seconds on steam after release with no reviews?

[@JJ.R-xs8rf]

37% approval rating.... and performance is just one issue, lots of plane systems aren't working properly, tons of people have complained about that.

[@xSpcManSpiffx]

It's so bad on xbox. It constantly locks up when I change key bindings, the textures are horrible, and it feels janky. So disappointed.

[@durulbaykal]

1:33 look at those blurry textures over the mountains. I still do not understand how these youtubers make positive marketing after this launch.

[@KeizerSinbad]

"resulting into a" was said like 50 times in this video and I cannot for the life of me understand why.

[@Kylethejobber]

I play on a 5800x3d and a 7900xtx and it's been running just fine

[@BillC-64]

Solution: Don't buy your game on launch day. You know there will be patches in the first week, you know there will be problems for almost every single game these days. Wait a week or even better wait a month. Do something else, there are bigger problems in the world so stop crying.

[@jamesm568]

Right now it's a total joke as you have to look hard to find the visual differences from 2020 to 2024. VR is an absolute joke, but it always has been. Optimization is highly needed.

[@HawKster_]

3:16 What would they be? How should they tie into the game? Just throwing a take like that in there without further explaination or examples seems really strange. If you think about it for more than 5 seconds you realize that skills and traits don't really have a place in a simulator.

[@prisonmike9186]

Final verdict: Going back to msfs 2020

[@OldmavericWoW]

The always online and needing high speed internet made it where I can’t play. I live in a town around 200,000 people in the US and still only have DSL or Mobile internet which blows my mind how that is even a thing in 2024 going into 25.

[@pepteta]

I have Xbox and pc and 30 hours in and my Xbox runs it as good as my pc I guess it all boils down to how good your internet is

[@ElaborateTiger]

I'd honestly rather play big rigs over the road racing than endure these tedious loading screens.

[@xsaintcortesx2932]

Game runs fine for me. Yeah a few bugs were expected but its not unplayable at all like some crybabies claim it to be.

[@Simon_V_RDJ]

No way does this deserve an 8 out of 10. It's a dumpster fire and should be avoided like the plague, to be given a high score is an insult to those thousand of people like myself who paid for the sim only to find out that we'd been shafted by Microsoft. FS 2024 should be avoided at all costs.

[@FlorinPopMagda]

I feel like in the near future you will get a real flight license from Flight Simulator :)

[@fastfiddler1625]

I was very excited to fly where I live. But our nearby airport looked like trash. Two runway 32s when there should only be one. In many cases there are trees and other objects sticking through runways. This is known in the aviation community as a challenging place to land. The airport itself is just flat ground textures with no hangars or anything. My house looks like a potato, and somehow worse than 2020.

[@wilkiwan]

Honestly a good review…BUT, it’s still broke. How can an 8 be given when it hasn’t been fixed?!?!

[@clanjarheadstt05]

i was really looking forward to the career mode, and i have now come to realise it is just a soul destroying grind to get anywhere, im glad i tried it out on gamepass and didnt buy it, uninstalled

[@adamdavis1737]

I feel like it's not worth me trying to play this game now that I don't have my Xbox connected to the router anymore.

[@ColdintheShade]

And im doing just fine with Microsoft Flight Simulator X. btw, I got it for $1 (Though I did get it at a flea market)

[@larrynibz1855]

I flew over my hometown which is green for most of the year, but it is just red desert and red buildings. 4 years later and 150-200 dollars for a terrible update really.

[@westyk52sparky]

The only way it should get a 8 is if its out of 100. i still cant get on. i have a 7800x3d 32bgs of ram. a 7900xt and 300mbs fibre. it seems to only work for youbuters.

[@joshuasmith7621]

I've had no problems at all since day 2. It works like a charm, and is a big improvement over 2020. The flight model feels better to me than 2020 ever did. There are a few minor bugs still, but nothing major at all. I'm sure they will have them ironed out soon. I also LOVE that it records weather over a 24 hour period, so you can get actual weather if you change the time of flight.

[@Elwaves2925]

I'm with the above comment. I'm not a YT'er and it's been working for me since day 2 as well. Up until last night, I had to use non-local servers but since then my local UK ones have worked well. There was a little update that fixed the UK issu for me. When was the last time you tried?

[@ThunderSpitt]

first: the control settings are stupidly complicated. in MSFS 2020 on Xbox Series X the T.Flight Hotas One was simple plug and play. no need to adjust anything, just connect it and you're good to go. second: they must do better with the cities, from the sky they look impressive, but when you fly closer to the ground it's a nightmare. third and probably most important: get rid of that stupid cloud-streaming bull crap. i prefer to sacrifice 200 gigs of storage rather than flying with pop-up buildings and slow rendering textures. I'll stick to 2020 at least for next few months

[@brundebrauc2208]

Bugs will be fixed. But the most important question is, does it stutter? Can't play a flight sim if it stutters, how beautiful it may look

[@fugginrambo]

It's not stuttering on a 4060ti/12600k and I've been able to play and the graphics are improved but I definitely have some complaints. I wanted to love it but its not a massive upgrade over 2020 right now

[@WadeFrick]

Playing MSFS 2020 my game would stutter badly especially when coming into an airport anywhere from 3 to 15 seconds and would do this often, but with the new simulator its way better, I've played for almost 30 hours now and experienced 2 stutters lasting less than a 1/2 second each. I do have extremely fast internet though.

[@joshramirez7]

Final verdict a few days after launch? Is this a joke? Gaming review channels need to take a chill and let these games mature before a "final verdict"...

[@m00gleboi]

I think it's broken, I try to fly the plane and it just crashes into the terrain 🤷. It's all like "terrain terrain pull up" and my plane is now somehow on the airport roof... I hope they fix that bug.

[@Grumpy_Englishman]

20/20 as far superior already. I loaded in only for the airport not to even load in all the plane.....the whole airport was just a blurh . And then it crashed ....i just go back to mfs 20 for 6 months i think

[@thedisappointedgamer4239]

Love it so far about to buy a yoke while they are on sale

[@yannbastiaans]

Gamingbolt, not sure who you are and who sponsors you, but making a ‘final verdict’ within a week of a release seems a bit preposterous… Sure, it sounds like good clickbait but with titles like these you cannot be taken serious to any degree.

[@SneakyCaleb]

It’s the “flight deck” not the cockpit that’s sexist

[@JamieTDC]

I'm having the exact same issue's and loading in and out of flights and maps, it feels clunky and like its going to crash. i'm using an i7 13700k with an rtx 4070 and 32gb 6800MT's Ram with a 990 pro 1tb ssd

[@dragonscoils8149]

Basically an MMO without a chat box. Design decisions have been baffling. I quit as soon as they decided it was sub only. Used to be able to play for free and most don't know that was even an option.

[@brandonlowry3145]

Downloaded this on game pass then immediately crashed a plane into my house. Didn't even need a tutorial. Can uninstall now lol

[@XtraD5848]

can you please make a video convincing parents to buy the game for their kids.

[@Blueesteel_]

#msfs2024 The TURTLE BEACH VELOCITY ONE FLIGHT STICK has an annoying screen drift while in cockpit view with Xbox. It is In perfect working order with 2020 so it’s not the hardware itself. They need to fix this.

[@samuellewis9617]

I'm on x box series s and I'm getting constant lag and glitches I landed a jet from cardiff to Dublin and as I landed there my whole game crashed

[@gavinflavel1632]

Love to know if I can transfer my flight stick setting from 2020 to 2024? I do really hope they make it stand alone as the bandwidth here is very bad.

[@frosted_rainbow]

How does this game get an 8? It’s only been out for a short time and is already plagued with bugs and issues the initial launch was a mess with players stuck in queues because the servers were overloaded we tested the servers before the release and still had problems I have a friend who is a pilot in real life and wanted to play this game but he’s grateful he didn’t pay for it and got it on Xbox Game Pass instead otherwise he would have refunded it because of all the bugs and is really disappointed with the outcome.

[@mr.kwamid-86_43]

Try landing on the Hudson!!

[@mnmfreak502]

When I was giving a tour near my hometown wind lifted my plane thousands and thousands of feet straight up in the air. 🤦🏻‍♂️ it's so broken. The hot air balloon is a mess. Fire shoots from where you stand and the balloon itself just flaps like a flag in the wind. It's unfinished and buggy. Game is really bad for me at the moment.

[@cigarbearreviews]

Personally I wish we got all aircraft instead of 160 dollars even on game pass. The game as well after 5-10 minutes of flying is highly repetitive and boring.

[@billB101]

Worst for me is the _improved_ thermals for gliding that don't seem to work at all. Or maybe that's the glider model, I don't know, they just don't work. + the fact that I have to us a VPN here in the UK or nothing at all works. What a sh!t show.

[@Elwaves2925]

I had to use a VPN up until last night, then a 700mb-ish update dropped and now the UK servers are working great for me.

[@billB101]

@@Elwaves2925 Yeah I've manages to use it for the first time without a VPN today too.

[@Elwaves2925]

@@billB101 That's good to hear.

[@staubsauger2305]

Thanks for the review. The flight models are still completely awful. Compare the F/A-18 in MSFS2024 with DCS, and it's not even close in realism. Graphics are nice though.

[@yukongoldy]

I think you tried to push your PC too much. I fly with a 7800x3d 4090 and I don't even play with everything on ultra.

[@starwindamada5313]

Guys, this review is bullshit. The game doesn't even work. It'll be four years before they get around to fixing it and by that point we'll already have MSFS 2028, which will have three times the bugs.

[@maxcaines3568]

I played today and yesterday on xbox and it worked

[@ALDRT1]

bla bla bla

[@starwindamada5313]

@@ALDRT1 Fuck you clown. Enjoy spending money on broken games. Imagine accepting that. You're probably one of those idiots who still wears a face mask and thinks everything is racist.

[@alanwest5647]

Will it support Logitech panels now or must I set up clean profiles and run through Spadnext again?

[@neilcassey1421]

A few minutes ago I finally enjoyed reading the most beautiful sentence a human being can possibly read: "Your purchase of Microsoft Flight Simulator has been refunded." The words envelop me in warmth and happiness, the words are as sweet as HONEY. Yummy yummy refund.

[@samcerulean1412]

I think its far too early for any definitive verdict. I get it you want to get your review out there before anyone else. But I do feel that any review at this stage is worthless

[@monstermarc227]

The game was giving 10/10 by all gaming media and the players think it’s trash and horrible… that’s all the proof you need that review companies are paid to give good reviews. This game is unplayable and SUCKS!

[@PappyGunn]

I'm still waiting for 2020 to download...

[@fballcoach447]

Way to buggy right now 2020 is better experience. If they patch it up it will be good but currently on Series X it stutters like crazy

[@fevernova89]

was waiting for this

[@batdude2196]

This appears to be more of a game than it was before. I just want an accurate realistic as possible flight simulator. I have zero interest in the game features. Back to XPlane?

[@gpayne12100]

I’m trying to get a refund, I’m done with msfs, 5 days and tried hundreds of times and can’t get in to play, they make it almost impossible to get a refund

[@cameronb3834]

Definitely was a cash grab for them it should’ve been called MFS beta

[@boomslang23]

Anyone wondering if this will run with 8 GB of ram, it does for me, with a GTX1650 🎉