Microsoft Flight Simulator: Game of the Year Edition soon picks up (free update); Reno Air Races in the approach

After six world updates and six SIM updates, Microsoft will publish a Game of the Year Edition from the Microsoft Flight Simulator (from 53.99 € at Buy) on 18 November 2021.

The Microsoft Flight Simulator Game of the Year Edition is available as a free update for existing players on PC and Xbox Series X | S. For new users, the Goty Edition is the perfect entry into the flight simulation as it is one Even more comprehensive experience offers. With the start of this edition on the 18th of November, the original will be sent in retirement , writes project manager Jörg Neumann in the Xbox blog.

Owners of the current version of the flight simulation receive the update to the Game of the Year Edition so for free.

The edition includes the following additional contents: 5 new aircraft:

Being F / A-18 Super Hornet: MSFS receives his first military jet! The Top Gun: Maverick extension appears together with the film next spring, but the simmers can already reach a new high-speed level now . Volocity: MSFS has teamed up with the German company Volocopter, which works on an evtol called Volocity, a vision for an urban airtaxy. In close cooperation with the engineering team of Volocopter, an authentic version of the aircraft prototype for the simulator has been developed. This is the first aircraft in the simulator that can perform pin-precision landings. Thus, it is the perfect taste of what you can enjoy in 2022 when the helicopters land in the flight simulator. Pilatus PC-6 Porter: This legendary Stol Airplane (Short Takeoff and Landing) is an extremely versatile aircraft from Switzerland, which is available in various cockpits, cabins and chassis variants. The manufacturers and developers Hans Hartmann and Alexander Metzger have created a great and fun new plane with extraordinary skills with MSFS. Cubcrafters NX Cub: The Cubcrafter-based company Cubcrafter has recently presented a bugrad option for its flagship CC-19 Xcub Aircraft - also called NX Cub - AVIAT PITTS SPECIAL S1S: One of the most popular simulator aircraft gets an option with a seat.

New airports

Germany Airport Leipzig / Halle (EDDP) Allgäu Airport Memmingen (EDJA) Airport Kassel (EDVK) Switzerland Lugano airport (LSZA) Airport Zurich (LSZH) Airport Lucerne-Beromünster (LSZO) UNITED STATES

Patrick Space Force Base (KCOF) Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (KNKX) With the publication of the Game of the Year Edition, information about 545 previously missing airports in the United States will be added .

New missions: Due to the great popularity of the recently introduced discovery flights, another six places are added (Helsinki, Freiburg im Breisgau, Mecca, Monument Valley, Singapore and Mount Cook) . New tutorials: In order to make the first flight even more exciting, 14 new tutorials await you the simmer inside the bush fly (in an icon A5) and IFR (in a Cessna 172) . New functions: Simmer can also be pleased with an updated weather system, early access to DX12 and a replay system for development mode . NEUE Photogrammetry cities: As part of the current cooperation with Bing Maps are added more photogrammetry cities: Helsinki (Finland), Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), Brighton, Derby, Eastbourne, Newcastle and Nottingham (United Kingdom) and Utrecht (Netherlands) .

In addition, the Reno Air Races: Expansion Pack and the Reno Air Races: FULL COLLECTION will be published on the Ingame Marketplace on 18 November.

Microsoft: The Reno Air Races: FULL COLLECTION offers 40 officially licensed aircraft, including ten North American P-51 Mustangs, Ten North American T-6 Texans, Ten Aero L-39 Albatros and ten Aviat Pitts Special S1s. Below Many famous champions like Miss America, Strega, Voodoo, Baron s Revenge, Radial Velocity, Six-Cat, American Spirit and Pipsqueeak and many other machines that have brought their pilot in gold. All these amazing aircraft and the complete online racing experience are included in the price of $ 59.99. (...) For all those hobby pilot inside, which simply want to enjoy the racing fun together with your friend , is the Reno Air Races: Expansion Pack the perfect entry. With this Extension You can feel the thrill in the online multiplayer races in one of four fantastic machines: the North American T-6 Texan, the North American P-51 Mustang, the Aero L-39 Albatros, and the Aviat Pitts Special S1s - for (...) $ 19.99!