Microsoft Flight Simulator: The entire world in a game - BBC News

Microsoft has revived its Flight Simulator series after more than a decade, promising gamers a replica of the entire globe to play on.

It does so using new AI-driven technology - one that needs a constant fast internet connection to work at its best.

The BBC's David Molloy took to the skies to find out if it lived up to its lofty promise.

[ytudfollac]

Imagine flat earthers playing this game trying to fly to the edge

[DarylSolis]

Microsoft: fly anywhere in the world
Players: fly over hometown.

[rakhassy]

Imagine that EA made this game. Every country’s you passed, you have to pay taxes.

[GanzyChannel]

I swear if they get my garden wrong im gonna be pissed

[ovitvchannel]

Hats off to developers. Huge respect for their dedication..

[ReverseSideArms]

“Turned Buckingham palace into a block of flats”. Sounds pretty uk like to me

[daviddixxon]

Still waiting for GTA 8: entire world in a game

[destroyerwill]

"It put bridges in London underwater"
Me: So London bridge fell down?

[vishnu_]

imagine going into bermuda triangle and ur game crashes and deletes automatically

[Flame]

My PC : "dont you even think about it"

[PropXy]

“This game is a whopping 100gb”
COD MW: Am I a joke to you?

[nattyasrat]

Let’s take a moment to really appreciate the developers of this great progress

[jovian]

He: "It has put lot of bridges under water"
AI: "well that's not a bug, that's just future"

[dacobdacob]

imagine being that mindblowing of a game that even bbc is talking about it

[elscruffomcscruffy]

This game is gorgeous. I thoroughly enjoy just chilling out at home flying around the world on Xbox Series X. Brilliant

[samuelatienzo]

I have been flying in Scandanavia, mainly in Norway and Svalbard during this lockdown here in Sydney. I can't go anywhere in real life, but I can just imagine it through this game... makes me feel so free!

[saurabhshah]

This is how to travel during a pandemic

[ribbot]

“This game is a whopping download at 100Gb”

MW2019: pathetic

[danlyle]

Microsoft: You can go anywhere in the world
Me: *lands at my local takeaway and flies home at Mach 0.7 so the food won't go cold*

[fastertrackcreative]

2052: Universe simulator, fly a spacecraft to all known planets and systems with accurate scans.