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Review: Microsoft Flight Simulator

Have you ever thought of becoming a pilot but you just don't have funds or time, now you can train yourself from the comfort of your couch with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is the arguably the best computer game ever made. The level of realism on this game is out of this world. This games recreates the the world on a scale of 1:1 and it recreates it accurately. It also creates live weather in real time. You can fly to anywhere in the world and by anywhere, I mean even your own house.

The first title of the game was released in 1982 and has been through 12 iterations. The latest version (Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020) was developed by Asobo Studios and Xbox Game Studios. The game was released on the 17th of August 2020. A PC version of the game was released first and later on followed by a virtual reality (VR) and console version of the game. Since the initial release, the game has sold over 4 million copies of the game.

This game works great on some of the computer systems, we did our research and found the requirements for this game to work perfectly.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Minimum System Requirements

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200

RAM: 8 GB

OS: Windows 10 64-bit

VIDEO CARD: Radeon RX 570 or GeForce GTX 770

PIXEL SHADER: 5.0

VERTEX SHADER: 5.0

FREE DISK SPACE: 150 GB

DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 2048 MB

Flight Simulator 2020 Recommended System Requirements

CPU: Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or better

RAM: 16 GB

OS: Windows 10 64-bit

VIDEO CARD: Radeon RX 590 or GeForce GTX 970

PIXEL SHADER: 5.1

VERTEX SHADER: 5.1

FREE DISK SPACE: 150 GB

DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 4096 MB

Versions Of The Game

The game comes in 3 versions. The Standard Edition costs $59.99 (R1 098,75) and will let you fly 20 different detailed aircrafts and 38 handcrafted airports. The Deluxe Edition costs $89. 99(R1 648, 48) which includes 25 different detailed aircrafts and 43 handcrafted airport and the Premium Deluxe Edition costs $119.99 (R2 198,04) and comes with 35 different detailed aircrafts and 48 handcrafted airports.

Bugs

Though this game has sold a lot of copies and people like it. A big game like this is always bond to have bugs but Asobo Studios and Xbox Game Studios are doing as much as they can to debug the game. This game is not perfect but for a game that uses a 1:1 world scale, this is better than other games.

Awards The Game Received

The game has received many awards like The Game of The Year Awards and many more.

· Best Sim/Strategy Game of the Year – The Game Awards

· Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year - DICE Awards

· Best Windows PC Game 2020 - Windows Central

· Best PC Games 2021 : Best Simulation – Windows Central

· Best Innovation 2020 – PC Gamer

· Best Game 2020 – EFTM

· Best Simulator Game – Gameranx

· Best Simulation (of the generation) - The Digital Fix Gaming (UK)

· Biggest 2020 Mood: Flight Simulator’s giant hell pit - VG247’s Alternate Game Awards 2020 (UK)

· Best Sim/Strategy Game of the Year - ActuGaming (FR)

· Best Microsoft Exclusive – Everyeye.it (IT)

· Best PC Game of 2020 – Stevivor (AU)

What we think

This game will help you with the basics of flying a plane from the confort of your couch. You can fly to anywhere in the world in real time and real weather. The is no other Flight Simulator which does this. If you love flight Simulators, you'll love this game and everything that it has to offer.