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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 struggles to get off the ground as players battle launch day server woes

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is clear for take-off, ready to give aircraft fanciers and digital globetrotters anothe…

But in a turn of events almost exactly mirroring the launch day woes seen by its 2020 predecessor, Flight Simulator 2024 is struggling to gt off the ground, with players complaining of lengthy post-install download times, installation freezes, and more as Microsoft's servers buckle under the demand. Developer Asobo has, of course, talking a big game for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 ahead of launch, promising a frankly staggering list of activities, including aerial firefighting, search and rescue, helicopter cargo transport, crop dusting, skydive aviation, hot air balloon tours and more. It's also teased "literally trillions of trees", even the ability to get out your plane and walk a trail- all of which sounds like it'll be marvellous as long as Flight Simulator navigates its launch day turbulence and manages to stick the landing.

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