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The contrast between reality and simulation in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 | David Dedeine interview


For Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, this is a reasonable question. Is it a game, a simulation or reality?

I recently joined the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 leaders at a briefing at the Grand Canyon, where we flew a jet and played a preview of the game, which comes out on November 19, 2024. As long as what is required as a skill in order to perform in a game activity is true to life–if it gives you a way to engage with the sim that fits your mood of the day, or the type of player you are, I think everyone is happy. To give you an example, if you want to make a believable scenario where you have to transport someone who’s just broken his leg on a ski slope in the winter in the Alps, bringing this guy to the closest hospital, you need a lot of different conditions.

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