11 minutes ago, FlyerNYC said:

Many game devs are that way. It's just that some publishers are garbage. We are lucky that Microsoft has become consumer friendly in the past years.

I think that Microsoft and indeed Asobo have looked and truly realised that even though the sim market may be more niche than say, Fortnite, its still very relevant. Simulating something such as a 737 in as realistic environment as possible is kinda cool and absolutely challenging. These flying machines are still engineering milestones for mankind, it's why we're such a focused and enthusiastic bunch eh? What they're doing here for us will no doubt filter 'up' into simulators for real pilots and beyond.. their transparency so far though is pretty commendable, smart and very much appreciated..

Edited October 25, 20196 yr by stripealipe

22 hours ago, nas123 said:

All the cloud layers, lightning, volumetric clouds etc. will sure demand a very high powered PC. 

Be prepared to upgrade at least to a

CPU(I9 9900KS), RTX 2080TI

Already planning to get 3080Ti. This whole thing is off the charts.  The ice accumulation is mind blowing! The night lighting destroys XP!

3 minutes ago, Greazer said:

The night lighting destroys XP!

It does indeed. 

(Duck!  XP defenders incoming! - lol)

13 hours ago, smoothchat said:

My thoughts exactly !

At my age that's a real possibility!

16 minutes ago, Greazer said:

Already planning to get 3080Ti. This whole thing is off the charts.  The ice accumulation is mind blowing! The night lighting destroys XP!

Still need to fix lights above lamp post level, getting lit windows in those tall buildings in the photogrammetry cities has yet to be shown convincingly. Let's hope they find a way otherwise you get a mass of dark buildings. But it still looks stunning and it would be easy for 3rd part devs to fix. I mean the space needle is an injected model which could quite easily be lit up, but they've not got around to it yet.

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Edited October 25, 20196 yr by dtrjones

16 minutes ago, n4gix said:

At my age that's a real possibility!

Ditto!

Not something that I want per se, but wildfires based on real life events could be a nice detail to add (or volcano eruptions). Would definitely make route planning a bit more dynamic and realistic.

In other times, I also felt like a Beta Tester from subLOGIC 1980. No internet, no phone, no fax, just post office or amateur radio. It was at the release of the version for FS1 - Flight Simulator. My TRS-80 CP200 hardware using TDK cassette tape, 10 inch monochrome monitor (Philco tv) and a K7 National Panasonic recorder. Today very optimistic about the expectations of the FS2020. It was worth this coexistence in recent years.

I hope they put lights on multi-story apartment buildings and hotels.  Those usually have lights on balconies.

I also hope they include all glass skyscrapers that reflect their surroundings.  Houston TX has a few a them.

Theres also outlined buildings like in Dallas TX and other places.(just search for Dallas skyline or Dallas bank one building at night)

Im sure they'll do it if possibble.  really I think it would help to use more whitish lights to light up the downtown buildings.  they're a weird yellow due to the copper streetlights.

Edited October 25, 20196 yr by sightseer

2 hours ago, stripealipe said:

I think that Microsoft and indeed Asobo have looked and truly realised that even though the sim market may be more niche than say, Fortnite, its still very relevant.

This is pure speculation but MS might use the new FS as a showcase to demonstrate what's possible with their Bing data and Azure AI (could be of interest for their corporate users and companies). It's like a giant benchmark they're making for every future game.

8 minutes ago, simtom said:

This is pure speculation but MS might use the new FS as a showcase to demonstrate what's possible with their Bing data and Azure AI (could be of interest for their corporate users and companies). It's like a giant benchmark they're making for every future game.

Thought the same thing. The story of how this project was originally a Seattle tech demo shown to Microsoft executives gave it away in my opinion.  They wanted to make a virtual world but needed a way to fund it...boom, FS2020.  Just my speculation. 

6 hours ago, zalox said:

Yes, both are Barcelona.

If it is Barcelona then it may explain the lights in the buildings.  Why must the lights in the buildings all be on.  In many countries the lights are gradually turned off as the workers go home until by 10pm there are few lights on at all.

6 hours ago, andyjohnston.net said:

They said there won't be seasons...

There are places in the world where there is snow all year round.

Edited October 25, 20196 yr by Tuskin38

The shot from the Airliner with clouds miles off in the distance. Incredible sim and weather enGyne! 

6 hours ago, simtom said:

Not something that I want per se, but wildfires based on real life events 

They could use California as a test bed for that since they always seem to have something on fire.