“The world, particularly the Massive Knowledge world, between Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 will probably be shared,” explains Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann. “We aren’t going to have two completely different digital twins — cities like London are going to be shared, POIs are shared, the peak discipline (DEM) and aerials are all shared. What’s completely different in MSFS 2024 is now we have optimized how the information is delivered to the participant. So, there will probably be much more within the Cloud, which permits us to do extra. As a substitute of 23 species of bushes, we now have one thing like 200. And finally with that it permits you to be much more correct. There’ll nonetheless be bushes in each worlds, however one will probably be a bit bit extra generic and the opposite extra subtle, however the worlds would be the similar.”
Refined is a key phrase in relation to describing what’s concerned within the newest World Replace XVII for Microsoft Flight Simulator. From using improved cameras to extra correct ranges of information, the entire challenge behind this replace is pushed by using the most recent tech which wasn’t accessible the primary time these areas have been mapped. It’s not simply that this replace has been lengthy requested by followers, however it has been recognized by the flight sim workforce as a challenge they’ve needed to deal with for some time.
“We had photogrammetry (for the areas), however it didn’t look notably good. And I believe that’s what individuals noticed, proper? Positive, town was there, however it was darkish, the constructing shadows have been approach too black, and there have been every kind of points,” explains Neumann. “London was highlighted from the neighborhood as a ‘Please, please replace London.’ So, I at all times had that on my thoughts, that we’ve obtained to do one thing with London. And as I used to be working with the Bing workforce, we’d discuss it quite a bit, about desirous to do England accurately.”
