Today, Microsoft and Asobo Studio finally released the full version of Sim Update 2 for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
The update, which is formally numbered 1.4.20.0, has been in beta for a bit over a month and a half, and comes with a metric ton of improvements across the board.
To give you an idea of just how vast the update is, the patch notes published on the official site are over 40,000 words long.
Among the improvements we find one that will hopefully help third-party developers make more aircraft compatible with the Career Mode, while there are plenty of fixes designed to boost stability and performance.
Of course, many bugs have been fixed, hopefully contributing to a smoother experience across the board.
In the field of graphics, DLSS 4 native support with Multi Frame Generation has been added for users of Nvidia graphics, and FSR Frame Generation for everyone else.
The lion’s share of the patch is specific fixes and improvements to most of the available aircraft, alongside changes to their core systems, including the electrical system, wear and tear, and the fuel system.
The many integrated avionics the simulator provides also got their share of improvements, alongside physics.
More changes include the EFB tablet, the flight planner, ATC, the career modes, various types of missions, online services, airports, AI aircraft, and much more.
If you’d like to read the details, you’ll need to consult the patch notes on the official site, because if we tried to copy and paste it all here, the site would likely explode.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is available for PC and Xbox Series X|S (albeit Sydney is only available for PC for now; it’ll likely come for Xbox when it releases on the official marketplace down the line). following its recent release in November. If you want to see the massive visual difference against MSFS 2020, you can enjoy our video and screenshot comparison.
A few weeks ago, we published an extensive interview with Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann about the present situation of the sim and the plans for the future.
You can also check out our in-depth analysis of how much data the simulator downloads from the cloud, clearing the air from some widespread misinformation that has made the rounds over the past few months.