Flight Simulation developers shared news today, including aircraft and airports for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and MSFS 2020.
Before we move on to today’s flight simulation news, here’s a story that received its own additional coverage:
Before we move on to the flight simulation news, you can check out today’s episode of our “Can You Guess this Airport?” video series.
Without further ado, I leave you with today’s flight simulation news.
Dornier 228 Announced for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Carenado announced the Dornier 228 for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. It’s “coming soon,” and we don’t yet have a release date.
You can see what it looks like in the gallery above.
For now, an MSFS 2020 version has not been announced, but Carenado often releases its aircraft for MSFS 2020 after the MSFS 2024 version, although we won’t know for sure until the announcement is made.
Another Airbus A380 Has Been Announced for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and MSFS 2020
LatinVFR announced another Airbus A380 for MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020.
The aircraft is said to be “coming soon,” and for now, you can take a look above for hints on its features and visuals.
It’s worth mentioning that this is a completely separate product from the one by iniBuilds and the freeware one by FlyByWire.
Taylorcraft BC-12D for MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 Gets New Trailer
Got Friends released a new trailer of the Taylorcraft BC-12D for MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020.
You can check it out above while we wait for the impending release.
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport for MSFS Gets New Screenshots and Development Update
Pilot Experience Sim released new screenshots on Discord and a development update about its upcoming Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (LFPG).
“Development is moving forward very well, although we must admit that every milestone we planned has ended up being significantly underestimated. The sheer scale of this project is monumental. Rather than rushing through it, our response has been to pay even more attention to detail and focus on delivering the highest quality possible.
During the past two months, we completed the ground artwork for Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. In total, this represents 29 weeks of work dedicated to ground design alone. There is still ground work remaining across the airport, but the most challenging areas are now behind us.
With the abundance of recent reference material available, every detail can be accurately reproduced. It takes time, but trust us, we are just as eager as you are to finally fly over it ourselves!
LFPG has also forced us to rethink our usual workflow. Normally, we complete the entire ground layout first and then move on to buildings one by one. On this project, however, we had to precisely model the shapes of all terminal structures beforehand in order to create the ground markings and layouts correctly.
Terminal development is progressing nicely, and numerous secondary buildings are continuously being added. There are now over 300 secondary structures across the airport. Completing each building involves much more than modeling and texturing; it also requires creating LODs and preparing a dedicated MSFS 2024 version, which brings additional work involving spotlights, emissive lighting, and LOD adjustments.
It may not always be obvious from the outside, but the project is advancing extremely well. At this point, after spending so much time working on it, we know these 33 km² of airport grounds like the back of our hand.”
Kansas City International Airport Released for MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024
Taimodels released Kansas City International Airport (KMCI) in the United States.
It’s available on iniBuilds for $24.19 with the following features.
- Hand made and detailed PBR ground markings and textures according to the most recent airport situation
- Detailed terminal interior
- Hand made, Realistic terminals, cargo buildings airport buildings using MSFS PBR materials
- Realistic airport lighting, Taxiways, aprons
- Optimized for performance to be used on most types of systems Animated Screen
- Custom DEM
It’s worth mentioning that this is a completely separate product from the Kansas City Airport announced by Fly2High a few days ago. It’s always interesting how the timing of these things tends to go.
If you’d like to read more flight simulation news, you can find plenty in our previous roundup article from yesterday.
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