Flight Simulation developers continue to share news and releases for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and 2020, on top of DCS World, and today we get a free gem for those who love Airbus.
Before we get down to business below you can enjoy news that has been covered individually.
We also published an in-depth look at how much data Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 downloads from the cloud, to clear the air on some misinformation that has been making the rounds.
You can check out all the news below.
Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport Released for Microsoft Flight Simulator and MSFS 2024 for Free
SimDocks released a rendition of Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (EDHI), which hosts one of Airbus’ most relevant assembly plants. It’s a perfect base for your Beluga XL flights in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
It works on both the new simulator and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, and can be downloaded on Flightsim.to for the affordable price of zero dollars.
Incidentally, SimDocks is known for a rendition of the Port of Hamburg that is the perfect complement for this airport and can also be found on Flightsim.to for free.
Prievidza Airport Released for Microsoft Flight Simulator and MSFS 2024
Flying Partner Slovakia released another of its detailed airports in the country, and it’s Prievidza Airport (LZPE). It can be purchased on Simmarket for €12.66.
It comes with the following features for both MSFS 2024 and 2020.
- Scenery of Prievidza Airport
- Bonus airstrip LZBI Dlzin SK-0054, RWY 01/19
- Newly modeled buildings covered with photo textures created on 09/07/2024
- Custom Buildings and Hangars of the Prievidza airport with detailed textures
- Custom Airplanes and Cars
- A lot of custom objects, models and details for the environment
- 3176 pcs hand-picked, edited and fitted 3D objects
- Detailed custom ground textures
- Realistic and Highly Detailed Representation of the Airport
- Realistic ortho photo map
- The altitude points of the airport, frequencies, taxiways, stands, runways, lights, overall appearance and much more were created according to
- the latest AIP SR data, satellite data, by a personal visit to the airport July 2024
- FPS friendly
Arctic Thunder Campaign for DCS World Gets Introduction Video
Today Baldtic Dragon released a video of the intro mission that will be included in the Arctic Thunder campaign coming soon for DCS World.
The video basically serves to guide pilots through all the basics of the campaign, which is set on the Kola map by Orbx and will be released alongside the next big update of DCS World.
This video is specifically about the half of the campaign dedicated to Finnish F/A-18C fighters. There is another half by Reflected Simulations that will focus on American F-16C fighters.
Here’s what you can expect from the Finnish side.
- 10 immersive missions with a variety of different tasks: CAS, X-CAS, CAP, escort, pre-planned strikes and more;
- An interactive intro mission, guiding the player through the most important aspects of the campaign;
- Operations from road bases in Finland;
- Over 2200 lines of dialogue with voice-overs;
- Custom ATC interaction for all the missions;
- Optional use of air to air refueling or the choice to skip it all together;
- Detailed documentation, flight plans, maps, target information available in both PDF format and from within each mission as part of the kneeboard;
If you’d like to get into flight simulation but you’re perhaps a bit intimidated by its apparent complexity, you can read our introductory guide, alongside the second episode focusing on installing add-ons, and another showcasing the basic instruments.
You can also read more flight simulation news in the previous roundup article.