Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 arrives with a full digital twin of Earth [Video]

AI learning was used for 2024‘s world mapping. It allowed for a (possibly hyperbolic) “4,000 times more” detail in textures and terrain meshes, Wloch told TechRadar. Players will see this mainly when they’re closer to ground, with the terrain generating detail on demand. Machine learning is run against tens of thousands of tiles of Earth terrains, and it does picture analysis to generate, say, wet gravel or nighttime grasslands during winter. Data generated from a player is streamed into other pilots’ games, Neumann told Rock Paper Shotgun.

You can fly a balloon and a “Flydoo,” the latter of which is a balloon with a tiny engine.Aircraft and airports you customized or purchased are …