Microsoft Flight Simulator Is Now Available For Xbox Series X, Series S

I’m still getting the ‘thank you for being excited’ etc message. I bet it’s going to be like this for the rest of the night.

Hmmmm... Same for me.

Yup still saying same thing it did this morning and it's now 6 minutes past

@MaccaMUFC me too

Just restarted my xbox and it's now saying it needs a 27gb update! GRRRRRR!!!!!

Yep same as others, I’ve just got the 27GB update prompt.

What a joke lol...what's the point in pre downloading and giving everyone a time you can play to then just have a 27gb update you need to install

27GB update on series S, so I may get to play in a few hours with my internet's

I’m glad I’m with Virgin broadband with it running 150+Mbps, I feel for those with Sky/BT and other slower internet providers.

Right...what am i gonna do for 4hrs 53m then... 😢

@John117 mine was going at abot 100mbps but now its dropped to about 30. Servers are obvs being choked.

Why couldn’t this have been ready in the pre install a few days back! Feel sorry for my 30mbs out in the countryside!

Having waited so long for this I suppose I can wait for another 3 hours while I download the 27GB update.......

I imagine it's the sim update that is also being released for PC today, which is why it couldn't be pre-installed

Im very annoyed about the last minute update. My internet averages 65-70mbps so should be playing it around 5pm or just after.

To be fair it is a simulation of the real thing....we should all be used to waiting all day for a flight, only for it to be delayed! 😉

I'm waiting for the same update. At least it's still noon at my time zone, hence I'll have a lot of time to play it later.

@wazza99999 Can I claim money from my insurance if it's delayed past a certain point??

So I just did a low fly-by over New York City and noticed as I approached One World Trade Centre the game forced my plane to climb and fly over the tower. It’s a nice touch to prevent people trying to fly something like a 747 into it.

Also the hand-crafted landmarks models of Old Trafford, St James Park, Statue of Liberty etc are all currently just flat models, as if it has not yet been updated?

@MaccaMUFC Did you check the free UK and Ireland update in the game market place? That may update some landmarks

@FraserG @Darylb88 Yeah I’m now downloading all five of the world updates as someone from the other article suggested. I did think it looked pretty bare bones as soon as I jumped straight into the world map on free flight mode but hopefully these world updates will make difference!

If it takes this long everytime you start the game up just to play I will be playing even less than I thought ....still going through loading screens lol

Well I finally managed to get some training missions done. Mind you, that was after googling how to invert the Y axis...which in a flight sim should be pretty straight forward! (It wasn’t).

I had a suspicion I might not be hitting the sky's tonight, but for a gamepass game of this popularity, size and scope I'm gonna be pretty forgiving.

I did have a do on my nitro laptop, nearly Set my leg on fire, but it gave me enough to look forward to. 🔥😂

Just trying to download the update, and the network is struggling bad. doubt i'll play it in the next couple of hours

I played 30 minutes during my break.... i gotta say im kinda dissapointed on how it looks on my series S.

Any PC players? I just installed SU5, and it's messed up so many of my settings, controls, and seem to have bugs. Can someone else confirm?

21:26 GMT and still no joy!!’

@fabisputza007
The fact it runs on a series x is pretty good, so to be disappointed its not that special on a series s? Any £250 pc would explode.

@Bobbycuckoo You are absolutely right, I still love my series S to death.
I just saw a side to side comparison of series s and series X and the changes are not that noticeable. Perhaps is my old TV, my high expectations or maybe i didnt play enough of it yet.

Playing on series s and it looks fantastic although after flying around my home town and a few famous landmarks I think I'm going to get bored of this pretty quickly...

@fabisputza007
Just tryed on s, trust me, its a miracle it runs that well, just took off from Blackpool and flew home and crashed into Accy stanley crown ground... Looked a bit basebally, but I'll let it go.
250 console running this... I'm pretty impressed. No, it dosent look the best it can but bloody hell what do you expect. 😂

I'd advise to plug in a mouse too.

Play some music and just fly. It’s amazing. Boredom is good. Reality is both boring and amazing. 10/10

Oh man this game is so good. Wish there was a guide that showed how to do the drone camera or some really basic tips on maps, etc ( I know there are in game tutorials but Pure Xbox would be a good place too). Just flew around a few cities & it was AWESOME

Can anyone help me figure out how to pause in midair to take screenshots? I know you can do that on pc but I can’t figure out how to on console.

I just aimlessly flew around Tokyo for 45 minutes. This is the ultimate post-work, chill out and zen game. I couldn't be happier.

@SplooshDmg thank you so much man!!

@SplooshDmg yeah haha. I basically put on all assists to where I can just pilot simply with the stick. Now I’m doing screenshots at a bunch of random locations around the world.