Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is the next version of Flight Simulator. The highly anticipated game is listed on the Microsoft Store and is available for Windows PC. While it is listed for Xbox Game Pass. That said, Microsoft Flight Simulator is a hardware-intensive game, and system requirements are steep. Below are the details of the minimum and recommended hardware requirements of Microsoft Flight Simulator.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator System Requirements
There are three versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator: Standard, Deluxe, and Premium Deluxe. The Deluxe offers Flight Simulator Deluxe Upgrade, and the Premium Deluxe offers Premium Deluxe Upgrade along with Deluxe Upgrade. Along with this, the Deluxe version has an additional five planes and airports, and the Premium Deluxe offers ten further airplanes and airports for $120. The standard version includes 20 highly detailed planes with unique flight models and 30 hand-crafted airports.
Microsoft Flight Simulator System Minimum Requirements
- CPU: Intel i5-4460 | AMD Ryzen 3 1200
- RAM: 8 GB
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Video Cards: NVIDIA GTX 770 | AMD Radeon RX 570
- Dedicated Video RAM: 2GB
Microsoft Flight Simulator Recommended Requirements
- CPU: Intel i5-8400 | AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
- RAM: 16 GB
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Video Card: NVIDIA GTX 970 | AMD Radeon RX 590
- Dedicated Video RAM: 4GB
You will need Windows 11/10 to install the Microsoft Flight Simulator. That said, the game will look fantastic on a 4K screen, but make sure to have the best configuration for smooth playing.
Microsoft Flight Simulator features
- Vivid and Detailed Landscapes —37 thousand airports, 1.5 billion buildings, 2 trillion trees, mountains, roads, rivers and more
- Live traffic, real-time weather, and animals
- Highly Detailed Aircraft, which includes highly detailed and accurate cockpits with realistic instrumentation.
- New Checklist System offers a full manual to full assist with interactive and highlighted instrument guidance and checklist.
- Dynamic Weather, New Day & Night Engine and Aerodynamic Modeling
List of Airport included in the game
- Aspen/Pitkin County Airport (USA)
- Bugalaga Airstrip (CAMA)(Indonesia)
- Chagual Airport (Peru)
- Courchevel Altiport (France)
- Donegal Airport (Ireland)
- Entebbe International Airport (Uganda)
- Cristiano Ronaldo Madeira International Airport (Portugal)
- Gibraltar International Airport (Gibraltar/UK)
- Innsbruck Airport (Austria)
- Los Angeles International Airport (USA)
- Tenzing-Hillary Airport (Nepal)? ?
- Nanwalek Airport (USA)
- John F. Kennedy International Airport (USA)
- Orlando International Airport (USA)
- Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (France)
- Paro International Airport (Bhutan)
- Queenstown Airport (New Zealand)
- Mariscal Sucre International Airport (Ecuador)
- Rio de Janeiro-Antonio Carlos Jobim/Galeäo Inti Airport (Brazil) Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (Dutch Saba)
- Gustaf III Airport (France/Saint Barthélemy)
- Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (USA)
- Sedona Airport (USA)
- Sirena Aerodrome (Costa Rica)
- Stewart Airport (Canada)
- Sydney Airport (Australia)
- Telluride Regional Airport (USA)
- Haneda Airport (Japan)
- Toncontin International Airport (Honduras)
- Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (Canada)
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Netherlands)
- Cairo International Airport (Egypt)
- Cape Town International Airport (South Africa)
- O’Hare International Airport (USA)
- Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport (Spain)
- Denver International Airport (USA)
- Dubai International Airport (United Arab Emirates)
- Frankfurt Airport (Germany)
- Heathrow Airport (United Kingdom)
- San Francisco International Airport (USA).
The list includes what is available in the Premium version. The Standard version consists of the top 30 Airports while the Deluxe version consists of the top 35 planes.
List of Airplanes included in the game
- A320neo
- Pitts Special S2S
- 747-8 Intercontinental
- XCub
- TBM 930
- DA62
- IDA40 NG
- EXTRA 330LT
- Flight Design CTSL
- ICON A5
- CAP 10
- DR400-100 Cadet
- Beechcraft Bonanza G36
- Beechcraft King Air 350i
- Cessna 152
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk (G1000)
- Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX
- Cessna Citation CJ4
- Savage Cub
- DA40-TDI
- DV20
- Beechcraft Baron G58
- Cessna 152 Aerobat
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk
- 787-10 Dreamliner
- Virus SW121
- Cessna Citation Longitude
- Shock Ultra
The list includes what is available in the Premium version. The Standard version contains the top 20 planes, while the Deluxe version consists of the top 25 planes.
