Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 News

If you are playing on PC, outdated packages in your community folder may have an unexpected impact on the title's performance and behavior.

If you suffer from stability issues or long loading times, move your community package(s) to another folder before relaunching the title.

• Fixed a crash when you selected "As Arrival" in the EFB
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when closing and invoking the Camera menu after changing the Drone focus mode option to a value other than undefined
  
• Fixed various crashes across the title
  

• Fixed missing cursor on Xbox Live sign-in popup
  
• Fixed an issue where you could lose focus when creating a new input profile.
  
• Aircraft selection is accessible via the control menu, but can only be changed from the home page.
  
• Fixed an issue where you could get stuck when accessing the menu bar from any help page.
  

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 players are currently in a bit of a whirlwind as thousands of users have review bombed the game due to it being practically unplayable. So, to try to quell the unrest, the head of Microsoft Flight Simulator, Jorg Neumann, and Asobo CEO and co-founder Sebastian Wloch sat down and explained everything that had gone wrong and how the devs were trying to resolve it...
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We have worked hard with our partners, including Asobo and others, to bring you an amazing sim experience. The excitement for the sim today has been overwhelming, but we encountered an issue with one of our services handling the new systems in the game like career mode and various missions. The server responsible for handling data requests got overloaded, causing delays and errors.

As a result, players are experiencing long loading times and missing content like aircraft. We have solved the issues and are now bringing players in at a steady pace. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience. We will keep you updated on our social channels, forums, and website. Thank you very much for all your feedback and support.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is out today, and it's not going well. Installation issues are being widely reported, and while Microsoft has some advice, it is unfortunately just this: Keep waiting until something starts happening...
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