Interview: How Microsoft Flight Simulator recaptures the thrill of flying

Trusted Reviews is back again talking most Microsoft Flight Simulator. This fourth dimension, we discussed how the simulator feels to play, and how information technology'south become like a learning feel for players.

Microsoft Flying Simulator continues to be a fan favourite, assuasive players to pilot a plane and explore the world. During Xbox'due south Gamescom information technology was also announced that the game will be getting a World Update on September six, expanding Germany, Austria and Switzerland in-game.

With frequent updates and continued back up, it was important to the developers that the feel of Flight Simulation was fun, even though the game has taken on an educational tone.

We spoke to Jörg Neumann, head of Microsoft Flight Simulator, to discuss how Asobo Studio ensured the game recaptured the thrill of flight.

What's the experience of flight simming like?

"We said, the first affair nosotros actually ever did in America, you telephone call it a discovery flight. It's basically, you sit down there with a flight instructor and the flight instructor says, 'let'due south have off,' and you've never been in an aeroplane before," Jörg Neumann explained.

"Okay, and then he or she puts your hand on this, and basically, the steering cycle says, off we go!

"And three minutes later, you're in the air, you lot're doing this, you're flying, I'm flying. And it's a magical moment, it's when yous fall in dearest. That's actually what that is like. And we tried to recapture that again [on the Xbox Series Ten]," Neumann independent to say.

Has the game become a learning experience for players?

"I think that's what happened. Correct? I retrieve that's partially considering of the globe in which nosotros live and you know…with the pandemic and all that stuff, people couldn't really get anywhere," said Jörg Neumann.

"So it'southward very much a game as a service. Because as a SIM, it doesn't really give you objectives, it doesn't really tell you what to practice. Information technology's very much you who decides. The world's big and beautiful, get for information technology.

"You see all the shapes and the colours, and you get a sense for what information technology's like. But we wanted to strengthen that even more than.

"And so we started to add labels of cities and the mountains and rivers and the oceans. And as you fly around, now yous actually acquire and retain information about the world.

"Considering when you lot're in this unknown surroundings and in a thing that yous're not quite understanding, which is an airplane, the more than we can make you lot experience comfortable, the improve you are, the better it is, the more relaxed yous are, the more yous're enjoying information technology. And so these labels helped quite a bit."

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Did you endeavour and make flight simming more relaxing for newcomers?

"Because the co-pilot did pretty much everything, and the flight instructor pretty much does everything, all you do is steer around a trivial bit.

"Then we came up with this thought of maxim, allow's merely do the same thing. Permit's create this new thing called discovery flights where we launch y'all in the air so you lot don't take to bother.

"And basically said, people watch the trailers, and they're oftentimes curious, considering the trailers expect pretty, and they just desire to see what this is all well-nigh. And so nosotros launched it in the air, the weather's squeamish, the fuel is total, and all you lot need to do is look at it, look around. And, it's very empowering," Neumann went on to say.

Due to Microsoft Flying Simulator having no real objectives or a storyline to follow, it was important to the developers that the simulator was polish and enjoyable to play while exploring the world.

"And so the next affair we really recognise is that the newcomers often like to explore the world the virtually. I was just looking at the Xbox data this morning, what people are doing, that's what they're doing.

"And I remember I genuinely experience that the dream of flying is virtually-universal, like, y'all know, I always say I won't be going back. I think it's very much ingrained in usa as a species."

If you enjoyed our chat with Jörg Neumann, you can cheque out our discussion last calendar week, where he explained the process of porting a PC simulator game onto the Xbox.

Make sure you lot check back with Trusted Reviews next calendar week for the full interview with Neumann.

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