Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is formally out in the present day, and followers are eagerly hopping into their digital cockpits to take to the skies as soon as once more. Or at the very least, they’re attempting.
Players are taking to social media to report preliminary loading screens which might be lasting for 2 hours or extra. Its propensity for hanging at round 97 % has led to memes about “Microsoft Flight Simulator 97” and different jokes. Some followers aren’t even that fortunate, getting caught at round six %.
In a post on X/Twitter, Microsoft stated that it is conscious of the issues and dealing on an answer. “We’re conscious of consumer stories of lengthy preliminary loading occasions into Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. With so many customers initializing the sim concurrently, now we have numerous server requests. We’re working to assist resolve the points as quickly as potential. For customers whose preliminary load is previous 90% and not progressing, we advocate a reboot. In any other case we advise ready to permit the loading to proceed as regular.”
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is the follow-up to 2020’s Microsoft Flight Simulator. Amongst its additions are a brand-new profession mode and new plane varieties equivalent to gliders and sizzling air balloons. We wrote in our preview, “I’m suitably impressed with what I noticed, and I did not suppose they’d have the ability to enhance on MSFS 2020 way more than an iterative replace, however it is a reimagining of the complete franchise. Every little thing good… is healthier now, and the whole lot new appears superior and enjoyable.”
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is out there now on Xbox Sequence X|S and PC.
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