You can fly an F/A-18e Super Hornet in the Grand Canyon in Microsoft Flight Simulator.
You can fly an F/A-18e Super Hornet in the Grand Canyon in Microsoft Flight Simulator.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 hits new heights for realism | hands-on preview

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 12 min

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is a pretty monumental achievement in game development, based on a preview I saw of the game in Arizona at the Grand Canyon, courtesy of Microsoft. Now I’m not just saying that because I got to fly in one of their partners’ small jets.

This game looks very realistic, whether you’re looking inside the plane or staring down at the landscapes like the deserts and forests of Arizona. It feels like the real thing. The game is coming out on the PC and the Xbox Series X/S and day one on GamePass on November 19.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.