Today’s officially the day that Microsoft Flight Simulator releases for the PC. Featuring 17,000 airports and billions of buildings, the game offers players the opportunity to cruise among the clouds ...

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Thanks to an impressive new update, Microsoft and Asobo have nearly halved the size of Microsoft Flight Simulator, bringing the total size of the game to around 83GB. Everyone loves Microsoft Flight ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting its biggest update ever on PC today, thanks ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 chows down on around 81GB per hour streaming the data required to show the (very, very beautiful) world as you're flying through the game. Flight Simulator 2024 ...

Valve has promised Steam users that the time it takes to download Microsoft Flight Simulator will not prevent them from claiming a refund. Steam's refund policy states users can only claim a refund if ...

Microsoft says the next version of the game will only need about 30GB of storage to install. Microsoft says the next version of the game will only need about 30GB of storage to install. is a senior ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator's Update 1.16.2.0 not only brings with it a ton of fixes, but it also cuts its base game size of 170 GB in half to 83 GB. The new update is available now, and the reduction ...

I’ll admit: I thought I had pre-loaded Microsoft Flight Simulator when I went to play it yesterday. I hit “download”, after all, and there was a little icon on my desktop. Turns out, this is one of ...

"Some optimization" has reduced the full base game download from 170GB to just 83GB. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.