Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 review - a stunning achievement made even better

This probably isn't what you want to hear from someone reviewing Flight Simulator 2024, but I spent my first three hours in-game gleefully running along the ground. From the air, this year's iteration is even more breathtaking than its already astonishing 2020 predecessor; from the ground, though, it's something else entirely. Touch down anywhere in the world, set out on foot, and the detail is extraordinary; cool winter light shines through dense forests of alpine trees on sheer snow-covered mountains; bleached rocks and parched flora pepper endless expanses of undulating desert sand; wind-blasted cliffside pathways wind through tawny thickets down to pebbled beaches and gently shimmering water - and provided you stay away from the lumpen photogrammetry of urban sprawls, it all looks so real. If Flight Simulator 2020's holiday in a box potential already had you smitten, developer Asobo's follow-up justifies its existence on its explorable landscapes alone. Read more

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 review - a stunning achievement made even better

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 review - a stunning achievement made even better

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 review - a stunning achievement made even better

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 review - a stunning achievement made even better

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 review - a stunning achievement made even better