First revealed in the Tokyo Game Show 2020 Xbox Showcase, Microsoft Flight Simulator‘s first major content update, ‘World Update I: Japan’, is now available for all Windows 10 and Steam players starting today. The Flight Simulator Japan Update is bringing a high-resolution mapping and photogrammetry upgrade across Japan, six hand-crafted airports, and more.
On the Xbox Wire blog, Head of Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann said that they are planning to release big updates each month. And this is just the start,
World Update I: Japan features a high-resolution digital elevation map across the entire island country along with high-resolution 3D photogrammetry for six prominent Japanese cities: Sendai, Takamatsu, Tokushima, Tokyo, Utsunomiya, and Yokohama. Meanwhile, the previously mentioned six hand-crafted airports are: Hachijojima, Kerama, Kushiro, Nagasaki, Shimojishima, and Suwanosejima. Pilots who want to tests their skills can also try their hands on a trio of new Landing Challenges at Japanese airports.
To make flying around the land of the rising sun feel more immersive, the Microsoft Flight Simulator team has added new pagoda-style architecture as well as painstakingly hand-crafted around two dozen custom landmarks and points of interest like World Heritage sites, towering neon skyscrapers, iconic bridges, and sacred shrines. A great alternative to real-life traveling in these trying times.
