Developer Asobo’s spectacular Microsoft Flight Simulator has now received its massive Game of the Year update, introducing a heap of free additions alongside its first major paid expansion, the competitive-multiplayer-focussed Reno Air Races.
Starting with the free additions, Flight Simulator’s 1.21.13.0 update introduces a total of five new aircraft, some very different to those seen in the base game. The Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, for instance, is Asobo’s first military jet, while the VoloCity is its first eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft, capable of pinpoint landings and described as a taster for the proper arrival of helicopters in Flight Simulator next year.
Additionally, there’s a short takeoff and landing (STOL) utility aircraft in the form of the Pilatus PC-6 Porter, plus the CubCrafters NX Cub – said to further enhance the sim’s bush flying and off-airport options – and the single-seat Aviat Pitts Special S1S.
Pilots can also now visit eight new handcrafted airports as they tour the United States and Central Europe – specifically Leipzig/Halle Airport (EDDP), Allgäu Airport Memmingen (EDJA), Kassel Airport (EDVK), Lugano Airport (LSZA), Zurich Airport (LSZH), Luzern-Beromunster Airport (LSZO), Patrick Space Force Base (KCOF), and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (KNKX) – alongside 14 new tutorial missions and six new Discovery Flights. The latter take in Helsinki, Freiburg im Breisgau, Mecca, Monument Valley, Singapore, and Mount Cook.