PC World - USA (2020-10)

68 PCWorld OCTOBER 2020

REVIEWS HANDS-ON: FLIGHT SIMULATOR

the planes, trains, and motor vehicles used to

get there. Microsoft’s Flight Simulator allows

me to be that happy noob simply exploring

the world, without worrying about all those

other considerations.

HURRY UP AND WAIT

Microsoft’s Flight Simulator ships in three

editions (go.pcworld.

com/3edt):

Standard Edition ($60

from Microsoft [go.pcworld.

com/60ms])

Deluxe Edition ($90 from

Microsoft [go.pcworld.

com/90ms])

Premium Deluxe Edition

($120 from Microsoft [go.

pcworld.com/12ms])

All three will be available

when the game

launches. Xbox

Game Pass for PC

subscribers will

receive the

Standard Edition

for free.

Note that Flight

Simulator requires

an incredibly

intensive process

to install and play

it—the virtual

equivalent of

driving to the airport, parking, checking in, and

more. Our installation (of the Premium Deluxe

Edition, Microsoft confirmed) required about

70GB of files to be downloaded. Unpacking

them all filled up about 110GB total. The whole

process took about two hours over a

broadband connection.

The system requirements are worth

Flight Simulator’s home screen.

Here are Microsoft’s minimum, recommended, and ideal system

requirements for Flight Simulator.