The first great expansion of Microsoft Flight Simulator adds competitive multiplayer and more

Today during GamesCom 2021 Xbox Stream , Microsoft announced that there are many news Microsoft Flight Simulator In the coming months for PC and Xbox Series X / S game versions.

In what the publisher calls the first major expansion by Microsoft Flight Simulator, the Air Racing of the Stihl National Championship will reach the game this autumn.

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Finally, we are pleased to announce our association with rare (the Reno Air Racing Association) to take the famous STIHL Air Training National Championship, the fastest motor sport in the world, to Microsoft Flight Simulator, says Microsoft in a statement from press.

Many of the aircraft can fly up to 500 mph at an altitude between 50 and 250 feet above the ground. Reno Air Races represents the first great expansion of Microsoft Flight Simulator. Simmers can now compete against their friends or pilots around the world with the addition of competitive multiplayer mode to the simulator .

The Reno Air Race expansion package will be available this autumn.

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Next, a new series of aircraft of local legends will reach the title, which offers vehicles that are famous in a specific region of the world, but that do not have such an international recognition. The first of them comes with the World Update VI free and incoming (which is directed to Germany, Austria and Switzerland) and will show Junkers JU-52 (which will cost $ 14.99).

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While legends celebrate the past, Microsoft Flight Simulator is also working with organizations around the world who are shaping the future of aviation.

We have partnered with Volocopter, a fascinating German company that has created one of the most exciting new aircraft in the world, an EVTOL air taxi (takeoff and electric vertical landing) for urban flights called Volocity , said Microsoft.

In collaboration with the Volocopter team, we are integrating its electric air taxi and incorporating Volocopter's vision for urban aerial mobility operations in Microsoft Flight Simulator. The Volocity air taxi represents our first step towards the introduction of one of the most requested aircraft - helicopters! The Volocity air taxi will be launched in November of this year.

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