FS 2024 Aircraft List

There was so much information and previews released today, its been hard to keep up with all of it. I really liked this video in particular, which provides a ton of direct comparisons between MSFS 2020 and 2024:


I love the new water and water effects (waves/wakes/spray), the ground tessellation detail, including snow and mud, the tracks and trails left behind by the path of the aircraft/wheels when moving through snow, sand, dirt, mud and crops, the coastline detail (various types of 3D tessellated pebbles, rocks or sand, depending on where you're at), all of the detail in vegetation, all of the visual and detail improvements, etc.

System spec requirements and a lot of other info about the new sim is presented here: https://www.flightsimulator.com/mic...AEbexnLfymy1r7CajQ_aem_VDSp3DZKG-w3tBdVBlco_Q

It was interesting to read a lengthy post on Facebook from Miltech Simulations that, while the new C-17 has been produced by them, the MSFS 2024 CH-47 "Chinook" has actually been done by a different developer altogether. With the C-17, they state that all of the cockpit displays and aircraft systems are very well represented, that there are several different load configurations you can choose from, and sounds that are 100% recorded from the real thing, by Echo19.

Of the new aircraft to be included, I'm very excited for the Grumman Albatross in particular - especially if it has proper sounds and at least believable flight dynamics.
 
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I did notice in the preview image of all the aircraft it showed aircraft that were made by 'Cessna' not 'Textron Aviation', I hope that is going to carry through to the actual product.
 
An updated image that includes the extra aircraft from Aviators edition, and it includes the 707 but not the Caravelle

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I have not seen the release of the 707 yet. Is it scheduled for the next update?

I have all but 5 of those shown, and those are all on sale for $9.99USD. Not interested in them. Am inteerested in the 707 and the Caravelle, when released.

Have any of you who have prepurchased seen the CL-415 yet?
 
tiger1962 said:
Yes, it was in my Content Manager's Not installed list - there was no exclamation mark notification on the main menu page, you have to manually navigate to it.
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Yes, I had restarted my sim after posting, then was busy on something else. Just checked and it was there. Downloading now. Don't know when I'll get to fly it. Busy with other stuff.
 
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Hopefully we will get a sameple in the near future of a few amphibs moving in the water with actual wave action. Must admit, the compairson 2020 vs. 2024 images are quite compelling.
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These are the best examples I've found so-far.

Watch from 11:35 to 11:45 in this video:

And from 13:50 to 14:28 in this video:
 
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Bit odd, all that extra money for the aviator version, when it will just give you the aircraft you bought already, and that you will get anyway.
It will be the basic version for me, and I'll just buy the aircraft I want, which are few and far between (Albatross!).
 
This video shows the great pre-flight options now provided by default in MSFS 2024, as well as the dynamic/live texture weathering that happens in real time on your aircraft as you fly it. However, later in the video you can also see how everything's not yet "hunky-dory" with the scenery in the area he's flying.



In this video, it shows a lot of examples as to just how fast and smooth the transition is from the main menu/map screen to being in the sim, and back again to the main menu. It also shows how that, other than the vegetation and tessellation adding a lot more detail to the ground at default AI-produced airports, the way in which AI creates the generic airport buildings still looks very much like MSFS 2020. From 1:35:20 mark onward, it is also an interesting look at how the visual effects are directly influenced by prop and rotor wash.

 
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Probably showing my age with this, but after watching these influencer videos, i come away thinking MS has spent too many resources on turning a flight sim into a gaming product. Maybe to attract a younger customer, but I don't want any of that extra s&^t filling my hard drives. Hopefully, like MS2020, I can delete them from the installation and stick to pure flying. It seems that the long awaited flyby mode has turned into Fly n' buy.
 
Bomber_12th said:
There was so much information and previews released today, its been hard to keep up with all of it. I really liked this video in particular, which provides a ton of direct comparisons between MSFS 2020 and 2024:
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I was amazed by the qualitative jump in scenery from FSX to MSFS 2020. Which as a low and slow flyer rates very highly on my list.
But with MSFS2024 Microsoft have made 2020 look positively basic. The detail is quite phenomenal.
 
dvj said:
Probably showing my age with this, but after watching these influencer videos, i come away thinking MS has spent too many resources on turning a flight sim into a gaming product. Maybe to attract a younger customer, but I don't want any of that extra s&^t filling my hard drives. Hopefully, like MS2020, I can delete them from the installation and stick to pure flying. It seems that the long awaited flyby mode has turned into Fly n' buy.
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Not age-related. I’m 59, first few a flight simulator on an Apple II in 1983, and I’m psyched about the ability to fly these missions. They’re not “gamey,” they’re actually the kinds of things real pilots do. After having spent a number of months in Neofly, I find having goals can be really fun, as long as you have the full option for free flight too. (Which you do.)

As for deleting from the installation, FS24 is only 60GB (way smaller than FS20) and nothing else installs unless you choose to use it. So the missions do you no harm.
 
dvj said:
Probably showing my age with this, but after watching these influencer videos, i come away thinking MS has spent too many resources on turning a flight sim into a gaming product. Maybe to attract a younger customer, but I don't want any of that extra s&^t filling my hard drives. Hopefully, like MS2020, I can delete them from the installation and stick to pure flying. It seems that the long awaited flyby mode has turned into Fly n' buy.
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My take on the reports I have watched and read so far is that the new Sim continues the same core theme as the ground breaking first iteration. That is the sim is there for all - you can choose which elements you use and how you use them. In doing that this time they have tried to ease the HD/SSD load on users and have created an environment where you only consume the GB's you need for the activity you are doing at any particular moment. Thereby hopefully broadening the number of users that can benefit possibly even with lower spec PC's. On top that they have significantly enhanced the quality & realism of the virtual world we can fly in thereby increasing immersion for everyone. I have never flown any of the missions or tutorial flights in 2020 and I probably won't fly any of the missions in the new sim however, we "core" simmers still benefit from the mission related aircraft so I will be flying circuits in the A400M at Brize Norton and whizzing around Majorca in the CN415!
 
Just an addendum on the subject of the Missions. Not sure if anyone here follows C.W Lemoine on Utube - he is an ex-USAF T-38A/F-16 exchange pilot who flew F-18's in the Navy. He's also a qualified helicopter pilot. I don't much care for his channel but interestingly, as a MSFS 'Influencer', he was invited to the Grand Canyon gig. His main gripe was the fact that you have to go through the pilot qualifications to be able to fly the Missions. Microsoft fessed up to him the fact that there is a short cut in that you can simply go straight to the final check ride and probably pass that but as he pointed out to them - who has the time for that. As an experienced Sim pilots that have a good understanding of how to fly there should be no reason why we shouldn't be able to fly the CL-415 and get stuck into some firebombing.

 
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