Gamescom 2022 Announcements and Discussion

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Gamescom 2022 kicked off earlier this week and the Microsoft show featuring Flight Simulator and other games starts tomorrow, Thursday, August 25th, 2:00pm CEST - 8:00pm CEST/8:00am EDT - 2:00pm EDT.

Where to watch:

What to expect:
  • Local Legend 6 Announcement/Trailer
  • Trailer 2 for the 40th Anniversary Edition
  • "CU1" Update - This has been revealed to be "City Update 1" focusing on Cologne, more details tomorrow
  • Surprise Announcements?

I'll be watching live and will update this thread as announcements are made for those unable to watch.
 
Local Legend 6 is Junker F13


  • millimeter perfect 3d scan of both cockpit and exterior
  • developed in collaboration with Oliver Moser

City Update 1


  • Hannover
  • Dortmund
  • Düssedorf
  • Bonn
  • Köln

Helicopters


  • Transitional lift
  • Ground Effect
  • Vortex Ring State
  • Blade Chop
  • Phase Lag

Gliders


  • Tow Planes
  • Thermals

40th Anniversary Edition


  • Curtis Jenny
  • Grumman Goose
  • Hughes H4 Hercules


12 planes
14 heliports
4 classic airports
missions are returning

Trailers coming when available online.
 
Paul K said:
I'm looking forward to the 'what-if' repaints for the Spruce Goose. The mind boggles!
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Wow, Spruce Goose!!! :biggrin-new: :biggrin-new: :biggrin-new: Hard to tell its a good or not idea ;).



Junkers F13 - great idea! We had it few.

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Thanks for putting this thread together! Did not expect to see the Hercules in the announced aircraft list but keen to give it a try. Excited for the DHC-2, DC-3 and Jenny.
 
The Jenny and Spruce Goose were the big surprises, no pun intended, to me. Also, the helo drivers have to be excited about the update as well.
 
Looking forward to the Jenny, that is a great surprise. I am also not sure about the H4 Spruce Goose, while it exists it never really had a proper flight so any flight characteristics are purely speculative and I would almost consider it a fictional aircraft.
 
blanston12 said:
while it exists it never really had a proper flight so any flight characteristics are purely speculative and I would almost consider it a fictional aircraft.
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I'd like to say that we've achieved a high enough standard of computing and aeronautical knowledge to know within a pretty fair margin of how the actual aircraft would have flown. I'm pretty excited for it, fiction or not :)
 
Very interesting developments! I'm very excited about the Jenny, as I have been for the Spirit of St. Louis, and it will be fantastic to give the Hughes H4 a go as well! I can only imagine now how stunning that cockpit is going to look.

I've never been a fan of the design, but it is neat to see that the Junkers F13 will be the next "Local Legend". That aircraft has actually started to have a whole new life now, with Rimowa and Junkers Flugzeugwerke AG re-manufacturing a few in recent years.
 
Jorg mentioned that they worked with the Evergreen Museum in Oregon on the Spruce Goose and that they (the museum) were "so happy because this will be the first time the Spruce Goose really flys".

You can watch the full presentation here:

 
Spruce Goose...

Eight engines... Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there still a limit of four in the sim? I can understand positioning thrust between pairs, but what about manual startup?
 
Tom Clayton said:
Spruce Goose...

Eight engines... Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there still a limit of four in the sim? I can understand positioning thrust between pairs, but what about manual startup?
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You'll have to read the POH Tom...:engel016::biggrin-new:
 
Tom Clayton said:
Spruce Goose...

Eight engines... Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there still a limit of four in the sim? I can understand positioning thrust between pairs, but what about manual startup?
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Jorg Neumann announced earlier this year that more than four engines was now possible. It gave rise to speculation at Avsim about what the next Local Legend would be - the An-225 and Do.X were favourites, but the H-4 also got a mention. So, based on that, individual start-ups and throttles for each engine.
 
bazzar said:
You'll have to read the POH Tom...:engel016::biggrin-new:
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hmmm... perhaps a clue to who's making it for MS? :untroubled:

I'm guessing they'll have a way for those of us (probably everyone) who don't have 8 engine/propeller controls to run this beast. And perhaps this is a lead-in for MS' next game: Microsoft Congressional Hearing Simulator....

I think this is a great use of a simulator -- to explore what might have been. Having seen the real thing a few times, I'm looking forward to this one.

- dcc
 
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