Microsoft Flight Simulator: Standard Edition – Xbox Series X

I've been waiting for Flight Sim now since it was announced many many years ago. I've been playin the MS Flight Sim's since I was a kid on MS-DOS, then 2002, then FSX. After FSX started getting long in the toot, I think we all went to X plane, which is great in itself, but needs a decent PC to run it. That's where the flight sim's kind of faded away for me. Then when MS announced this new version I was stoked, but also troubled knowing it'll need a monster PC to run it. Then it cam out nearly 2 years ago, but with the graphics card shortages, etc...I was put off it. Then when I finally got my Xbox Series X a few weeks ago, I finally got it and it was totally worth every single second of the wait.On the Xbox series X, it runs 95% perfect. At times (especially when using an exterior camera angle) it the frame rate drops down a little, but otherwise it catches up back to smooth very quick. Yes its a MASSIVE install ,but that's to be expected. The base install took a few hours here, mixed in with the updates. Then another hour or so for the USA extra packages etc. Aircraft selection is decent in the standard version and I like how the marketplace has more airports, area, aircraft etc to download/buy. The best thing about this is the graphics and true to life satellite imagery. Also the live METARs weather, time and live traffic....This brings me back 20 years when i wanted to get my pilots license, but at the time it became too expensive to keep up with it. Now flying over the areas I used fly in, local airports with decent to exact imagery....its insane. Ill be getting a yoke setup eventually, as it should help with my one complaint of the sim. The ability to fly while controlling the cockpit, making communications, heading adjustments, flight plan info, ATIS,....while flying (then pressing the L stick to active the menus and controls) is clunky. hopefully a yoke setup will alleviate some of the control burden at least. Pausing the sim, is a little bit of a reality breaker. The game could use small improvements here and there, but none are deal breakers. Wish it had a lite version of Foreflight or access to FAA sectional charts, airport cards etc. Especially on ground taxiing. They can be had outside of MS FS, but its one of those things where...if you want to take the game seriously, you'll invest ( if you're not a private or commercial pilot already). But if you're not, getting that extra info starts to add up. But provide just basic FAA sectionals, airport cards. Another fun idea would be id the sim also threw in live NOTAM's Otherwise this is the best investment I made in a while.

Wonderful Simulator but uses a lot of resources to run itI've spent hours and Hours with this. Very cool if you enjoy flying

Update: Ended up finding a manufacturing defect in the first install disc. Amazon exchanged the game. New review: the game is absolutely amazing. Have flown all over. Phenomenal graphics.——————————————Brand new Xbox Series X and game (disc) stops installing at around 15.7% (~12.87GB) every single time. Tried hard restart. Tried clearing install and reinstalling. Same problem every time.

it's a great game. great graphics. but the marketplace is really expensive like a single plane is 70 dollars!the reason i put four stars not five is it can get boring at times. but once again it's a great game you should buy it. : )

I was a bit apprehensive about trying this on my Xbox. I have used Flight Simulator on PC for the past 25+ years and have enjoyed learning about flying and a lot of activities as well. I was excited to see that MSFS had released a new version, so I wanted something that would work on my Xbox Series X unit. It is a BIG installation process that took well over an hour to complete. Once installed though, the program runs very well and without any issues...even at the highest resolution. It is a blast to play on my 100" projector screen in my media room. Lots of activities and lots of learning. Most popular places are rendered well and with great detail. The controls took a bit to learn, but I'm getting the hang of it.

Please don’t buy this. Not because this game isn’t awesome, it obviously is. Don’t buy this because it is incredibly frustrating to try and download this game off of the discs. I tried several times to download it on an Xbox series X with an excellent internet connection and it failed every time. On my last try, the installation stopped in the “finishing up” stage. I’m fairly certain it’s because my disc 1 was defective, which I admit is rare but nonetheless discouraging. In hindsight, the $10 I was saving over buying a digital copy was most certainly not worth it. In the end, I have begun the process of returning these discs and have been forced yet again to restart my installation - this time after purchasing a digital copy on the Microsoft store. I suggest you do the same.

I love it

Love this game but a little tricky to get use to flying. I would not trust myself in real life flying!