Microsoft Flight Simulator Xbox Series X Upgrade

January 9, 2022 at 8:27pm
By Jason Stettner

Here are the specific details in regards to the improvements that have been made for the Microsoft Flight Simulator Xbox Series X upgrade. It features HDR support with a 4k resolution at 30fps. If you’re running VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) that target will change to a 4k resolution at 120fps.

Those are the key details that are present. This game is Optimized on the platform, meaning that it launched for the specific console and was upgraded to take advantage of the platform’s technology. A video showcasing this is found below, alongside a photo representing the game.

Description/Synopsis
Take to the skies and enjoy the scope of the entire world in what is one of the most impressive gaming experiences ever created. Fly a variety of craft to literally any point in the world enjoying a fully created world with buildings, other traffic and animals as well.

It continues to get updates that add new areas, tasks to accomplish and more to do in what’s the ultimate experience to enjoy everything that planet Earth has to offer. A thrilling setup of exploration and never ending discovery. A true delight from simulation fans or those interested in seeing what’s out there. Visit your house, or even landmarks and each place is quite amazingly recreated here.

Hopefully you found these details helpful in regards to understanding how this game is running on the platform. Whether that’s in the boosted resolution (visual fidelity) that’s provided in the filtering, or just generally the extra performance that assists with the Microsoft Flight Simulator frame rate to keep it running smoothly.

Certainly great to see what these games can provide on the latest console platform that features full backwards compatible support and will see many new titles release over its lifespan. It should be exciting to see what’s to come for the consoles and how much gaming will change over this generation.

To summarize these were the details on if Microsoft Flight Simulator can run on Xbox Series X/S console platforms. You can read a review of a related title below, or check out a game hub for further coverage as well. Don’t forget to check out the video content to see the game in action.

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