Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting a big update today focused on the UK and Ireland. The World Update III, as Microsoft puts it, includes high-resolution 3G imagery for cities like London, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, and Oxford. More than 70 custom landmarks and points of interest have been improved, including famous bridges, palaces, cathedrals, and famous Premier League football stadiums.
Asobo Studio has brought “visual and logistical improvements” to 85 other airports and updated digital elevation data throughout the UK. You can expect to see enhancements to regional architecture, such as manors, castles, churches and Victorian homes. The developers have touched up dozens of landmarks, including Buckingham Palace, Premier League stadiums, Blarney Castle and the Forth bridges.
Alongside all the imagery improvements, Microsoft is adding in three new activities for those exploring the UK and Ireland. There’s a new flight in the Northern Isles and two landing challenges: one in the Shetlands and another in the Southeast of England.
This new UK and Ireland update is available free for all owners of Microsoft Flight Simulator today. It’s a big download, though, weighing in at 48GB on PC.
