{"id":128466,"date":"2022-09-29T15:35:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/?p=447200"},"modified":"2022-09-29T15:35:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:35:49","slug":"microsoft-flight-simulator-releases-world-update-xi-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/09\/29\/microsoft-flight-simulator-releases-world-update-xi-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Flight Simulator releases World Update XI: Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- .entry-social --> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-main entry-main--post entry-main--post-with-sidebar\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<h2><strong>Explore the diverse beauty and expansive mystique of the world\u2019s second largest country<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<p>Canada is filled with a plethora of sights to explore from the air: magnificent urban architecture, wave-battered northern coastlines, and vast sweeps of tundra, glaciers and towering peaks. <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/microsoft-flight-simulator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Flight Simulator<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u2019s World Update XI invites simmers to explore this massive, diverse country, presented in the highest resolution and fidelity yet!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/microsoft-flight-simulator-releases-world-update-xi-canada.jpg\" alt=\"Microsoft Flight Simulator - World Update XI: Canada Screenshot\" class=\"wp-image-187132\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In creating World Update XI: Canada, the <em>Microsoft Flight Simulator<\/em> team processed troves of its latest geospatial data, including digital elevation models, satellite imagery, and aerial photography. Complementing the data, models and imagery, the update highlights 12 urban regions enhanced with the latest photogrammetry data and features 87 hand-crafted points of interest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>World Update XI features<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5 handcrafted five airports including:\n<ul>\n<li>British Columbia\u2019s Castlegar \/ West Kootenay Regional Airport (CYCG)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Victoria International Airport<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Vancouver Island<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>9 exciting missions:<\/li>\n<li>Three bush trips (Vancouver Island, Newfoundland, and the Canadian Rockies)<\/li>\n<li>Three landing challenges (Castlegar, Barkerville, and Calgary)<\/li>\n<li>Three discovery flights (Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>World Update XI: Canada is available free to all owners of <em>Microsoft Flight Simulator<\/em>. Simply update your account, download World Update XI from the in-game marketplace, and prepare to be enchanted by the sights of Canada from the air!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/microsoft-flight-simulator-releases-world-update-xi-canada-1.jpg\" alt=\"Microsoft Flight Simulator - World Update XI: Canada Screenshot\" class=\"wp-image-187138\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>We hope you\u2019ll visit Canada today in <em>Microsoft Flight Simulator<\/em>\u2019s World Update XI: Canada. The sky is calling!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/microsoft-flight-simulator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Flight Simulator<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is now available for Xbox Series X|S and PC with Xbox Game Pass, PC Game Pass, Windows, and Steam, and on Xbox One and supported mobile phones, tablets, and lower-spec PCs via Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta). For the latest information on <em>Microsoft Flight Simulator<\/em>, stay tuned to <a href=\"https:\/\/nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmsfsofficial&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csdamron%40microsoft.com%7Cf8bc9c21123c4a96cdad08d9638933b8%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637650263260978930%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=JGnMisKNWgsAXVJ1sXZrD7xHUpe9RSqILuA7B2ochk0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@MSFSOfficial<\/a> on Twitter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"msp1664461363382\" class>\n<div class=\"ms-product-badge mspb-large\" data-product-id=\"9MTJ74MKQM46\">\n<div class=\"mspb-primary-image\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/store\/apps\/9MTJ74MKQM46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/store-images.s-microsoft.com\/image\/apps.13568.13812224868484781.17992d5a-54a4-4eb9-b62c-fbb7cee6d597.2f281734-d35f-4c07-b654-fa7be94aaa7f?w=400&amp;h=600\" alt=\"Microsoft Flight Simulator: Standard Game of the Year Edition\" class=\"skip-lazy\"> <\/a> <\/div>\n<div class=\"mspb-details\">\n<div class=\"mspb-feature-badges\">\n<div class=\"mspb-feature-badge xbox-live\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/microsoft-flight-simulator-releases-world-update-xi-canada.png\" alt=\"Xbox Live\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"mspb-feature-badge xbox-play-anywhere\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/microsoft-flight-simulator-releases-world-update-xi-canada-1.png\" alt=\"Xbox Play Anywhere\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Microsoft Flight Simulator: Standard Game of the Year Edition<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mspb-secondary-details\">\n<div class=\"mspb-left-container\">\n<p>Xbox Game Studios<\/p>\n<div class=\"mspb-rating\">\n<div> <span>\u2606<\/span><span>\u2606<\/span><span>\u2606<\/span><span>\u2606<\/span><span>\u2606<\/span> <span class=\"mspb-total-ratings\">287<\/span> <\/div>\n<div class=\"mspb-full-stars\"> <span>\u2605<\/span><span>\u2605<\/span><span>\u2605<\/span><span>\u2605<\/span><span>\u2605<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mspb-price\"> <span class=\"mspb-msrp\"> <span>$59.99<\/span> <\/span> <span>$47.99<\/span> <\/div>\n<div class=\"mspb-bottom-badges\">\n<div class=\"mspb-bottom-badge pc-game-pass\"> PC Game Pass <\/div>\n<div class=\"mspb-bottom-badge xbox-game-pass\"> Xbox Game Pass <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mspb-right-container\">\n<div class=\"mspb-description\"> The Microsoft Flight Simulator Game of the Year (GOTY) Standard Edition celebrates all the positive feedback, reviews and awards garnered, but it is also a \u201cThank You\u201d to our fans \u2013 new and old \u2013 that have made Microsoft Flight Simulator such a phenomenon. The Microsoft Flight Simulator Standard Game of the Year Edition includes 25 highly detailed planes with unique flight models and 38 hand-crafted airports. This enhanced edition introduces simmers to five all-new aircraft, eight new handcrafted airports, six new Discovery Flights, new tutorials, and updates to the weather system The five new handcrafted aircraft in Microsoft Flight Simulator include:<br \/>\n\u2022 Boeing F\/A-18 Super Hornet: Our first military jet and a highly requested feature from the community. The Top Gun: Maverick expansion will release with the movie next Spring, but we wanted simmers to have the opportunity to test their need for speed this holiday.<br \/>\n\u2022 VoloCity: We partnered with well-known German company Volocopter, which is working on an eVTOL called \u201cVoloCity\u201d, a vision for an urban air taxi. We worked closely with the Volocopter engineering team to develop an authentic version of the prototype aircraft for the simulator. This is our first aircraft that can perform pinpoint landings and is a teaser of what you can look forward to in 2022 when we intend to launch helicopters in the sim.<br \/>\n\u2022 Pilatus PC-6 Porter: This legendary short takeoff and landing (STOL) utility aircraft is a highly versatile plane from Switzerland and comes with several cockpits, cabins, and landing gear variations. It is the result of our close collaboration with the manufacturer and the development efforts by famed developers Hans Hartmann and Alexander Metzger resulted in a great and fun new aircraft with exception capabilities in the simulator.<br \/>\n\u2022 CubCrafters NX Cub: Yakima-based CubCrafters recently introduced a nosewheel option for their flagship CC-19 XCub Aircraft, popularly called the NX Cub, which we are pleased to introduce to the flight sim audience to further enhance our bush flying and off airport options.<br \/>\n\u2022 Aviat Pitts Special S1S: One of our most popular planes gets a single-seat option with the release of this aircraft. New Airports \u2013 We are adding eight handcrafted airports in Central Europe and the United States:<br \/>\n\u2022 Germany o Leipzig\/Halle Airport (EDDP) o Allg\u00e4u Airport Memmingen (EDJA) o Kassel Airport (EDVK)<br \/>\n\u2022Switzerland o Lugano Airport (LSZA) o Zurich Airport (LSZH) o Luzern-Beromunster Airport (LSZO)<br \/>\n\u2022United States o Patrick Space Force Base (KCOF) o Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (KNKX) The Game of the Year release is adding information about 545 previously missing airports in the United States. New Missions -Based on the popularity of the recently introduced Discovery Flights, we are adding an additional six locations (Helsinki, Freiburg im Breisgau, Mecca, Monument Valley, Singapore, and Mount Cook) to this popular series. New Tutorials \u2013 To further expand the onboarding experience, we are adding 14 new tutorials, introducing simmers to Bush flying (in an Icon A5) and IFR (in a Cessna 172). New Features \u2013 We are also pleased to introduce several highly requested features by the community: an updated weather system, early access to DX12, and a dev mode replay system. New Photogrammetry Cities \u2013 As part of our ongoing collaboration with Bing Maps, we are pleased to add a number of new photogrammetry cities: Helsinki (Finland), Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), Brighton, Derby, Eastbourne, Newcastle, and Nottingham (UK) and Utrecht (Netherlands). Microsoft Flight Simulator Standard Game of the Year Edition will be available as a free update for owners on PC and Xbox Series X|S. For new users, the GOTY Standard Edition is the perfect entry point to flight simming as it offers an even richer experience, and it will be the item they purchase as we are retiring the original. Invite your friends to experience the wonders of flight. The sky is calling! <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- .main-content --> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore the diverse beauty and expansive mystique of the world\u2019s second largest country Canada is filled with a plethora of sights to explore from the air: magnificent urban architecture, wave-battered northern coastlines, and vast sweeps of tundra, glaciers and towering peaks. 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