Today Microsoft shared via press release that Microsoft Flight Simulator is preparing to celebrate Independence Day in th US.
The simulator will display a special fireworks show when flying over American cities on the evening of the Fourth of July. Precisely, the developers shared the following instructions.
The fireworks start at 10:00 PM local time. The USA time zones are UTC-4, UTC-5, UTC-6, UTC -7 during the 4th July (DST). That means that NYC (for instance) 4th July 10:00 PM = 5th July 02:00 AM UTC.
It's worth mentioning that you don't really need to wait for July 4 to check out the fireworks, as you simply can shift the simulator's time to what's indicated above and the fireworks will appear.
The addition was made via the City Update Texas, announced a few days ago and released today. You need to find it in the in-sim marketplace and download it for free. It includes new photogrammetry for several cities located in the Lone Star State to celebrate FlightSimExpo, which was hosted in Houston a few days ago.
Microsoft Flight Simulator is currently available for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox Cloud Gaming, including Game Pass. If you'd like to learn more, you should stay tuned on TechRaptor as we have daily Microsoft Flight Simulator news to keep you updated on the many add-ons coming and released for the sim. We have also recently interviewed Microsoft's Jorg Neumann about the Antonov An-225 "Mriya" and iniBuilds' CEO Ubaid Mussa on the work of the popular third-party developer. If you're interested in reviews, you can check out Orbx's Stockholm Arlanda and Oslo Gardermoen Airports, iniBuilds' New York-JFK Airport, and RHDSimulations' Boeing 767-300ER.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has recently been announced, and it's coming next year, promising plenty of new features and improvements, including many new flying careers, from emergency services to cargo transport.
