

These give the game attitude and some neat ways to experiment with different vehicles. There are also missions to take on, such as Search and Rescue and Red Bull Air Races. There are great tutorials that cover different aircraft and different airports. The game does a great job at teaching you how to fly within the game.

It added new planes, such as the F/A-18 jet fighter and the Red Bull stunt plane alongside new challenges and missions to take part in. An expansion pack was released in 2007, named Acceleration Expansion Pack. Dovetail Games have taken over the franchise, made some fixes, and have released the newly titled, Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition onto Steam for the very first time.įor the uninitiated, Flight Simulator X was the last game from Microsoft Game Studios to be developed back in 2006.

If you’re wondering why there is a review for a game that has been out for almost ten years, it is because there is a new publisher, formed via a partnership between Microsoft and Dovetail Games, the developer of the highly successful Train Simulator series.
