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Essays 12 August 2020, 15:53

author: Darius Matusiak

New York. Iconic sites in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

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Generated by photogrammetry, New York is perhaps the most hardware-demanding location in the game. The huge amount of tall skyscrapers, the shadows they cast – it's quite astonishing. GPUs can only catch a little breath next to the Statue of Liberty, created with hard assets. And while this iconic landmark looks great, the famous bridges (Brooklyn and Manhattan) are, for the time being, a little underwhelming. The textures could be much darker. It's also a shame that all the major connections to Manhattan haven't been created in one go. Procedural bridges are the real Achilles heel of Flight Simulator 2020.

Rome

We return to Europe and finish by flying over Rome, the cradle of Western Civilization. It is one of several European cities made not by design, but with special textures and photogrammetry. The difference between Paris and London is significant. St Peter's square hardly needs a hand-made asset any more. Another city in Europe created in this manner is, for example, Berlin.

This is just a tiny piece of all the amazing locations the game will offer. There are only a few days until the launch of Flight Simulator 2020. We hope that you will show us your own postcards in the comments.

Darius Matusiak

Darius Matusiak

Graduate of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Journalism. He started writing about games in 2013 on his blog on gameplay.pl, from where he quickly moved to the Reviews and Editorials department of Gamepressure. Sometimes he also writes about movies and technology. A gamer since the heyday of Amiga. Always a fan of races, realistic simulators and military shooters, as well as games with an engaging plot or exceptional artistic style. In his free time, he teaches how to fly in modern combat fighter simulators on his own page called Szkola Latania. A huge fan of arranging his workstation in the "minimal desk setup" style, hardware novelties and cats.

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