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Microsoft Flight Simulator Tenerife Sur Airport Released, Fox Islands Announced; Twin Otter, RV-8 And Okegawa Get New Screenshots

Like every day, third-party developers have delivered news and releases of new content for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Like every day, third-party developers have delivered news and releases of new content for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

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First of all, Aerosoft provided new images of the flight deck and the Air Inuit livery of the upcoming de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter

Incidentally, we already know that Aerosoft plans to release this aircraft for the Xbox Series X version of the game when it launches.

Next, still from Aerosoft and its partner developer Sim-wing, we get the release of Tenerife Sur Reina Sofía Airport (GCTS).

It’s currently available on the publisher’s store for €20.45 including applicable VAT.

  • Highly detailed Tenerife Sur Airport scenery
  • Terraforming to blend airport into default elevation model
  • Runway with real elevation profile (sloped) and on a lower level than the Apron of the airport
  • Custom aerial photo for the airport, elaborate retouching and color-correction for a true display
  • Intensive use of PBR Materials to build realistic surface for all buildings and objects
  • Detailed ground markings based on recent charts of parking stands and new taxiway layouts (AIRAC 2104), includes recent main taxiway extension and huge changes of taxiway layout
  • Extremely detailed Tenerife Sur airport buildings with interior designs at apron side and infrastructure buildings
  • Detailed animated jetway models with light effects while moving
  • Functional windsocks
  • Many static apron vehicles
  • Realistic night time dynamic lighting

Next, from iniBuilds we get a trailer and the announcement of a Fox Islands scenery. It’ll come on May 21 on the developer’s store and it’ll cost $8.50 plus applicable VAT.

  •  Dual airport package – A true private island experience on the Great Lakes
  •  Customized coast line, revised shores
  •  Animated light house and custom modeled buildings and assets true-to-life
  •  Grass strip on North Fox, challenging with the tree line, and camp ground
  •  Revised biomes for a more true-to-area vegetation representation
  •  Corrected orthoimagery, terraformed mesh

On the other hand, we go back to aircraft with Terrainy Studios, which showcased its Van’s Aircraft RV-8.

We learn that the package will also include the RV-8A variant with tricycle gear configuration.

Last, but not least, GAte15Scenery showcased a new look at  Okegawa Airfield (RJT1), near Tokyo. According to the developer, modeling will be completed in two days.

Recently, we published our massive interview with head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann, who provided a lot of new info about the present and future of the sim. Recently, also received lots of new details about upcoming content including two new aircraft and a world update focused on Nordic countries.

If you’d like to read more about Microsoft Flight Simulator add-ons, you can enjoy our recent reviews of Chongqiung Manila AirportSantiago Airport, the Frankfurt City PackKey West Airportthe Okavango DeltaBali AirportLondon Oxford AirportBerlin Brandenburg Airport, the CRJ 550/700, the PA-28R Arrow IIIKristiansand Airport, Macau City & AirportBonaire Flamingo AirportMilano Linate Airport, the Singapore City PackTokyo Narita AirportYao Airport, the F-15 Eagle, the Paris City PackGreater Moncton AirportTweed New Haven AirportSantorini AirportSydney AirportHelsinki-Vantaa AirportReggio Calabria Airport, Bastia Poretta AirportMunich Airport, Paris Orly AirportNewcastle International AirportSankt Johann AirfieldDublin International Airport, and Seoul City Wow. We also have a beta preview of Singapore Changi airport.

If you want to learn more about the game itself, you can read our review that will tell you everything you need to know about Asobo Studio’s game.

Microsoft Flight Simulator is already available for Windows 10 and Steam and will release in summer 2021 for Xbox Series X ad Series S.

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Giuseppe Nelva

Proud weeb hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long-standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old dear PC nearest to his heart, while not disregarding any console on the market. RPGs (of any nationality), MMORPGs, and visual novels are his daily bread, but he enjoys almost every other genre, prominently racing simulators, action and sandbox games. He is also one of the few surviving fans on Earth of the flight simulator genre.

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