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Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update 6 Released; Improves Germany, Austria, & Switzerland

Today Microsoft launched another large free update for its popular sim Microsoft Flight Simulator, dubbed World Update 6.

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Today Microsoft launched another large free update for its popular sim Microsoft Flight Simulator, dubbed World Update 6.

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The update improved three countries in the heart of Europe, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and it comes with new “hand-crafted” airports as follows:

  • EDHL – Lübeck Airport
  • EDDS – Stuttgart Airport
  • LOWK – Klagenfurt
  • LSZR – St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport

New cities enhanced with photogrammetry have also been added, on top of a ton of bespoke models for points of interest. Below you can find a list of the cities, while the list of points of interest is way too long, you can find it here with the rest of the extensive patch notes, which also bring several fixes to issues caused by the previous updates.

  • Bielefeld
  • Braunschweig
  • Frankfurt am Main
  • Konstanz
  • Wuppertal
  • Graz
  • Vienna
  • Basel

In order to enjoy the update, you need to download the client patch on the Windows Store or on Steam (about 500 mb), then another within the simulator itself after launching it (2.67 gigabytes), and finally “purchase” (for free) the new content from the in-sim marketplace. That’s another 5.10 gigabytes. The update is also available on Xbox, of course.

Yes, Microsoft Flight Simulator world updates are big downloads.

While you wait for everything to get downloaded, you can watch the gorgeous new trailer.

Recently, we published our massive interview with head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann, focusing on the Xbox version and short and long-term plans for the sim (on both platforms).

If you’d like to read more about Microsoft Flight Simulator add-ons, you can enjoy our recent reviews of Amami AirportBristol AirportMarrakech Menara AirportGreat Britain CentralTehran Imam Khomeini Airport, Moscow Sheremetyevo AirportShanghai Pudong AirportKraków AirportFukuoka City & AirportFort Lauderdale Airport, Chongqing City & AirportManila 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 Xbox Series X|S.

About the author

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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