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Microsoft Flight Simulator Cape Town Revealed by Orbx; Kraków, Nelson, & Rothera Airports Get Screenshots & Video

Today third-party developers shared quite a lot of interesting news and assets about upcoming scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Today third-party developers shared quite a lot of interesting news and assets about upcoming scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

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We start with Orbx, which goes to South Africa with one of its City Packs. Cape Town has been revealed today

Below you can catch a features list and a gallery of screenshots. And yes, it’ll come with physical helipads for the helicopter pilots out there.

  • Several high-detail custom landmarks including the Cape Town Stadium, Castle of Good Hope, and University of Cape Town 
  • More than 110 medium-detail custom landmarks, balancing quality and performance.
  • Many enhancements to the city and surrounding areas: improved vegetation and building placements, industrial areas and power stations, chimneys, etc.
  • Specific focus on the harbour areas, with a with diversity of custom vessels and port infrastructure
  • Extensive terraforming across the coverage area, enhancing how our custom landmarks sit within the simulator’s terrain
  • Custom orthoimagery covering all of the city from the western bays to Rondebosch in the east
  • Custom night lighting based on real-world photography
  • Anti-poaching campaign “laser” rhino projected onto Table Mountain at night (selectable with control panel)

Next, we stay down under with new images of Nelson Airport (NZNS) in New Zealand provided by NZA Simulations.

The airport is in its beta phase, so it should come soon enough.

Moving to the Northern hemisphere, Drzewiecki Design showcased more screenshots of its upcoming John Paul II Kraków-Balice International Airport (EPKK) in Poland.

Last, but not least, we go back down under, and I mean really down under, more precisely to Antarctica, where a new video shows Rothera Air Facility (EGAR), which was teased a while ago and will be released under Aerosoft’s umbrella.

Speaking of add-ons, do keep in mind that we have a spiffy giveaway going on that can let you win one of 10 add-ons from Orbx’s lineup. You can find all the details here, but leaving a pertinent comment at the bottom of this post will serve as a valid entry.

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. A few days ago, we also received lots of new details about upcoming content from Microsoft itself including a new aircraft and the next 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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