Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024’s Update 06 Upgrades 5 Aircraft From German Manufacturers
Existing owners receive the Aircraft and Avionics Update 06 improvements for free, while each aircraft costs $14.99 for players who do not already own it.
Aircraft and Avionics Update 06 is now available for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, upgrading 5 aircraft from German manufacturers. Owners of the Junkers F 13, Junkers Ju 52, Dornier Do X, Dornier Do J Wal, or Dornier Do 31 receive the improvements for free, while each aircraft is available for $14.99 through the in-sim Marketplace for players who do not already own it.
The update moves all 5 aircraft into the simulator’s native 2024 aircraft system. Alongside visual updates, the release adjusts flight performance, cockpit and exterior interactions, water handling for the Do X and Do J Wal, and Career Mode support for eligible configurations.
Patch Notes: Aircraft & Avionics Update 06
Core Simulation Updates
- Updated the Junkers F 13, Junkers Ju 52, Dornier Do X, Dornier Do J Wal, and Dornier Do 31 to the native MSFS 2024 aircraft framework.
- Refined flight performance, control response and ground handling across the aircraft.
- Improved water handling for the Do X and Do J Wal, including taxi, take-off and landing behaviour.
- Updated engine, fuel, electrical and cockpit systems where required for MSFS 2024.
- Improved preflight and exterior interactions where applicable.
Career Mode Compatibility
- Updated eligible aircraft configurations to support appropriate MSFS 2024 Career Mode activities.
Art & Visual Updates
- Converted the aircraft to the MSFS 2024 modular aircraft system.
- Improved exterior and interior materials, textures and visual consistency.
- Refined aircraft detailing and addressed legacy visual issues, including material and draw-order problems where required.
- Optimised assets and levels of detail for MSFS 2024.
Junkers F 13
- Refined radial-engine performance and tailwheel handling.
- Updated the passenger cabin and exterior interactions for the MSFS 2024 experience.
- Added passenger career mode.
Junkers Ju 52
- Refined three-engine operation, flight performance and ground handling.
- Improved cockpit interactions and passenger aircraft integration.
Dornier Do X
- Refined twelve-engine operation and the aircraft’s distinctive flying-boat handling.
- Improved water operations and visual detailing throughout the aircraft.
Dornier Do J Wal
- Refined the push-pull engine configuration and water handling.
- Updated aircraft variants, cockpit interactions and exterior presentation.
Dornier Do 31
- Refined lift-engine operation, hover control and the transition between vertical and forward flight.
- Improved VTOL systems integration and aircraft handling within MSFS 2024.
- Updated the stability system to a more realistic experience.
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Source: FlightSimulator.com
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Developed by Asobo Studio
Pursue your dream of an aviation career with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. This brand-new simulator is designed to take advantage of the latest technologies in simulation, cloud, machine learning, graphics and gaming to create the most sophisticated, immersive and awe-inspiring flight simulator of all time. To achieve this unprecedented level of accuracy, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is powered by the significantly evolved Asobo Studio engine.
- Genre Simulator
- Platforms Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation VR2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
- Perspective First person, Third person, Virtual Reality
- Modes Single player, Multiplayer
- Release November 19, 2024
- Publisher Xbox Game Studios
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