April 29 news, in the latest "Microsoft Flight Simulator" Q&A, Asobo Studio executive producer Martin Bossard confirmed that the game will soon receive support for AMD's FidelityFX super resolution technology, followed by support for FSR 2.0, and will usher in DLSS support in July.
"The good news is that the Microsoft Flight Simulation team has a direct partnership with both manufacturers, so NVIDIA and AMD are working with us to help us achieve optimal optimization of their systems." For DLSS, we still have some artifacts, some animated textures, and water surface issues, but we're working with NVIDIA to address them. For Update 10, we'll have a great DLSS implementation. ”
"On the AMD side, we're also working with them. Actually, they just visited us yesterday, so it's so cool to have them. We also want to bring FSR into Microsoft Flight Simulation with Update 10, and I think I can say that we've also started developing FSR 2.0, so the new version will also be included, maybe a little early for Update 10, but at least it should be coming soon. ”
Another principal, Jorg Neumann, revealed that the game is doing very well on the xCloud streaming service, and it will be available to Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. Overall, the number of subscribers is much higher than last year.
"Not sure how many of you have seen it, but I do want to say it was an amazing success for Microsoft Flight Simulator. We're the most played game on xCloud or Microsoft Cloud Streaming right now, which is fantastic because it brings a lot of new people to the game. This week we launched in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and other Southeast Asian regions, which is another large number of new players in Microsoft Flight Simulator. ”
"I just want to say, please be gentle and welcome them. A lot of these guys have never played a flight simulation game before, and it would be great if you happened to be able to help them when they were in trouble. The good news is that we've seen a huge acceleration, with almost four times as many people playing the game last month, which is great for all of us. ”
Update 9 update information is also mentioned in this Q&A. It is said that this update is mostly around Italy, and its attractions and the number of urban renewals may be the largest of the many updates in the world at present, with as many as 13 live cities (generally around 5) and 105 attractions.
As for the season series that more players care about, the developers say that this is a bit complicated and is still under study. At the end of the Q&A, Asobo Studio also brought a piece of exciting news for flying friends, that is, it may add the An-225, once the world's largest transport aircraft, to this game.
Because of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the world's only flying An-225 has been destroyed, which is sad. Recently, Antonov, the manufacturer of the An-225, held preliminary discussions with Asobo Studio to add a model of the transport aircraft to Microsoft's flight simulation.
According to Q&A, it is likely that they will put the high-precision model of the An-225 on the market of the game, and the proceeds will be used to assist in the reconstruction of the Antonov An-225.