{"id":3517,"date":"2025-08-31T15:35:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T15:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/world-update-ii-usa-lands-in-microsoft-flight-simulator-today\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T15:35:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T15:35:41","slug":"world-update-ii-usa-lands-in-microsoft-flight-simulator-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/world-update-ii-usa-lands-in-microsoft-flight-simulator-today\/","title":{"rendered":"World Update II: USA Lands In Microsoft Flight Simulator Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/world-update-ii-usa-lands-in-microsoft-flight-simulator-today.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span><span>Taking a flight across the United States in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/search?keyword=microsoft+flight+simulator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft Flight Simulator<\/a> just got better thanks to a new, free update. World Update II: USA is available now and boasts new airports and visual enhancements to make the long trips even more scenic.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>The update brings the following enhancements:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span>An improved digital elevation model (with resolution up to one meter)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span>New and improved aerial textures for several states<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span>Visual improvements to 48 airports&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span>50 new, high-fidelity interest points-of-interest<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span>Four new hand-crafted airports: Atlanta, Dallas\/Fort Worth, Friday Harbor, and New York Stewart<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><span>Additionally, players can indulge in new activities such as a Discovery Flight as well as a new Alaskan wilderness Bush Trip (sightseeing flights through remote areas). Although this update is somewhat less robust as the first World Update (which centered on Japan), it\u2019s cool to see improvements coming to what\u2019s arguably the best simulation experience of 2020. Players can grab World Update II: USA by visiting the in-game marketplace. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Microsoft Flight Simulator has been a big success, amassing over <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2020\/09\/03\/microsoft-flight-simulator-amasses-over-1-million-players\"><span><span><span><span>one million players<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span> since it launched in August. It\u2019s been especially big on social media with fans (and actual pilots) posting screenshots of their own homes, iconic landmarks, real-life weather events, or weird visual oddities. The game\u2019s presence on Xbox Game Pass for PC certainly helped garner an audience of first-time pilots, and it\u2019s been neat to watch players either fly more competently than I ever could or engage in silly hijinks (like I totally would).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Microsoft Flight Simulator is available now for Xbox One and PC. You can read Jeff Cork\u2019s post-launch impressions of the game <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2020\/08\/28\/flight-simulator-2020-is-my-new-favorite-screen-saver\"><span><span><span><span>here<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2020\/11\/24\/world-update-ii-usa-lands-in-microsoft-flight-simulator-today\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking a flight across the United States in Microsoft Flight Simulator just got better thanks to a new, free update. World Update II: USA is available now and boasts new airports and visual enhancements to make the long trips even more scenic.&nbsp; The update brings the following enhancements: An improved digital elevation model (with resolution up to one meter) New and improved aerial textures for several states Visual improvements to 48 airports&nbsp; 50 new, high-fidelity interest points-of-interest Four new hand-crafted airports: Atlanta, Dallas\/Fort Worth, Friday Harbor, and New York Stewart Additionally, players can indulge in new activities such as a Discovery Flight as well as a new Alaskan wilderness Bush Trip (sightseeing flights through remote areas). Although this update is somewhat less robust as the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/world-update-ii-usa-lands-in-microsoft-flight-simulator-today\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World Update II: USA Lands In Microsoft Flight Simulator Today | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Taking a flight across the United States in Microsoft Flight Simulator just got better thanks to a new, free update. 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