{"id":81027,"date":"2025-09-10T13:30:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2133551"},"modified":"2025-09-10T13:30:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:30:43","slug":"asobo-shares-new-images-and-details-of-flight-simulators-imminent-uk-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/asobo-shares-new-images-and-details-of-flight-simulators-imminent-uk-makeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Asobo shares new images and details of Flight Simulator&#8217;s imminent UK makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/asobo-shares-new-images-and-details-of-flight-simulators-imminent-uk-makeover.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the tail-end of last year, Asobo confirmed Flight Simulator&#8217;s third World Update would &#8211; following impressive spruce-ups for the US and Japan &#8211; be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-11-26-flight-simulators-next-world-update-will-work-its-makeover-magic-on-the-uk-in-january\">giving the United Kingdom and Ireland a welcome makeover<\/a>, and now the developer has shared a few new images and details ahead of its imminent release.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the Asobo said it was aiming to introduce 50-60 new points of interest as part of its UK update, alongside new procedural buildings (including churches), and improvements for a range of existing airports, such as Land&#8217;s End, Liverpool EGGP, and Manchester Barton.<\/p>\n<p>Expanding on that initial announcement in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flightsimulator.com\/january-21st-2021-development-update\/\">latest blog post<\/a>, Asobo confirmed the UK update will now include new aerials, an enhanced digital elevation model, two new landing challenges, 70 points of interest, five airports, and five brand-new photogrammetry cities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-01-22-asobo-shares-new-images-and-details-of-flight-simulators-imminent-uk-makeover\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-01-22-asobo-shares-new-images-and-details-of-flight-simulators-imminent-uk-makeover\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the tail-end of last year, Asobo confirmed Flight Simulator&#8217;s third World Update would &#8211; following impressive spruce-ups for the US and Japan &#8211; be giving the United Kingdom and Ireland a welcome makeover, and now the developer has shared a few new images and details ahead of its imminent release. 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