{"id":90404,"date":"2025-09-11T19:30:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2134495"},"modified":"2025-09-11T19:30:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:30:44","slug":"flight-simulators-uk-makeover-now-pencilled-in-for-second-week-of-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/flight-simulators-uk-makeover-now-pencilled-in-for-second-week-of-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight Simulator&#8217;s UK makeover now pencilled in for second week of February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/flight-simulators-uk-makeover-now-pencilled-in-for-second-week-of-february.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following last week&#8217;s news of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-01-22-asobo-shares-new-images-and-details-of-flight-simulators-imminent-uk-makeover\">slight delay for Flight Simulator&#8217;s third World Update<\/a> &#8211; which is set to give the UK and Ireland a very welcome makeover &#8211; developer Asobo has narrowed down its launch window to the second week of February.<\/p>\n<p>Flight Simulator&#8217;s incoming third World Update continues the impressive work seen in previous overhauls for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-11-24-flight-simulators-second-world-update-gives-the-us-landscape-a-stunning-upgrade\">United States<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-09-24-flight-simulators-first-world-update-out-next-week-gives-japan-a-gorgeous-overhaul\">Japan<\/a>, and will, as previously announced, include new aerials, improved elevation data, new landing challenges, new points of interest, five new hand-crafted airports, and five brand-new photogrammetry cities.<\/p>\n<p>Building on those earlier details in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flightsimulator.com\/january-28th-2021-development-update\/\">latest development blog<\/a>, Asobo has now confirmed World Update 3&#8217;s new airports as Barra, Land&#8217;s End, Liverpool, Manchester-Barton, and Out Skerries, while the cities getting the photogrammetry treatment will be Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Oxford, and London &#8211; the latter of which gets an airing in the screens below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-01-29-flight-simulators-uk-makeover-now-pencilled-in-for-second-week-of-february\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-01-29-flight-simulators-uk-makeover-now-pencilled-in-for-second-week-of-february\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following last week&#8217;s news of a slight delay for Flight Simulator&#8217;s third World Update &#8211; which is set to give the UK and Ireland a very welcome makeover &#8211; developer Asobo has narrowed down its launch window to the second week of February. Flight Simulator&#8217;s incoming third World Update continues the impressive work seen in previous overhauls for the United States and Japan, and will, as previously announced, include new aerials, improved elevation data, new landing challenges, new points of interest, five new hand-crafted airports, and five brand-new photogrammetry cities. 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