“We knew the excitement was high for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, but frankly, we completely underestimated how high, and it has really overwhelmed our infrastructure,” series head Jorg Neumann said. “We’re really sorry, we want to apologize.”

At its launch on November 19, 2024, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is also available to users with an active Xbox Game Pass subscription, commonly listed for a far lower monthly price than its $69.99 MSRP and the best way to try a game if you're unsure of its appeal.

While Xbox owners won’t need to worry about hardware requirements, the same can’t be said for PC players. After all, MFS 2024 is a visually stunning game, and those breathtaking graphics come at a very high cost. Thankfully, developer Asobo Studio has revealed detailed system requirements for the game, which are listed below.

Ready to jump into Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024? Here are some things you should pay attention to so as not to miss anything.

Take stunning captures of planes and locales in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 by using the in-game photo mode.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is now available across Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Ultimate, and Xbox Cloud Gaming.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has, ironically, not got off to a flying start, as its initial Steam rating places it as one of the worst-rated games on the storefront after it temporarily fell even lower than Overwatch 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.