The upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator game appears to take the already-incredible FS2020 and integrate basically everything that was on my wishlist to build this more into a real world Earth-based photogrammetry+procgen Elite Dangerous, with all the career/mission types you can think of, passengers, cargo, and the ability to get out and walk around outside your aircraft.

If they pull this off as described, I could drop huuundreds of hours into this game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6riRXgRsCU

Microsoft Flight Simulator Development Update - Live from FlightSim Expo 2024

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@stroughtonsmith I’m already dropping those kinds of hours just in the name of generating cinematic screen recordings for an upcoming YouTube channel — it started as a project to land big planes in stupid places or ridiculous weather, but it’s veering into a photography hobby, with impossible sunsets and inaccessible tourism
@stroughtonsmith ngl, I keep wasting time rewatching my own recordings because they’re so addictive