Virtual flights require a powerful computer: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 system requirements are presented

Earlier Microsoft and Asobo Studio claimed that Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 will take up much less storage space than the last part. thanks to the use of cloud technology and other modern options.

Well, it turned out to be true, but it seems that gamers still need a powerful computer for virtual flying.

Here's What We Know

Asobo Studio has published system requirements for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and they are quite gentle on one hand, but on the other hand they require a lot of RAM. At minimum settings you need 12 GB of RAM, and to enjoy all the beauties of the Earth you should have 64 GB. But to install the game you will need only 50 GB, while the last part took more than 100 GB.

System Requirements

Minimum

• Operating system: Windows 10 with the latest update;
• processor: AMD Ryzen 2600X or Intel Core i7-6800K;
• graphics card: AMD Radeon RX 5700 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970;
• RAM: 16GB;
• storage space: 50 GB.

Recommended

• Operating system: Windows 10 with the latest update;
• processor: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X or Intel Core i7-10700K;
• graphics card: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080;
• RAM: 32 GB;
• storage space: 50GB.

Ideal

• Operating system: Windows 10 with the latest update;
• processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X or Intel Core i7-14700K;
• graphics card: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080;
• RAM: 64GB
• storage space: 50GB.

When We Can Expect It

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 will be released on November 19 on PC and Xbox Series, and will be available immediately in the Game Pass catalogue.

Source: Microsoft Flight Simulator