Flight Simulator: Top Gun DLC on 05/25, patch for sim update 9 now

Original article from 05/10/2022: Actually, the free DLC for the movie Top Gun: Maverick was supposed to be released for the Flight Simulator last year, but the bonus content was also pushed back due to the theatrical postponement. In a good two weeks it’s finally time.

DLC content is not yet known

What the free DLC for the film with Tom Cruise, who after 35 (!) Years climbs back into the cockpit as fighter pilot Maverick, ultimately brings with it in terms of features is largely open. All that’s known so far is that in the Top Gun Maverick expansion, players will “get a first-hand experience of what it’s like to be a US Navy Top Gun”. Apart from an F-18 fighter jet, there is no concrete content yet, but that should change in a few days.

Microsoft is working with the film studio Paramount Pictures to develop the expansion pack for the Microsoft Flight Simulator parallel to the start of the film (buy now €69.99) to be able to publish. It is interesting that the game DLC will be released on 05/25. will be released, but the movie will not officially be released until May 26th. starts up. As a virtual pilot in Flight Simulator, you have a kind of early access to the Maverick content. You can also get a mini preview on the Xbox Twitter channel, which not only shows a launch scene from an aircraft carrier, but also directs you to a web page where you can set your nickname. But you need a webcam for this and you also have to grant access rights to the website.

In May there is also World Update 9, with a focus on Italy and Malta. According to the company, the biggest update so far is scheduled for May 17th. and should appear with twelve photorealistic cities. The next world update is scheduled to appear in mid-June, but Microsoft showed itself to be a secretive in the stream. In June there is another surprise that has not yet been announced, and gliders and helicopters should follow in the fall. World Update 11 is scheduled for August, with World Update 12 coming in October.

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Sim update 9 patch is here

5/13/2022 Update: Even before the Top Gun DLC on 5/25. have Microsoft and Asobo updated the sim update 9 with a patch. The focus is on causes of crashes that were not noticed “despite four weeks of beta testing (with two build updates)”. They are related to operations on the world map when downloading packages or content in the background released together with Sim Update 9 (1.25.7.0). For future updates we want to close this gap in the beta system. The “massive fps drops” since Sim update 9 don’t seem to have been fixed yet, which are complained about by users.