Around the World in 80 Minutes – Iconic Cities and Landmarks in Flight Simulator 2020
A trip around the world without a mask? In Flight Simulator 2020, it's not a problem. Here's how the famous and locations look like in the new Microsoft game, and how they compare with other video games.
Table of Contents
- Around the World in 80 Minutes – Iconic Cities and Landmarks in Flight Simulator 2020
- Paris
- Pripyat. Chernobyl power station
- Wake Island
- Los Angeles
- Montana
- New York
Wake Island
Once you leave Japan, you can get lost over a vast expanse of the Pacific. Fans of shooters, however, know where to head – to the atoll of the Wake Island, one of the most beloved maps in the Battlefield series. It is such an iconic location that it has been featured in as many as nine entries of the series, even those completely unrelated to World War II. In Flight Simulator 2020 you can see the distinctive shape of the island and the dominant air base, though unfortunately only procedurally generated.
Bolivia – Laguna Colorada
On the left: Laguna Colorada in Ghost Recon: Wildlands. To the right, the same place in Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Why Bolivia? Ghost Recon: Wildlands offered an impressive rendition of that country, regardless if you travelled on foot or in cars or choppers. We remember Laguna Colorada, the lake with reddish water, particularly fondly. Unfortunately, Bing doesn't have great pictures of Bolivia, and that lake in Microsoft's simulator is unremarkable.
San Francisco
To the left: San Francisco in Watch Dogs 2. To the right, the same place in Microsoft Flight Simulator.
We've reached a real mine of iconic landmarks – the United States. For starters, we're visiting Sisco. It's one of the cities recreated in 3D using photogrammetry, which means every building looks like in reality and belongs where it should. And that really makes a huge impression – provided we don't go down to ground level. If Marcus Holloway had such a large area to explore in Watch Dogs 2, we'd probably still be playing the game.
