Good morning everyone - hope you're all having a good weekend! Quick Corrections: -Thames is pronounced "tems" -Eiffel Tower is not being lit because of a copyright law (that's disappointing :/)

15 years ago : Weak pc i could barely run. Now : I can finally run sim X

"I've only flown a real plane once..." as if that's less than usual xD

Nick930: "Generating a world using what appears to be satellite images like Google maps". Bing:**Punching the air**

The Eiffel Tower being dark isn’t a bug. The lights are subject to copyright. The structure isn’t but the lights are. It’s weird.

90s: We will be able to virtually travel anywhere Now: Yes

The Eiffel Tower might not be lit up at night due to copyright concerns, if I recall correctly the lights are pretty recent and considered art, so they are covered under copyright law and depictions of them are illegal without permission.

Fsx honestly is still such an amazing game. Even with some texture and global upgrades it still looks pretty good

I showed Flight Sim 2020 to my 75 yr old grandpa and he was absolutely blown away I thought he was gonna cry.

Imagine showing this to someone in the 90s

I have to say, flight simulator X looks very good considering it's age. Has it always looked like this, or has it been improved over the years with updates?

5:42 - Is it just me or the Statue of Liberty on the right looks like she's holding her breath?

"that's got to be the best *pilot* I've ever seen" *So it would seem" 12:40

Imagine in 2040. Even all the leaves are rendered.

Flying through a storm with a little Cessna in FS2020 was one of the scariest experiences I've ever had in a game. All I could see were clouds in every direction and it looked incredible.

5:28 I think you may be mistaking a narrow FoV for things being more "condensed". FSX was still based on satellite data, but much more by hand, things were pretty decently in the right places.

"I've only flown a real plane once" Most people have never flown a plane, so if anything you're the expert

Imagine playing this in VR

14:22 I think you just took off with the parking brake still on, unless the 747 has become the slowest vehicle on the planet.

"The Cessna" Me, a Cessna 152 pilot: "There's more than just the 172 :("

Imagine this tech being used to make a driving simulator.

For the record, the objects in fsx are not condensed and are in fact to scale. The view on the left of the Golden Gate Bridge was far more zoomed in. The world in fsx and even fs2004 were geographically correct.

“Let’s compare the flight models” *uses legacy flight model*

This makes me cry, the fact on how much we've improved over the years, I'm so glad im here to see it

8:15 Fun fact! The pattern of the lights illuminating the Eiffel Tower at night is copyrighted (it's not just plain white lighting, it's apparently some kind of "art" the same way a sculpture in a public place would be under their laws). It's obvious they hand-modeled it, so that's likely the reason they didn't implement the lighting. In almost every country but France there exists something called "freedom of panorama," i.e. if it's in public or can be seen from a public place you can share photographs or representations as an exception to copyright coverage. Don't like it? Help abolish the broken copyright system :)

The lighting for the Eiffel Tower’s lighting design rights have probably not been purchased by Microsoft.

Stumbled across this channel by accident and I must say I appreciate the work you do!

The best comparison video i found so far. Thanks for sharing this !

I remember watching the journey of Microsoft Flight Simulators a few years back. When they finally transitioned to FSX, I remember thinking how modern and realistic it looked as compared to the previous titles

Flight Simulator is probably the most detailed game i've ever seen in my life. The Microsoft team did a fantastic job!

Great video, and exactly the kind of comparison I was searching for😀👍🏻

the only time i've ever wanted to play a game where you take control of a plane

I'm pretty sure the Eiffel tower is copyrighted when it's fully lit that's why they didn't show it with any lights

Playing this game in VR would be breath-taking.

This is the video I’m looking for yesterday and I found it today. A job well done 👍🏻

The clouds and the weather in general looks straight up like magic. Remember thinking that RDR2 had the best clouds in any game, this just shreds that game.

possibility that we all might look back and say “remember when we thought FS2020 was great.. now we have FS2040”

Very nice review! I've been using flight simulators as long as I can remember, and now as a real world pilot I look forward to trying the new MSFS2020 in a couple of days.

just subbed, was waiting for this comparison

The title music from FSX was so fantastic and the missions have been so cool!

The light on the Eiffel Tower counts as a separate work of art and you therefore need permission to display it. Maybe because it's dark. For the tower itself, you can, for example, photograph and sell, but not illuminated

Just something to add: it does use satellite images, from Bing Maps, it serves as input for the Blackshark AI to recreate the 3D environment , which handles most of the games scenarios. Also there are the handcrafted 3D assets for more famous places.

That take-off sound comparison sounded so relaxing I literally dozed off, thanks for the great nap Nick.

Now this is a proper comparison. Thanks, the differences seem to be really noticeable now.

Graphics look damn good for 2006

"I've only flown a real plane once" *weird flex but okay*

My PS3/PC Thrustmaster HOTAS was instantly recognized with with well placed buttons. It's great to see the dev taking time to add support to even older HOTAS setups.

Wow. As brilliant as all the obvious visual upgrades are, that sound model is very impressive. It was noticeably great ok the prop planes. You can now hear the noise of the engine running AND the propellor slicing through the air separately. Instead of one cobbled together drone. Brilliant. Well done.

omg Nick930 hand reveal less than 1 minute in!? :o

With 20/20 hindsight, I'm VERY glad that the prognosis for masses of addons taking some time has proved a tad pessimistic. Modellers have hit the ground running, and together with Asobo's major and regular updates, MSFS 2020 is much better today than it was when it was first released. They certainly learnt about frequent upgrades/updates during the interregnum, that's for sure.

So if Flight Sim is using a round earth, and it looks identical to the real earth, why is there still a flat earth debate? Surely all you need to do, is flatten the map in Flight Sim and show how ridiculous the horizons look.

Here is 2022 I can tell ya VR in MSFS is breathtaking, you have to see it to believe it, that said developing airports isn't a joyful ride so far!

I wish someone would do a comparison with a modded version of FSX

Alternate title: man breaks laws of physics and runs flight simulator 2020 at 4K

Wow, I played 2004 a lot!, I remember it being so realistic!

When I was a kid playing FSX I thought the graphics were photorealistic lol

Fun fact: all aircraft interiors weren't modeled, they where 3d scanned

Can i just say how good flight sim x is for being a game from 2006

Fact: Showing Eiffel Tower photography at the evening for commercial purposes is not permitted, That’s why you can’t see it at 8:05

Still appreciated in January 2023. Cheers from a Newbie in Outback country Western Australia

I think the reason the Eiffel Tower isn't lit up is because technically the lights fall under copyright because they were installed less then 100 years ago

Eiffel tower being dark might be related to the fact that it's lighting is copyrighted, and can't be reproduced for commercial gain without a property release..

One of the things that makes FS2020 really exciting, is that this is just the beginning. There'll likely be big improvements made over time.

Hey, quickly googled why the lights are no on the Eiffel Tower and here the answer I got. It turns out the tower's nighttime light show was added in 1985 and is therefore still protected under France's copyright law as an artistic work. Thus, it's illegal to share, sell, or publish photos and videos of the night-lit Eiffel Tower without prior permission from the Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel.13 Oct 2017.

So quick story on my experience with this game so far... one of my friends has it and a few days ago he landed a plane in our schools parking lot then took a picture of him sitting in the cockpit of a passenger airplane in my school parking lot and pretty much everyone who hadn’t heard of this game freaked out and thought he actually landed a plane at out school.... so ya this game is pretty realistic i’d say

I almost thought this was a direct comparison from the game to real life! 😂 this game looks incredible

The first flight sim I ever played was Flight Simulator 98... and I played the subsequent ones after that, 2004, FSX, etc. So this new version is a really a completely new experience to fly in compared to those.

Good review, liked it looking forward to the Flight Sim 2020

7:50 After playing FS2020 for the first time and coming across this myself while flying thousands of feet over Paris, France at night, I was taken aback. I could not believe my eyes. The game looked so real and the night sky was just incredible. I literally paused the game, rolled back in my chair and took a deep breath after finally realizing how far technology had come. Seeing the lights brighten the sky and watching as the clouds revealed a vast beautiful lit up landscape was absolutely breathtaking. This sim is as spectacular as people say it is.

This simulator is amazing. I love making videos of game comparisons to reality. Sometimes you can really get confused where the game is and where the real world is.

1:25 the engines look different because the 747 in FSX is a 747-400, while the 747 in MSFS is a 747-8i

Very impressed with the new one and I have been anticipating its release for a year. However my PC will never do it justice and so I am for now staying with my FSX on Steam. But as soon as I can, I will change my PC to enjoy the 2020 edition. Thanks for a great comparison video.

14:18 can't tell if that's the jet, or my PC getting ready to launch into orbit.

Since we are talking about simulation games. *What about Euro truck simulator 1 vs 2*

Fixing up some of the water elevations and getting in more landmarks would be really cool. In time I'm sure more of that stuff would done over, can't have everything but at least having a lot less flooded looking areas would go a long way.

Nice, you're finally making these video in 4K!

The reason why the Eiffel Tower have no light it due to a copyright issue, It isn't a bug I wish I was joking.

4:23 the game actually uses bing maps.

8:18- if I had to guess about the Eiffel Tower being black at night, it’s because it’s illegal to photograph it lit up so I assume the same applies?

13:06. Omg, I've been hearing that since Dec 2006. Can't wait for 2022

8:10 . It's actually illegal to take photos of Eiffel Tower at Night

The best thing about the 2020 version is that it makes my pc sound like a real plane! W-wait, it's burning... oh shi-

Hi. Good comparison! Very nice. I am using MSFS2020 since this week. Is it really using BING maps? Houses in small cities are fake. They look completely different from Bing and also Streets and Highways looks some strange. Not really good implementation with these objects. All other is fine. BTW no light in Boing for the cockpit? Any ideas about this?

One problem with the comparison, the default zoom in fsx is set for 4x3 monitors, to fix that you can go into the settings and turn on widescreen. Also hit - a few times and zoom all the way out in cockpit view and it'll look a lot more natural in fsx.

The Eiffel Tower has copyright illuminated at night (It's a fact, not kidding)

Looks like: Flight Simulator X vs Real life. Don't even know how would i react, if i've seen this decade ago...

Do keep in mind that 1:16 those are 2 different variants of the 747, and the beechcraft baron is now a late series production compared to the early one

i would kill for a Nick guided tour of all the world's landmarks with his voice as narration...

"like google maps" crying bing team noises

13:16 i can't tell the difference between the plane engine or my pc trying to not blowing up

I had the hardware to play this when it originally released, but decided to wait and save up for a new rig. This is one I knew I had to have my first experience at (or near) the highest level PC gaming can offer. My new PC came two days ago. I9 4Ghz, 3080ti 12 gig, 32 gigs memory, nVME 2 TB M.2 drive, and a 32” 1440 g-sync monitor. I’ve my HOTAS and pedals. I’m only awaiting my Track IR to fly. I bought the premium GotY edition which took all night to DL. I was pleased to see the sim had (mostly) everything cranked up to ultra by default on boot-up. While I’ve not flown yet, if the fidelity of the hanger aircraft models is any indication, this is going to be one hell of a mind-blowing experience. I’ve always wanted to be a pilot IRL. Unfortunately, my health is very very poor from a chronic disease. I don’t know how much longer I have, so this is a dream for me and I’m so grateful I live in a time where this is possible. It may seem trivial to someone who is healthy, but when you’re sick and your time may be short, the affordance of such freedom and escape that products like this give is an absolute godsend. Thank you Microsoft and Asobo Studios. 🙏🏼

IDK if you read this but the eiffel tower is pitch black at night because there is some kind of copyright on the night lighting. There is a great vid about this on Half as Interesting!

The difference that 14 years can make. It's crazy that present day GPUs have literally gotten 50 times more powerful since then. A gaming PC with 2GBs of ram, 512mb of vram and a dual core CPU was considered high end in 2006.

I know he put his FS2020 on the highest settings, but FSX looks a lot lower in quality in this video than it does when I play it. (Highest settings)

I have experience flying cessna 172s and 152s. The biggest issue for me with simulators is the obvious lack of feel for the air flowing over the control surfaces, you cant easily look around and you cant just lean forward and interact with the switches and levers that you want

This game is a masterpiece. I am so happy to be able to say that i'm finally proud of a remake of a game / that they genuinely improved a game and not deleted some features / tried making it more "hip" etc. I hate that i see it happen to more and more games..

sometimes when i watch a msfs 2020 video i cant tell if it real life or a simulator

Cries in intel® HD Graphics and 2gb Ram

Great job!

If i remember correctly, the lights on the eiffel tower has some sort of copyright issue. It was something like the lights are something added later on and which makes the lights a seperate piece of art, and someone owns it. You can google it but they cant legally have lights on the eiffel tower.