Hurricane Ida unfortunately began its strike on the state of Louisiana over the weekend, leaving the likes of New Orleans without power, and Microsoft Flight Simulator has become a destination to observe its path from the skies.
If you didn't know, Microsoft Flight Sim features the ability to turn on real-time weather if you want to, and so Hurricane Ida has been replicated in-game, with some incredible footage cropping up online as a result:
As you can imagine, Hurricane Ida is getting all the attention in Flight Sim at the moment, with loads of players flocking to the location to see what it looks like. It's a breathtaking sight without a doubt, albeit a pretty scary one.
Give it a try for yourself (don't forget, Microsoft Flight Simulator is included with Game Pass for Xbox Series X, Series S and PC), and it goes without saying that if you're in the Louisiana area, we hope you're staying safe right now.
Did you explore Hurricane Ida in Microsoft Flight Simulator over the weekend? Tell us what it was like below.
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Jesus! I dropped right into the middle of the storm from the world map while in mid-flight, I was flying blind with only the lightning giving me a 2 second glimpse of my plane and the landscape before spiralling out of control and crashing into a field. For a real challenge, turn on true to life by going to assistance options and try flying through that storm.
I'd actually like to see it in this way. It's unfortunate that people are seeing it much more up close, though.
Sad for all the people affected. But that is an awesome feature of the game, didn't even know it was like this. Thankfully it's slowing down (the storm) but I will try to check it out later today
I didn't know the game even hat this capability. That's truly wild. Though if using real life sim settings, I'm not sure which aircraft in the game could even manage it, usually specialized aircraft are needed for storm chasing, and a big one, usually it's only fighter jets that can do it, little else has the thrust required to push through. And the game doesn't feature fighter jets (yet) until at least the Maverick pack.
@AFCC I'm pretty sure you can change the date and time if you want to see these events at their fullest.
@NEStalgia You can turn off all the real damage and real simulation stuff and still play the game. It's really fun and relaxing and has helped open my eyes to the entire world and it's beauty!
My favorite thing to do in Flight Sim! Find those real world weather events and go fly. Surprisingly how many other people have the same idea and soon it's a sky full of Cessnas and Airbuses.
Lol, this was me yesterday.
Still, I hope the people actually experiencing it for real are staying safe.
@Halucigens what do you mean? If you set a previous date will it "save" the weather and show it to you like it was back then?
@AFCC I thought so but I haven’t really tested out any memorable days to be like “THAT WAS THE WEATHER THAT DAY.”
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