The upcoming updates of Microsoft Flight Simulator add electric air taxis and competitive multiplayer

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Microsoft has revealed the next major additions coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator later this year, including the Volocopter VoloCity air taxi; updated maps for the regions of Germany, Austria and Switzerland; and a competitive online multiplayer racing mode.

The first is a new series of Local Legends planes being added to Flight Simulator, which will offer famous planes in a specific region that may not be as well known. The goal is to have these planes launch alongside Flight Simulator world updates, so the first Local Legend aircraft will coincide with the upcoming World Update VI (featuring Germany, Austria and Switzerland) and offer a hyper-realistic recreation of the Junkers JU- 52. The worldwide update will be released on September 7, for free, while Junkers JU-52 will cost $ 14.99.

On the other hand, Microsoft also adds a much more futuristic aircraft in a November update: Volocopter’s VoloCity air taxi, an eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) helicopter with great ideas on rethinking urban mobility (albeit early real-world flights were somewhat disappointing.)

Finally, this fall Microsoft will add the Stihl National Championship Air Races as the first major expansion of Flight Simulator. The new expansion will be an eight-player racing mode and will allow players to fly WWII era planes at breakneck speeds to prove who is the best pilot of them all. However, there is no specific release date yet, although it is expected to come out in the fall.

The new racing mode will feature a big break with reality, however: Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann tells Polygon that due to contractual agreements with manufacturers, the game cannot show damaged planes, so when players collide in races , the planes will simply disappear.

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