Microsoft Issues Flight Simulator 2024 Fix

It’s no Halo Infinite, but Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is off to a rough start, with the firm acknowledging technical challenges and issuing a software fix.

“Players have encountered technical challenges when trying to access Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024,” an Xbox representative told me last night. “The good news is we’ve made continued improvements that provide smoother access to the simulator. The Microsoft Flight Simulator team has also deployed a hotfix that further increases stability and addresses the player experience by fixing several issues.”

Microsoft delivered the impressive new Flight Simulator 2024 on Tuesday in four editions and across PC (including on Steam), Xbox Series X|S, Game Pass Ultimate (including Cloud Gaming), and PC Game Pass. But the graphically impressive title angered fans with long wait times and various technical glitches that persisted throughout the week.

“Update on the technical issues affecting Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024,” Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann said on Thursday. “We continue to see access and bandwidth issues as more users come online globally. We’re actively working on increased capacity fixes. We want to express our gratitude to the community and apologize for this frustrating experience. We’ll share ongoing updates across our channels.”

Late Friday, the firm issued Flight Simulator 2024 version 1.1.9.0 to address the issues. It improves performance, behavior, stability, and long load times, and it fixes several issues that were crashing the game previously.