Here’s what you need to run Microsoft Flight Simulator

Storage-wise, Microsoft has listed a whopping 150GB storage requirement, while listing 150GB of SSD storage in the game’s “ideal spec”. That’s a lot of storage for a modern title, but that’s the cost of Microsoft Flight Simulator’s highly detailed world map and its wealth of global airports. 

GPU-wise, the game will require a minimum of a Radeon RX 570 and a Geforce GTX 770, both of which are a lot more powerful than Microsoft’s Xbox One console.  On the CPU-side, AMD’s Ryzen 3 1200 and Intel i5-4460 are listed in Microsoft Flight Simulator’s minimum specs, which are also on the high side for a game that’s supposed to release on Xbox One. 

To play Microsoft Flight Simulator on PC, Microsoft recommends 16GB of system memory, an AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or an Intel i5-8400, a Radeon RX 590 or a Geforce GTX 970 and an internet connection of 20Mbps or greater. 

On the high-end, Microsoft has also created an “ideal spec” for Flight Simulator, asking users for eight-core processors, 32GB of system memory, 8GB of VRAM and a fast 50Mbps internet connection. Add that to the 150GB of SSD storage that we mentioned earlier, and we have an extremely high set of PC system requirements.