After playing around with the sim for over a week, i will put my opinion in writing. i, luckily, so far had no issues with the launcher, downloading or crashes (knock on wood). After tweaking some of the graphic settings i managed to get a 40 fps in cities and 50 in open areas. Looking forward on how much they will optimize the game further.

Graphics:
Graphically, this game looks amazing compared on what we had before in simulators, at one moment i just sat there in the cockpit at the parking, listening and watching the rain storm outside. Even though the game holds the entire world, with thanks to Bing Maps, some area's in the world sadly don't have photogrammetry, so they look less appealing and have A.I auto generated buildings, but flying high in the sky, that doesn't bother me that much, it's a fly simulator after all, not a race game.

Sound:
The sound is incredible, the cockpit creaks when rolling over the taxiway, engines roar in full throttle and a highway can be heard in the distance if you are in the external view.

Gameplay:
Whats there to say about gameplay, its a flight simulator, you do what you want, want to do a long distance flight between Amsterdam and New York in a airliner? You do that! Wanna grab a small prop plane and just fly and soak in the view during sundown, you do that! If you are new to a flight simulator, there are simple tutorials for you to know the basics, if you want to do some missions, there are some nice Bush flights ready for you to play. Don't expect a career mode, maybe one day this will be added, we never know.

Planes:
Various amount of planes can be found in the sim, from the legendary Cessna 172, to the Airbus A320neo, as expected, not all switches and buttons can be used in the cockpits, but still a good enough amount so you still can start your plane up by hand. Some things are still missing, like a de-ice windshield option, but for fully working cockpits, we have to wait for study level planes from third part developers who are already busy with creating them!

Negatives:
Yes, the sim so far is great, but there are some negatives, the ATC is sadly still not a improvement from FSX, the same old bug that ATC does not work on smaller airports is still there and kills the immersion when taking off from those airports, sometimes you dont hear them talking and just hear a static noise, some say this is due to the Microsoft servers just receiving too much traffic.

There also seems to be a sensitivity issue when it comes to joysticks. Terrain issues are also present, like a giant tower of houses, or lakes having height issues so they go 200 meters into the air, but this is nothing that cant be fixed in the future. Not all airports are there (yet) sadly, i did a trip around the world a few years ago and stopped at a small airstrip north in Canada, i wanted to continue from this airport, but i only found a empty field shaped in the way of a runway. Also some airports have trees right in front of them, making landing difficult.

Performance wise you need a heavy pc, while my videocard is utilized for 80%, my CPU is barely over 20%, so lets hope this changes in the future.

So far the future of MSFS2020 looks bright, the game still has its rough edges, but if they can fix most of the issues, the king of flight sims, will be back on top!

After playing around with the sim for over a week, i will put my opinion in writing. i, luckily, so far had no issues with the launcher, downloading or crashes (knock on wood). After tweaking some of the graphic settings i managed to get a 40 fps in cities and 50 in open areas. Looking forward on how much they will optimize the game further. Graphics: Graphically, this game looks amazing compared on what we had before in simulators, at one moment i just sat there in the cockpit at the parking, listening and watching the rain storm outside. Even though the game holds the entire world, with thanks to Bing Maps, some area's in the world sadly don't have photogrammetry, so they look less appealing and have A.I auto generated buildings, but flying high in the sky, that doesn't bother me that much, it's a fly simulator after all, not a race game. Sound: The sound is incredible, the cockpit creaks when rolling over the taxiway, engines roar in full throttle and a highway can be heard in the distance if you are in the external view. Gameplay: Whats there to say about gameplay, its a flight simulator, you do what you want, want to do a long distance flight between Amsterdam and New York in a airliner? You do that! Wanna grab a small prop plane and just fly and soak in the view during sundown, you do that! If you are new to a flight simulator, there are simple tutorials for you to know the basics, if you want to do some missions, there are some nice Bush flights ready for you to play. Don't expect a career mode, maybe one day this will be added, we never know. Planes: Various amount of planes can be found in the sim, from the legendary Cessna 172, to the Airbus A320neo, as expected, not all switches and buttons can be used in the cockpits, but still a good enough amount so you still can start your plane up by hand. Some things are still missing, like a de-ice windshield option, but for fully working cockpits, we have to wait for study level planes from third part developers who are already busy with creating them! Negatives: Yes, the sim so far is great, but there are some negatives, the ATC is sadly still not a improvement from FSX, the same old bug that ATC does not work on smaller airports is still there and kills the immersion when taking off from those airports, sometimes you dont hear them talking and just hear a static noise, some say this is due to the Microsoft servers just receiving too much traffic. There also seems to be a sensitivity issue when it comes to joysticks. Terrain issues are also present, like a giant tower of houses, or lakes having height issues so they go 200 meters into the air, but this is nothing that cant be fixed in the future. Not all airports are there (yet) sadly, i did a trip around the world a few years ago and stopped at a small airstrip north in Canada, i wanted to continue from this airport, but i only found a empty field shaped in the way of a runway. Also some airports have trees right in front of them, making landing difficult. Performance wise you need a heavy pc, while my videocard is utilized for 80%, my CPU is barely over 20%, so lets hope this changes in the future. So far the future of MSFS2020 looks bright, the game still has its rough edges, but if they can fix most of the issues, the king of flight sims, will be back on top!