Following World Update 7 that took place in Australia, the Microsoft Flight Simulator team has yesterday announced the release of World Update 8, this time with focus on the Iberian peninsula.
The update brings a number of landmarks, cities and custom airports throughout Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar. The developers have also introduced new bush trips, landing challenges and discovery flights to get you more familiar with the area.
Cities and airports
The capital of Portugal, Lisbon, has received some much-needed attention besides Malaga, Bilbao, and Coimbra, to name a few out of the six. As for the airports, the company has detailed that there are four new hand-crafted airports in this update. They are:
- LESU – La Seu d’Urgell Airport
- LPPI – Pico
- LPFR – Faro
- LECO – A Coruna
Landmarks
As for the landmarks, there are 99 new custom points of interest around the Iberian peninsula. Flight simmers can now enjoy views on the pristine Puente Nuevo bridge from the 18th century in Ronda, Sagrada de Família in the centre of Catalonia’s Barcelona, or the oceanarium in Lisbon.
It might not be known by many that the Canary Islands are also part of Spain, although situated west of Morocco. Hence the update also brings new models of the famous local observatory or the Tenerife Concert Hall.
The list of all landmarks is very extensive, hence we would suggest exploring the area yourself. You can share screenshots from your journeys on our Discord server!
Download
The update is, as usual, free of charge for all owners of Microsoft Flight Simulator. It has to be however separately downloaded from the in-game Marketplace.
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