Microsoft has shared the minimum, recommended, and ideal system requirements for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
To get the game to run, players will need a PC with at least a Ryzen 3 1200/Intel i5-4460 processor, a RX 570/GTX 770 graphics card, 8 GB of RAM, and 150 GB of hard drive space. However, to hit the recommended specs, an upgrade to at least a Ryzen 5 1500X/Intel i5-8400 processor, a RX 590/GTX 970 graphics card, and 16 GB of RAM is required.
A full list of the game’s system requirements can be found below:
Minimum
- CPU: Ryzen 3 1200/Intel i5-4460
- GPU: RX 570/GTX 770
- VRAM: 2 GB
- RAM: 8 GB
- HDD: 150 GB
- Bandwidth: 5 Mbps
Recommended
- CPU: Ryzen 5 1500X/Intel i5-8400
- GPU: RX 590/GTX 970
- VRAM: 4 GB
- RAM: 16 GB
- HDD: 150 GB
- Bandwidth: 20 Mbps
Ideal
- CPU: Ryzen 7 Pro 2700X/Intel i7-9800X
- GPU: Radeon VII/RTX 2080
- VRAM: 8 GB
- RAM: 32 GB
- HDD: 150 GB SSD
- Bandwidth: 50 Mbps
Microsoft Flight Simulator is scheduled to release later this year for PC and is also in development for Xbox One.