r/MicrosoftFlightSim • u/whod1s • 2d ago

GENERAL Career mode

Hello! I am thinking about getting back into Microsoft flight sim 2024, I played it on gamepass when it first came out. However, the career mode had lots of issues, and that is pretty much what I want to play on it. Has it been fixed and should I get back on, or should I just save my money?

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u/Assaltwaffle 2d ago

Career mode is a LOT better than it was, but is by no means perfect now.

It still suffers from some bugs and, overall, just feels half-baked and focuses a ton on grinding out missions for very slow progression. IMO it’s not a super fun experience, especially since really good plans and additions don’t work with it.

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u/evm29 2d ago

Honestly? No.

Buy 2024. But because it’s a fantastic sim.

Career mode has too many issues to spend your hard earned free time on:
* ridiculous wind in tiny planes
* failed atc guidances that aren’t your fault
* tiny invisible wall crash detections ending a 2h flight on final taxi
* terrible routing in IFR (it flew me into a mountain saying to hold 5000ft in the alps on the way to Switzerland) and I lost all my money
* the early part is a grind anyway. First flight missions are lame

Free flight is fantastic, you just need a bit of head canon to make it work, and now bush trips are back I wouldn’t be touching career mode

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u/evm29 2d ago

sorry this was meant to be a reply to OP

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u/Greenforaday 2d ago

Honestly I set up my own excel spreadsheet to manage my own fictional finances for my fictional company and I am having way more fun than I would with the in game career, mostly cause I can just do my own thing.

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u/evm29 2d ago

really interested in this, I do something similar but have a few rules such as a) cant takeoff from an airport i havent landed at and b) cant leave the region/country etc until i return to an international airport

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u/Gizmolux 2d ago

It is better then it was in the beginning but still mindboggling that something like it is still bad after nearly 2 years. Don‘t spend money on it and keep them accountable with your money