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NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
Looking at Flight Simulator screenshots, it’s possible to answer this question in two ways: on the one hand, the quality of eighth-gen visuals has improved a lot. If you were to put Flight Simulator’s visuals up against an arguably far more limited top-tier AAA title, you’d see that plenty of modern games feature high poly vehicle models, photogrammetry, and state-of-the-art lighting and volumetrics.
Flight Simulator’s ace in the hole, though, is it’s ability to deliver next-gen AAA quality visuals at an unprecedented scale. In many ways, it's delivering moment-to-moment visuals, at a never seen before scale. In short, Microsoft Flight Simulator is already in next-gen mode before next-gen begins.