Microsoft Flight Simulator is gorgeous, but these glitches are something else

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Microsoft Flight Simulator is now out and people wasted no time hopping in a plane and exploring the world. While there are plenty of wonders to explore for yourself, there’s also a lot of oddities out there.

Because this game is from Microsoft, it uses Bing Maps to create most of the world in the game. While that means you get some realistic looks at some really cool places, it also means you get your fair share of glitches and unexplainable phenomena.

We’ve been scouring Twitter for some of our favorites, so make sure to check them out below!

Some of the best and weirdest things in Microsoft Flight Simulator

Something is off with Jacksonville’s stadium, but I can’t. quite. put. my. finger. on it.

https://twitter.com/617via904/status/1295861849108418567

There’s something evil happening in Australia

In Microsoft Flight Simulator a bizarrely eldritch, impossibly narrow skyscraper pierces the skies of Melbourne's North like a suburban Australian version of Half-Life 2's Citadel, and I am -all for it- pic.twitter.com/6AH4xgIAWg

— Alexander Muscat (@alexandermuscat) August 19, 2020

This shouldn’t surprise anyone

people are gathering at Epstein's island in Microsoft Flight Simulator and solving this case ourselves pic.twitter.com/r9bUFXYojA

— Rod Breslau (@Slasher) August 19, 2020

Nature is healing

https://twitter.com/mikaeltja/status/1296114391918706688

The Washington Monument is looking fresh these days

https://twitter.com/DanielleAlberti/status/1295887105588105216

Just cars doing completely normal car things

Microsoft Flight Simulator AI includes traffic patterns, but gets confused sometimes about where to put the cars vertically.

People commenting on thallada's video have pointed out this is a building in Boston that normally has a road tunneling through it.https://t.co/OK05VPSg3e pic.twitter.com/Qt0etkGChq

— Janelle Shane (@JanelleCShane) August 20, 2020

Buckingham Palace is now a place for real business™

https://twitter.com/LarryBundyJr/status/1296217392394260481

A total normal bridge in its natural habitat

The scariest bridge in Microsoft Flight Simulator is this one in Portland that's just a solid wall with trucks glued on the sides. pic.twitter.com/09Vouyyn5q

— A Sentient Ball of Stress (@haydencd) August 19, 2020

This isn’t a fail, but how cool is this?!

This is Hurricane Genevieve in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.

Props to @AceProGamer123 for linking a clip to this, which you can find here! https://t.co/fTSv7LgClT pic.twitter.com/0QFTM3ahZU

— Milkky (@ReallyMilkkyWay) August 19, 2020

The North remembers…

"Found the Wall In the North." – reddit user ringoron9

Others agree: Microsoft Flight Simulator can't even with Greenlandhttps://t.co/xd0e1E0zbv pic.twitter.com/g9aIRkesBc

— Janelle Shane (@JanelleCShane) August 20, 2020

Another stadium that seems just a little…off

https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1296452276962365440

And finally, let’s just take a moment to remember the roots of Flight Simulator

https://twitter.com/TTT_Esport/status/1296441136739999744

There you have it, some of the… odd things players are currently finding in Microsoft Flight Simulator. The game is available on PC and is still slated for an Xbox release at some point.

What do you think? Are you playing Microsoft Flight Simulator? Have you discovered anything interesting? Let us know down below in the comments or carry the discussion over to our Twitter or Facebook.

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