
While we were affected by the endless loading screen, we did not experience the endless updates screen. Fortunately, both of these issues seem to be relatively random. Hopefully, Xbox Game Studios and Asobo Studios will update MSFS to resolve this aggressively long wait times to play the game, but for now players may have to wait upwards of 30 minutes to get past this screen (or the endless loading bar). Just like the endless loading bar below, it seems players may need to wait this one out. Some players are reporting that this screen never progresses and that they're unable to make it past. Because of this, Microsoft Flight Simulator will always automatically check for updates whenever you start the game.

Microsoft Flight Simulator is a massive game, and it has countless add-ons and additional installations (over 200 right from the start!) that can all be updated independently of the main game. Quick fix / workaround: Unfortunately, there is no easy fix for this issue other than simply waiting (between 5 and 30 minutes) Summary: Microsoft Flight Simulator always checks for updates at launch, and many players are experiencing extremely long waits Installing the day one update does not affect the total install size of the game. On the other hand, if you've elected to remove the "offline mode" pack for Microsoft Flight Simulator to bring your total install size to around 42 GB, the update should be about 18 GB. If you have the full MSFS downloaded (coming out to about 102 GB), the day one update should be around 27 GB. In the cases we've seen the reason behind this is because, even if you preloaded or preinstalled Microsoft Flight Simulator on your Xbox, there's still a sizeable day one update to install before you're able to play MSFS.īefore you try and play Microsoft Flight Simulator, be sure to check for updates on your Xbox to see if you've downloaded the day one update. Some players are reporting that, even after Microsoft Flight Simulator officially launched on Xbox, they are unable to start the game.


Quick fix / workaround: Microsoft Flight Simulator for Xbox has a day one patch update that needs to be downloaded before playing Summary: Microsoft Flight Simulator is behaving as if the game hasn't actually released yet, and won't start Here are some of the biggest problems afflicting Microsoft Flight Simulator for Xbox right now, and how you might be able to fix them.
