Microsoft Flight Simulator patch reduces download from over 170GB to 83GB

A new Microsoft Flight Simulator patch has reduced the game's initial full download from over 170GB to 83GB.

In the patch notes for Sim Update 4, aka patch 1.16.20.0, the development team said it had performed optimisations for the initial full download of Microsoft Flight Simulator so the base game is 83GB instead of over 170GB.

It's good news to see the game's download halved, although 83GB is still a chunky old effort.

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