Take me on your Mighty Wings tonight
It looks like you two characters… are going to Top Gun — or at least you will be if you frequentMicrosoft Flight Simulator. The premier sky flying titlehas added a brand new DLC expansionthemed after Paramount Pictures’ new movieTop Gun: Maverick.Better still, the new DLC is free for all players.
Wannabee Icemen can earn their stripes in three new training missions, learning the ways of unrestricted take-offs, split S maneuvers, and low altitude, high-speed maneuvering. Once you’re pretty confident that you can take on any situation… inverted… then you can test your newfound abilities against five challenging “High Speed/Low Level” canyon runs, zipping through tight and unpredictable terrain at terrifying, break-neck speeds.
By the time you’re buzzing the tower and making those stuffed shirts spill their coffee, you’ll be ready to take on the Carrier Deck Landing Challenge, which developer Asobo assures us is one of the most demanding operations in military aviation. I bet Cruise had a go at it, the bleach-teethed nutcase. Finally, the expansion teases the addition of never-before-unveiled, Mach 10 hypersonic aircraft. Is that in the movie? Probably. I haven’t seen it yet.
You might be wondering where theTop Gun: MaverickF/A-18E Super Hornet is in this mix. Well, it’s already inFlight Simulator, as it was addedlast yearbefore the corresponding movie was delayed, so chances are that flight aficionados are already pretty handy with it. A new livery pack will let you applyTop GunandMaverick-themed decals to the jet fighter, so you’ll truly feel the need… well, you know.
TheTop Gun: MaverickDLC expansion is live inMicrosoft Flight Simulatornow. Coincidentally, Bandai Namco’sAce Combat 7: Skies Unknownalso receives its ownTop GunDLC today. For movie fans,Top Gun: Mavericklaunches in theaters worldwide on May 27. It is, apparently, very good indeed.
