Yesterday, we highlighted how a lot of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 users were struggling to even load into the game because of server issues, and unfortunately that remains the case nearly 24 hours since its launch.

The developer behind the title, Asobo Studio, issued an apology and explanation last night in both written and video form (the video version is above), advising that the servers have simply been overloaded, causing multiple problems.

“The excitement for the sim today has been overwhelming, but we encountered an issue with one of our services handling the new systems in the game like career mode and various missions. The server responsible for handling data requests got overloaded, causing delays and errors.”

“As a result, players are experiencing long loading times and missing content like aircraft. We have solved the issues and are now bringing players in at a steady pace. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.”

Now, as you can see, it says in that message that server problems have been “solved” and players are being brought in “at a steady pace”, but 11 hours since it was first published, we’re still seeing a lot of people having major issues.

So, either something’s gone wrong again and progress has been halted, or when they refer to a “steady” pace, they mean a very steady pace. Either way, it might be best to put Flight Sim on hold for now until it’s properly ready to launch.