{"id":30875,"date":"2026-03-13T10:14:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web-staging.virtuosgames.com\/?post_type=success-stories&p=30875"},"modified":"2026-05-20T10:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:10:09","slug":"microsoft-flight-simulator-2024","status":"publish","type":"success-stories","link":"https:\/\/web-staging.virtuosgames.com\/fr\/success-stories\/microsoft-flight-simulator-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Supporting\u00a0Art Production\u00a0for\u00a0Microsoft \u2028Flight Simulator 2024\u00a0<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Our distributed teams across\u00a0Virtuos\u00a0Shanghai,\u00a0Virtuos\u00a0Xi\u2019an, and\u00a0Glass Egg \u2013 A\u00a0Virtuos\u00a0Studio\u00a0helped\u00a0Asobo\u00a0to scale production\u00a0more\u00a0efficiently\u00a0by\u00a0delivering\u00a0hundreds of\u00a0assets including photorealistic vehicles,\u00a0detailed environments,\u00a0and character art.\u00a0Virtuos\u00a0served as\u00a0a close\u00a0development partner\u00a0to\u00a0Asobo\u00a0Studio, helping the team meet their ambitious launch schedule and deliver a visually stunning, immersive flight experience on PC and Xbox Series X|S.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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  • Worked closely with Asobo Studio, alongside other Microsoft partners who helped develop the game\u00a0<\/li>\n
  • Delivered over 700 high-quality assets, including props, trees, hangars, vehicles, character clothing, \u2028and hairstyles<\/li>\n
  • Crafted 3 flyable airplane models and 18 non-playable airplane variants with 115 unique liveries\u00a0<\/li>\n
  • Produced 161 pieces of clothing for career mode and 27 distinct character hairstyles\u00a0<\/li>\n
  • Created 129 fully set-dressed hangars, 200 detailed props, and 9 tree types with 58 variations\u00a0<\/li>\n
  • Scaled a multidisciplinary team of over 150 artists<\/li>\n
  • Demonstrated exceptional quality and speed, \u2028resulting in a 250% expanded scope and early completion of our mandates\u00a0<\/li>\n
  • Centralized project management\u00a0of our mandates\u00a0via\u00a0Virtuos\u00a0Shanghai\u00a0to\u00a0streamline communication, iteration, and production \u2028efficiency for Asobo\u00a0Studio\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    Our teams at Virtuos Shanghai and Glass Egg created a number of detailed 3D models for both active (flyable) and passive (non-flyable) airplanes. We delivered 3 highly detailed flyable planes including models such as the ES30, Cl415, and FA-18E, alongside 18 non-playable planes with numerous variations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    Our vehicle artists also designed 115 unique liveries, carefully painted and textured to maintain visual authenticity while fitting the simulation\u2019s stringent quality standards. Production involved blockouts, low and high-poly modeling, UV mapping, texture baking, LOD creation, animation, and final engine integration.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Virtuos Shanghai\u00a0contributed\u00a0environment art, creating\u00a0detailed\u00a0sets of assets that\u00a0help\u00a0bring\u00a0parts of\u00a0the in-game world to life. This includes 129 hangars, fully set-dressed to enhance vehicle selection areas, 200 props, and 9 tree species spanning 58 total variations to populate natural environments\u00a0more\u00a0realistically. The production pipeline covered sculpting, modeling, UV and texture baking, level of detail (LOD) creation, animation, and integration, ensuring optimized performance across platforms.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Virtuos\u00a0also\u00a0created\u00a0character art, producing 161 unique pieces of clothing and 27 hairstyles\u00a0to expand the options available\u00a0for the game\u2019s career mode. Using a combination of photogrammetry and traditional 3D modeling techniques, artists across\u00a0Virtuos\u00a0Shanghai, Xi\u2019an, and Glass Egg sculpted,\u00a0retopologized, textured, and integrated these assets with optimized LODs. The hairstyles were crafted using advanced hair card techniques and textures with meticulous placement and LOD management, ensuring realistic and performant characters.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    \u201cOur partnership rocked! The team was on point understanding our needs and they\u00a0perfectly matched our expectations. The timeline was tight, especially considering the\u00a0quantity and type of assets to produce. Props, vegetation, clothes, haircuts, liveries,\u00a0level\u00a0building, and even airplanes.\u00a0Virtuos\u00a0handled it all with skill!\u00a0\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Benjamin\u00a0Rieubland
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    Virtuos\u2019 collaboration with Asobo Studio was distinguished by seamless communication and rapid iteration, enabled by a centralized point of contact to simplify production in Virtuos Shanghai. This facilitated early identification of key production opportunities, streamlined project management, and proactive scope expansion.\u00a0<\/p>

    Asobo\u00a0Studio praised the partnership for matching their high-quality expectations while meeting demanding timelines, establishing\u00a0Virtuos\u00a0as\u00a0a\u00a0trusted primary partner\u00a0for\u202f\u2028Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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