Microsoft Flight Simulator's 'Top Gun: Mavericks' Free Expansion Now Available

Last July, Microsoft Paramount Pictures revealed a partnership that would bring the jet elements from the movie Top Gun: Maverick to Microsoft Flight Simulator that November. Unfortunately, with the movie being pushed back to May 2022, gaming content has also been delayed, although the F/A-18 Super Hornet was introduced later. Now, the much-anticipated update has finally arrived just in time for the movie's release.

Despite the use of the word "expansion," the Top Gun: Mavericks expansion pack is a completely free update to the game that provides players with the ability to develop their piloting skills and act like a true Top Gun pilot The same method of flying in real locations.

Training The three major tasks of radical flight drills "unrestricted takeoff, split-S maneuvering, and low-altitude and high-speed crossing of complex terrain", as well as five high-speed challenges that allow players to dive around mountain tops and canyons are all updated here. Landing on the carrier deck is also a challenge and is considered a very challenging operation.

Additionally, the development team is teasing "unprecedented hypersonic aircraft" included in the free expansion. You can get a glimpse of it in the trailer above. While players will have to find it themselves in the game, the unnamed aircraft is touted to be capable of speeds of up to Mach 10 and fly at an altitude of 150,000 feet above sea level. The mysterious plane also seemed to be on a mission, with its pilot reaching the stratosphere.

Tom Cruise isn't here to lead fans into new challenges, but a special F/A-18E Super Hornet uniform celebrates his role in the movie.

Microsoft Flight Simulator’s new Top Gun: Maverick free expansion is now available on PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Cloud Gaming, and for Xbox and PC Game Pass subscribers.

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