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[KyoZz]

By now you’ve surely seen the memes surrounding the giant shipping boat, the Ever Given, that has been stuck in the Suez Canal for five days now.
Well now, thanks to an add-on, users can see the stuck ship in Microsoft Flight Simulator. That’s right, you can now go fly around the canal in your Cessna and see the meme-worthy ship yourself.

Mat Veloso, a technical adviser at Microsoft, shared a video on Twitter that was originally recorded by TikTok user donut_enforcement.
In the video, we can hear the gamer as they fly over the Suez Canal and approach the immovable ship.
The pilot can be heard saying, “If you look on your left, we will see the Suez canal. This is where most of our world trade and cargo ships come through. (…) Oh geez. It appears they have a big problem,” before circling around to take a closer look.

Reality:

Flight Simulator:

The shipping boat that was stuck in the Suez Canal made its way to Microsoft Flight Simulator

See the spectacle from the comfort of your home.

knowtechie.com

 

[ArtemisClydeFrog]

What a fucking game

 

[bender]

Amazing.

 

[CatLady]

Amazing. This game and it's tech is so far beyond anything else current gen; it's already next gen.

 

[Beer Baelly]

 

[Abriael_GN]

It's always funny to see how certain sites cover Microsoft Flight Simulator only when there's memes, but ignore the actual news that come out basically every day

It's funnier than the memes themselves, actually.

Amazing. This game and it's tech is so far beyond anything else current gen; it's already next gen.

In this case, the tech doesn't really have much to do with it. It's simply a user-made mod, and not even close to one of the most impressive.

 

[Schmick]

In this case, the tech doesn't really have much to do with it. It's simply a user-made mod, and not even close to one of the most impressive.

Yes this is no different to someone modelling a building in Google Earth but got to say, there's something about the Tik Tok footage, FS look so realistic.