(for people that hate reading much, don’t bother, it’s a big thank you to everybody that works on Fs2020 and 24)
I want to start of by thanking each and every person that worked, works, and will work on Fs2020 and 2024 with all my heart, deeply and sincerely. You changed the game forever, period. This includes every partner and every person that even just does as much as brewing coffee for the crew, you are all a bunch of absolute champions! 
What you guys, girls, and everything in between and outside of it have done is absolutely incredible. When Fs2020 was announced I cried tears of gratitude, I truly did. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one.
Yes, we had, let’s call them, other simulators available that are good, no doubt, but deep inside, the heart of any flight sim enthusiast wanted more, we always want more, such is human nature. We saw what was possible in other games and applications and wanted this in a flight sim, and then out of nowhere we got it. It was a shock.
I will forever be grateful that you created a flight sim again and breathed new life into the entire genre. Everything literally exploded after Fs2020 launched. The peripherals market got a fresh and much needed boost, 3rd parties presented many new and exciting projects, people that never heard of or cared about flight simulators suddenly found a new interest, and even disabled and financially less fortunate people suddenly had access to a modern flight sim and the entire simulation ecosystem profited as a result of that and that’s a win for EVERYBODY involved.
Yes, there was a very rocky start and I will not deny that, there was frustration, anger, vitriol even (sadly) and there will be now again for a while, but I and many, many others believed in you since day one and stuck with you throughout this journey, and of course we were right: you fulfilled your promise and delivered tons of updates and content, a lot of it for free or for a very good price and turned Fs2020 into a fully capable and amazing simulator that many people around the world now love and don’t want to miss ever again.
There are also people that will disagree with me and never be happy about anything done on the sim. There are those that mockingly call it an arcade game. They will always point to another sim and claim how much better it is and just search for anything to criticize about the Fs franchise, rather than to see the good that has been done, and there was A LOT of good stuff done and delivered. Those people are not my focus in this post and I don’t want to amplify that sort of negative and destructive energy, but I want to say that I fully respect other opinions and I also understand that due to the complexity of such a project, experiences WILL vary, that’s just how it is. So whoever is fighting with issues and can’t use the sim as intended: you have my sympathy and my full understanding, I am not denying that there are and might be issues to fix or bugs to squash, there are and will be, always, it’s unavoidable with projects of this scope. Fingers crossed that you may soon join the rest of us in enjoying this beautiful sim.
Fact of the matter remains: Fs2020 and 24 are by far the most complex and vast consumer grade flight simulators ever created, involving many technologies and partners of different fields under one hood, which obviously creates a whole new level of challenges to overcome.
I fired up Fs2024 and it didn’t work on launch day, but I was prepared for some bumps. I just did something else and tried again a day after, and then I was just sitting there smiling while taking it all in. It’s so very beautiful, congratulations to all of you once again! There’s stuff to address and adjust and maybe change or improve, but as a whole it’s a labour of pure love and nobody can deny that.
When it works, you can see the vision you have with this simulator unfold before your eyes, and this is just the start of another chapter on this epic journey! I can’t wait for 3rd parties to use all the new improvements regarding systems and flight modelling or physics in general. So many good things ahead. It’s instantly clear how much you learned from Msfs2020 and the last four years. I bought the aviators edition, not because I need it or want to fly each and every plane, but primarily as a form of thanking you for what you have done for us and given to us enthusiasts and everybody else.
As seasoned professionals, you don’t need me telling you to how to handle the unfortunate comments and toxicity that can arise during such a launch, it’s just business as usual 
. That this marvel of software engineering works AT ALL is just incredible. So once again, thank you so much, everybody, I am BEYOND excited to see the evolution of this next chapter of the best flight simulator there is(my opinion) and it’s already so ■■■■ good when it works and about to get even better!
Cheers to all the positive people with realistic expectations and a constructive mindset, we’re in for a very good ride 
! Happy flying everybody!
