Question: Scenary update (frequency, and so on)

Dear all,

Hi. I am a Japanese player, who loves this title. I am not new to the series, but my skill is at a poor level. BTW, You might know that “Asobo” means “let’s play” in Japanese. :smiley:

I purchased MSFS2020 just a few weeks ago, and so far I am enjoying Cessna 172, H135 and Volocopter. I am not an exception to enjoy the beautiful scenery in the game, so I wanted to ask you a question about scenary.

Unlike other titles, I assume we will enjoy this title for a long period of time, like 10 years? Then my question is 1) whether or not the scenary will be updated, and 2) when it will be, if any?

This question is not about the quality, like google VS bing. If I understand well, the scenery in the game is made by AI which makes buildings or landscapes by Bing map, and some famous spots are made by hand. And I understand there are some “Wolrd update” or other scenery Mods.

Just in case, my environment is Win 10, Steam Deluxe, with World update of Japan and USA, and all the options related to “Data” is “On”, like using stream data to make the scenery more beautiful, and Graphics is Medium level.

But even when I am flying in the center of Tokyo, a certain railway station, which is famous at least in Japan, doesn’t appear. This station started its operation in March 2020, but in the game, the area of the station showed the situation before construction. This is just an example, and I noticed several new buildings don’t appear in the game. So I assume MSFS2020 has used a bit old data.

My intention is not to complain about the situation above. But while we’re going to enjoy this title for a long period of time, maybe many people face similar situations.

I was wondering if Bing’s data itself is not so frequently updated, or there might be other factors, and so on.

But I’m not sure, for example, once Bing’s data is updated, whether it might be automatically reflected in the game or not.

Thank you in advance.

Best regards,

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