Correct. But you also have the option to request a different runway. Like real life, they won’t always say yes, but in my experience, most of the time they will.
I’m a big fan of what MS/Asobo has pulled together with MSFS, and unlike so many others on this board, I don’t have most of the problems I keep hearing about over and over and over again. I think the reality is that most people don’t have them either, but they don’t bother coming here to relate their experience they have nothing to complain about.
Having said that, one of the things that I am very disappointed with is the default ATC. Heck, when I first got the sim I just figured given the time it took between the release of FSX and this one, and specifically considering Microsoft’s use of voice technology (see: Cortana) I was downright shocked to find I wasn’t talking to ATC.
And the more I used it, the worse it got, because those guys don’t know how to vector for squat (I’m at a total loss how they even graduated ATC school), they don’t assign SIDs or STARs, I’ve yet to ever once hear a change from what I filed, a request to enter a hold and dozens of other things that as a real life pilot just made me cringe. It has improved, but not nearly enough. If they don’t have plans for a MAJOR overhaul, they need to follow the advice from the phrase “If you can’t beat 'em, join 'em”, and just buy one of the 3rd party ATC providers and get it over with.