New Features

• Air Traffic Control (ATC)
• Crowded Skies
• Floatplane Flying
• Enhanced Virtual Cockpits
• Flight Analysis
• Autogenerated Scenery
• Improved Weather System
• More then 21,000 Airports
• New Lessons and Flights
• Multiplayer Capability
• Graphical Flight Planner

Version Differences
The Professional version comes with a few more features then the standard version. They are:

• Additional Aircraft - Cessna 208 Caravan on Amphibious Floats, Cessna 208 Grand Caravan, Boeing 747-400, Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP, Raytheon BE58 Baron
• gMax Editor - Graphic editor that allows you to edit and create objects (airports, planes, and more)
• Flight Instructor Station - Two player feature that allows one person to be the instructor.

Graphics
Perhaps one of the best improvements is the graphics. For many users with low-end machines the game was slow going. With this version Microsoft starting from the beginning and created a stunning auto-generated scenery. There are a few errors with the graphics. Trees and buildings sometimes don't sit just right on the ground. Even with the improvements, the game is still a resource hog. You'll need lots of RAM and a good processor to fully take advantage of the beautiful, fluid graphics. It may take some time tweaking the settings, to get the graphics just the way you want.

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