Microsoft Flight Simulator's World Update IX sees the impressive and visually stunning flight sim spruce up the beautiful countrysides, cities, and landmarks of Italy and Malta. And with a new 4K trailer giving us a look at the highlights (with music that is very reminiscent of The Godfather) it's an impressive Mediterranean fly-over.

And it looks like there's a few places to rent in Tuscany.



"Fly throughout the historic cities of Rome and Venice, soar above Mediterranean coastlines, and navigate sheer-faced peaks, all rendered in lifelike realism with World Update IX: Italy & Malta," writes Jorg Neumann, Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator. "The Microsoft Flight Simulator team has refined this area with the latest geospatial data available, including digital elevation modeling, aerial and satellite imagery, and triangulated irregular network (TIN) modeling of 20 cities, including Rome, Naples, Venice, and Milan."

World Update IX includes:

Four handcrafted airports:

• Palermo Airport (LICJ) in Sicily
  
• Sondrio Airport (LILO) in the southern Tyrol
  
• Marina di Campo Airport (LIRJ) on Elba Island
  
• Bolanzo Airport (LIPB) in the southern Tyrol

Enhanced detail of 100 other airports

94 points of interest in Italy

11 points of interest in Malta

Three bush trips

Three discovery flights

Three new landing challenges.

And it's available now for free for all Microsoft Flight Simulator players on PC and Console.