Microsoft's new games are encrypted with Arxan-Steam DRM technologyMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2020On the day of its listing, it was reported that the encryption protection had been cracked.
According to the game cracking organizationHOODLUMA statement said that it had cracked "Flight Simulator 2020", which was launched on the shelves earlier by Microsoft, causing this game, which took many years to develop, to face a piracy crisis on the first day of its launch.
In addition to "Microsoft Flight Simulator", other games that were cracked by Hoodlum on the first day of their release include the role-playing game "Greed Fall" promoted by Spiders, the action role-playing game "ONINAKI" created by Tokyo RPG Factory, and "Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales" created by CD Projekt Red. All of these games were cracked on the first day of their release.
The cracking of game encryption means that game sales will face an impact, especially for games that many players have been looking forward to for a long time, which will easily attract people to download pirated content. It may also trigger more incidents caused by pirated content, such as using cracked files to trick users into downloading virus-containing content, or tricking them into clicking on fraudulent links.
Microsoft emphasized that the newly launched "Flight Simulator 2020" will be able to correspond to more realistic visual performance. In addition to the current inclusion of up to 30 aircraft models and 40 airports, the game also includes more than 200 million cities, 15 billion buildings, 2 trillion trees, and includes landscapes such as mountains, rivers and roads. Even players can experience a real driving experience in the cockpit of the aircraft or see herds of animals running on the ground.
At the same time, the game also provides a real weather simulation design to correspond to the influence of different wind speeds, wind directions, and humidity. In addition, a night flight mode is also added, and you can even feel the different aerodynamic effects of different aircraft such as light jets or large passenger aircraft.
According to the details released by Microsoft, in order to run "Flight Simulator 2020" smoothly, it must be equipped with at least AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or equivalent processor specifications and above, and use Radeon RX 570 or equivalent graphics card specifications or above. The memory capacity must be at least 8GB, and more than 2GB of virtual memory space. The storage capacity must be at least 150GB, and the network speed is recommended to be at least 5Mbps.
The recommended configuration specifications include at least a Ryzen 7 2700X or Intel Core i7-9800X processor, a graphics card of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 or AMD Radeon VII or above, and at least 32GB of memory and 8GB of virtual memory. It is recommended to retain 150GB of storage space, but it is recommended to switch to SSD specifications. The network transmission speed is recommended to reach at least 50Mbps.
