Cities Without People

Summary by Krater

An exploration of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 as a simulator of Earth, looking at cities, geography, and how it handles urban space.

From the video

Answers: What does Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 reveal about our world?

• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
• Cities in video games
• Urban planning and parking space
• Football 17776
• The Scream by Edvard Munch

What it concludes

• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is a one-to-one scale model of Earth that makes cities and geographic locations feel real and tangible.
• Parking takes up an enormous amount of land area in cities like Seattle and Houston.
• Urban areas in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 show the physical scars and spatial dominance of cars over other forms of transport.
• The simulation allows us to see both our current human dominance and the immense scale of the natural world.