Why does the search term "Microsoft Flight Simulator 2011" still get traffic today? Nostalgia.
Furthermore, 2011 was the last year you could fly the "real" world before Microsoft’s hiatus. From 2012 until the release of , the franchise was legally dead. The 2011 era represents the peak of the "old way"—where you bought a base engine and built the world yourself. microsoft flight simulator 2011