With its tireless pursuit of realism, Laminar Research presents X-Plane 12, beautifully simulating the aviation world using real-world data and first principal physics. In this latest version all major aspects of the simulation have been rewritten so that you can enjoy the finest flight simulation experience.
What’s New
Photometric, HDR lighting engine
The 4D weather engine
Seven new aircraft – A330, Citation X, SR22, RV-10, PA-18, R-22, Lancair Evolution
Volumetric 3D clouds
Seasonal and weather-specific visual effects – snow, seasonal foliage, ice and rain
New 3D forests, water, foliage
X-Plane 12 includes:
Universal platform support (Windows, Mac with Native ARM Support and Linux)
Global scenery
19 high-quality aircraft with immersive 3-D cockpits
Free internet updates for all versions of 12.xx
Recommended Hardware Requirements:
- CPU: Intel Core intel i5-12600K or Ryzen 5 3500 or better, or Apple Silicon
- Memory: 16-24 GB RAM or more
- Video Card: a DirectX 12-capable video card from NVIDIA or AMD with
at least 4-8 GB VRAM (GeForce RTX 2070 or better, or similar from AMD)
- Note: Intel GPUs are not supported by X-Plane 12.
Supported Video Cards:
- NVIDIA:
Nvidia 900 series Desktop GPU or newer, or GeForce 965M, 970M, 980M and
980MX or newer (Second generation Maxwell or newer); driver version 510
or newer
- AMD: AMD Radeon RX 500 or newer, driver version Adrenaline 22.2.1or newer
- Apple Silicon
Supported Operating Systems:
- macOS: macOS 10.15 or newer (e.g. Catalina, Big Sur, or Monterey)
- Windows: Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
- Linux: Varies
- If you want to run on Linux, you will need to try X-Plane on your
distribution to see if it is compatible. We have developers using Ubuntu
20.04 LTS and newer successfully, however we don’t provide support for
specific distributions.
- X Plane requires the proprietary driver from NVIDIA to run X-Plane.
requires the Mesa drivers, version 22.0 or newer, for AMD to run X-Plane.