Sat Nov 16 09:10:00 UTC 2024: ## Highly Anticipated Games STALKER 2 and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Launch Next Week

**New York, NY – [Date of Publication]** – Two highly anticipated video games, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, are set to launch next week, on November 19th and 20th respectively. Nvidia has released Game Ready driver 566.14, offering optimized performance and bug fixes for both titles, including a fix for the Corsair iCUE CPU utilization issue.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, a sequel to the 2007 hit, is a first-person shooter/immersive sim/horror hybrid set in a vast, open-world recreation of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Initial benchmarks using Nvidia GPUs reveal that the Unreal Engine 5 powered game is demanding, even for high-end cards, though DLSS 3 significantly improves performance. At 4K maximum settings, an RTX 4090 averages 52.4 FPS without DLSS 3, but jumps to 123 FPS with it enabled.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, the next iteration of the popular flight simulator, focuses on player career progression with various career paths available. While benchmarks are not yet available, the game will support a range of Nvidia technologies, including DLSS 3, DLAA, ray tracing, and Reflex.

Minimum and recommended system requirements have been released for both games, highlighting the need for powerful hardware to achieve optimal performance, especially for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. This launch also marks the end of updates for Nvidia GeForce Experience and the Nvidia Control Panel, with the Nvidia App now taking over. AMD and Intel are expected to release their respective drivers soon.

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