The "ideal spec" is a Ryzen X or Core i7-9800X / 32GB of system RAM and a something like a Radeon VII or GeForce RTX 2080 graphics card. If you really like some eye-candy, you'll need a Ryzen 5 1500X or Core i5-8400 with 16GB of system RAM paired with a Radeon RX 590 or GeForce GTX 970. Just 8GB of ram and an AMD Ryor Intel Core i5-4460 processor at a minimum, with 2GB of VRAM from a graphics card - with Microsoft requiring an AMD Radeon RX 570 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 graphics card. Obviously you'll need a beefy PC. Flight Simulator requires at least 150GB of storage.
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Update April 22nd: the specs have been released as to what is recommended PC wise. The latter will be more attractive for those who only want to fly and enjoy the landscapes of the world without paying much attention to reality. Live Players mode will be the main simulation of the game, but there is also the All Players mode, which allows you to control practically everything in the simulation, including weather.
For example, if you fly over Paris in the middle of a storm, that's because there is indeed a storm in Paris. Meanwhile, if players activate Live Players mode, the weather will also be simulated based on real-world information. The flight information will simulate "most, if not all" of the planes that fly over the world at any time, and when the game is offline, an AI will take over piloting them. This is confirmed by Sebastian Wloch, director of Asobo, in the latest video in the series of new features. But yea, next to ading real-time weather Microsoft Flight Simulator will use real flight information to simulate real-time air traffic. Interesting feature huh? Right now the skies would be quite empty though.