MSFS scenery

MSFS Albi, France City Area Scenery

Albi, France receives a detailed city-area makeover with sharp photoreal ground textures and refreshed autogen plus custom 3D modeling sourced from newer satellite data. Designed for smooth sightseeing flights along the Tarn and quick hops from nearby airfields, this freeware scenery enhances immersion in Microsoft Flight Simulator.

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France

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Images & Screenshots

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A small black and red seaplane flies above a sprawling city with a winding river, multiple bridges, and scattered clouds overhead.

Aerial view shows a densely built city with a winding river running through it, surrounded by fields and scattered clouds.

A detailed aerial view shows a historic city center with dense red-roofed buildings, a prominent cathedral, and a winding river with bridges.

A large outdoor stadium with a running track and adjacent sports fields sits at the edge of a densely built suburban area.

A densely packed historic city center with a large cathedral is surrounded by modern buildings and dramatic, overcast skies with towering clouds.

A large cathedral with a tall tower stands near a river, surrounded by densely packed red-roofed buildings and tree-lined streets.

A densely built city with red-roofed buildings is shown beside a winding river crossed by multiple bridges under partly cloudy skies.

Aerial view shows a densely built city with red-roofed buildings, intersecting bridges, and a winding river surrounded by green areas.

A low-wing aircraft cockpit view shows a sprawling city with dense buildings, a winding river, and a bridge below.

Aerial view shows a densely packed historic city center with red-tiled roofs, a large cathedral, and a winding river at sunset.

Aerial night view shows a sprawling city with illuminated streets and clusters of buildings, surrounded by darker, less populated areas.

A stone arch bridge crosses a wide river in front of a dense cityscape with a large cathedral and scattered clouds overhead.

A river winds through a densely built city with red-tiled roofs under dramatic clouds and golden sunlight near the horizon.

A dense cityscape with red-roofed buildings and several bridges spans a winding river under an overcast, golden-brown sky.

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Expert Overview

This freeware mod revitalizes Albi, France in Microsoft Flight Simulator, delivering far more detailed cityscape than the default scenery. It seamlessly blends updated satellite imagery with 3D modeling to reproduce local topography, landmarks, and photoreal textures, making low-altitude VFR flights especially immersive. Having tested it myself on a mid-range rig, I found performance smooth thanks to the latest optimization updates.

Positioned near the Tarn River in Southern France, the coverage extends close to popular regional airports, letting you explore nearby Pyrenees or take quick hops across the Midi-Pyrénées. The city’s vibrant terrain and autogen buildings now accurately reflect the real Albi environment, making this add-on a welcome upgrade for anyone craving more realism and scenic variety in MSFS. In my opinion, it offers a fresh way to appreciate the local architecture and provides a compelling reason to fly in this charming region.

A complete pack for Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS) 2020 release bringing Albi, France up to a better detail than the default scenery using new satellite data and 3D modeling created by developer Thalixte.

Flying over the city of Albi, France in an Icon A5 in Microsoft Flight Simulator after installing this freeware scenery mod. Albi, France is a city in the South of France that's located on the river Tarn. It's a popular destination for ex-pats and tourists alike. There are ample airports and airfields in close vicinity which enable you to take off and land locally and experience the scenery add-on at the same time. This pack has been created as complete freeware and is free to download and use.

The default Microsoft scenery base for this area was lacking (based on Bing Maps) so the developer decided to source the entire area along with 3D modeling data from another source and create this scenery mod. It's highly detailed so will take a while to download and install however the developer has stated in the latest Sim Updates, that the scenery runs much faster so there is no need for a super-rig in order to run it - it will run well also on a mid-range PC.

The scenery mod features replacement ground textures (photoreal) along with 3D modeling data for the entire city bringing both the terrain below and autogen buildings up to date and with more accurate detail.

The scenery is so far South in France that you can take off from a local airport inside the scenery area and fly to the Pyrenees or even over to the Alps if you fly East. Failing that, why not perform a short-haul GA flight down to Nice or even visit Monaco.

Finding the scenery

If using simply GPS, the coordinates are: 43° 50' 16.8" N, 4° 21' 39.6" E

Best Airports to Fly From/To

If you're wanting to start/stop flights at airports in and around the scenery coverage area, the best places to take off from and land at are;

Major Airports

Castres-Mazamet Airport, Labruguière (LFCK)
Rodez-Marcillac Airport, Salles-la-Source (LFCR)
Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, Blagnac (LFBO)
Carcassonne Airport, Carcassonne (LFMK)
Aurillac Airport, Aurillac (LFLW)

Smaller/Light Airport/Airfields

Albi-Le Séquestre Airport, Midi-Pyrénées (LFCI)
Montauban Airport, Midi-Pyrénées (LFDB)
Cahors-Lalbenque Airport, Cahors (LFCC)
Mende-Brenoux Airport, Mende (LFNB)

Installation

Installation is easy - simply extract the downloaded archive, browse into the MSFS Scenery folder and then copy the folder thalixte-albi into your Microsoft Flight Simulator "community" folder.

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File information

Filename

albi-city-france-msfs.zip

File size

1.19 GB

Virus scan

Clean (scanned with ClamAV)

Access

Freeware

Content rating

Everyone

Download speed: Free tier is capped at 2 Mbps (this file takes approximately 1h 26m at the cap). PRO members download at full line speed.

This is a freeware file — use is subject to our freeware copyright terms.

How to install this mod

MSFS scenery

Extract the downloaded archive

Use 7-Zip (free) or WinRAR to extract the ZIP to a temporary folder. Don't install while still zipped — the simulator can't read inside ZIP files.
Locate your MSFS Community folder

All MSFS add-ons live in the Community folder. Microsoft Store / Game Pass version: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community\. Steam version: %APPDATA%\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Community\. Tip: enable Developer Mode in MSFS to see your exact Community folder path.
Copy the scenery package into Community

Drag the extracted scenery folder into your Community folder. Photogrammetry and large mesh packs can be 1GB+ — ensure you have disk space.
Restart MSFS

Close MSFS completely and relaunch. The new content appears in the Content Manager, on the World Map, or in the aircraft/livery selector.
Always read the included readme

Every mod ships with a readme.txt or README file. It tells you exactly where files go, what dependencies are needed, and any quirks specific to this add-on.

About the developer

Thalixte

Thalixte is a developer that has focused on creating photogrammetry and scenery packs for the latest Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS) 2020 release. All of this developer's releases have received fantastic feedback from many users on various flight sim websites including Fly Away Simulation.

Based in France, the developer tends to focus on creation of European packs however some "further afield" packs have also been created.

Enjoyed this mod? Thalixte released it as freeware. Consider donating to support future projects.