
About this addon
From the creator of Immersive Lights London & Los Angeles
Tired of the dull and repetitive night lighting in Microsoft Flight Simulator?
Germany & Netherlands Immersive Lighting is the addon you've been waiting for.
This mod replaces generic lighting with real-world data-driven lights, accurately placed across the entire territories of Germany and the Netherlands. From dense urban grids to rural roads, every light you see exists in real life — offering an authentic and immersive experience when flying at night.
Unlike the default lights, these are independent of the simulator's LOD system, meaning they remain visible even from high altitudes. They are also highly optimized: they don’t cast ground light and have virtually no impact on performance (FPS).
Want to try it before you buy?
You can download the London city lights version for free on flightsim.to and experience the difference for yourself.
Whether you're flying VFR at night or cruising at FL350, this mod brings Germany and the Netherlands to life after dark like never before.
Changelog
- Added missing strobe lights
The biggest update so far: lights now illuminate the ground, and every city gets far more realistic, varied lighting. Important: Remove old versions. If you prefer the lights without the ground glow, just leave out or remove the "-glow" folder. The lights work on their own. Enjoy! New - Ground glow: roads, junctions and lamps now cast soft light on the ground, following the terrain. - Floodlights: stadiums, sports centres, industry, piers and shopping areas now use banks of floodlights, the brightest lights in the scene, with their light pooling inside the site. Lit sports fields, tracks, river ports and big-city rail yards get floodlight masts too. - Shop signs: colored lights in busy commercial streets (green pharmacy crosses, neon bars, warm restaurant fronts). - Lamp variety: brightness and color temperature vary from pole to pole, with the occasional extra-bright, amber or flickering lamp. - Mixed lamp technologies: warm/neutral LED neighbourhoods with districts still on orange sodium, in natural, irregular patches. Improved - Realistic lighting policy: Autobahns are lit only where they are lit in reality; main roads are lit through towns and stay dark across the countryside; roads mapped as unlit stay dark. - Better town detection: ring roads and outskirts of big cities are no longer left dark. - Streets are lit on the correct side, with realistic spacing per road type, and each light sits on its own pool of light. - Tunnels no longer show lights on the surface above them. - Bigger, clearer light sprites, with motorways and streets easy to tell apart. Fixed - Large parts of dense areas (Ruhr, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich...) were missing street lights: every street is now included. - Many industrial, commercial and sports sites had no lights in dense regions.
- Removed lights from Autobahns and added lights only on roads that are lit
Hotfix: Lights would not load correctly when both packages were installed simultaneously. This issue has now been fixed. Please update to the latest version. Also reduced light intensity. Thanks!
- Refactor of all the lights - Added exclusions in every airport - Added lighting types - Added strobe lights based on building height - Added beacon lights based on antennas Please delete old versions before updating. Thank you for your support. Austria coming soon! :D
User Reviews
Murcon
VerifiedOct 4, 2026
Nice Immersion
GerriBaldi57
VerifiedOct 1, 2026
Hallo, habe das Addon runtergeladen und installiert. Leider funktioniert es nur unter MSFS 2024. Ich habe aber nur MSFS2020 und es zu spät gesehen. Kann man es nicht auch für 2020 verfügbar machen. Das wäre absolut super. Danke für die Antwort Schade, denn man übersieht sehr leicht welcher Simulator gemeint ist. Besser wäre es würde geteilt, für jeden SIM extra abrufbar. Aber das ist ja nicht Deine Baustelle.
Hallo! Leider ist das Addon aktuell nur mit MSFS 2024 kompatibel, da ich MSFS 2020 selbst nicht besitze und es deshalb dafür weder entwickeln noch testen kann. Die Kompatibilität nur mit MSFS 2024 ist auch auf der Produktseite angegeben. Wenn es für dich möglich wäre, die 1-Sterne-Bewertung zu entfernen oder anzupassen, wäre ich dir wirklich sehr dankbar. Solche Bewertungen haben leider einen großen Einfluss auf ein kleines Addon, obwohl die MSFS-2024-Kompatibilität auf der Produktseite angegeben ist. Vielen Dank für dein Verständnis!
Skypat
VerifiedJul 15, 2026
Game changer during night Thx
Thank you!
Sandale
VerifiedMay 21, 2026
Hello. Why are the German motorways (Autobahnen) illuminated? This is not realistic since most German motorways do not have lighting.
Hello! The lighting generation is based on OpenStreetMap data, and in many cases the roads are tagged there as illuminated. That’s why some German motorways currently appear lit in the addon. I’ll research the specific Autobahn sections and review the OSM data/logic, because you are correct that most German motorways are not illuminated in real life. I’ll adjust this in a future update accordingly. Thank you for the feedback!
FlyingVulpes
VerifiedSep 9, 2025
I've been using this a fair bit, but I've noticed some big stutters (5-10sec) with this installed.. I'm on high-end hardware, but it still did this for an unexplainable reason. Add-On looks great however, and the developers did a great job with all the lights. I'm looking forward to more parts of Europe, but a resolution for the stutters would be appreciated.
Hi, sorry for the late response. Now it should be working with no stutters. Please update to latest version. Thank you for your support!
Jojo1887
VerifiedJul 23, 2025
this is awesome!
Thank you!
Immersive Lights - Germany & Netherlands
Immersive Lights - Germany & Netherlands enhances nighttime visuals in Microsoft Flight Simulator with realistic, data-driven lighting. This add-on replaces generic lights with accurately placed real-world illuminations across urban and rural areas, ensuring an authentic after-dark flying experience. The highly optimized lighting remains visible at high altitudes and does not affect performance, providing an immersive environment for night flying.
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Requirements
Additional Requirements
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
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Details
- Category
- Scenery Enhancements
- Release Date
- Jul 14, 2025
- Last Updated
- Oct 22, 2026
- Reviews
- 6
- Compatibility
- MSFS2024


