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Weekly Recap Next week is the National Championship Air Races ! For five days in Roswell, New Mexico, aviation fans will witness the world’s fastest motorsport as pilots compete in exhilarating wing-to-wing races. The MSFS Team will be present with a booth in Roswell where race a
Weekly Recap Members of the Microsoft Flight Simulator and Asobo Studios teams have recently returned from exhibiting at gamescom 2026 in Cologne, Germany. Attendees were able to get a first hands-on look at the upcoming National Championship Air Races mode within Microsoft Fligh
Celebrate Our Anniversary – Franchise Sale Starts Today We are celebrating the 6th anniversary of the Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) launch, which marked the celebrated return of Microsoft’s longest running, supported franchise. To make this a real celebration, we are running
Weekly Recap Last week we released Sim Update 6 on all platforms. If you missed the release notes for this major update, you can read them in full here . Also, please be sure to share your feedback and vote in our surveys and submit bug reports if you encounter any issues. Earlie
Weekly Recap Sim Update 6 is now available on all platforms! Highlights of this release include the return of bush trips, support for Nvidia DLSS 4.5, updates to many aircraft, and thousands of other bug fixes and improvements. You can read the full release notes for SU6 here . E
RELEASE NOTES Sim Update 6 - Release - 1.8.14.0 If you are playing on PC, outdated packages in your community folder may have an unexpected impact on the title’s performance and behavior. If you suffer from stability issues or long loading times, move your community package(s) to
Weekly Recap Development of Sim Update 6 continues with a new test build (1.8.11.0) released to those enrolled in the optional SU6 public beta earlier this week. In case you missed it, you can read the release notes for 1.8.11.0 at this link . For those participating in the beta,
Weekly Recap Public beta testing for the upcoming Sim Update 6 remains ongoing. Earlier this week, we released a new test build to those simmers enrolled in the optional SU6 beta. You can read the full release notes for this build (1.8.10.0) on our forums here . To all those part
Weekly Recap The dev team remains very hard at work on Sim Update 6 ! In case you missed it, last week we released a new public beta build, version 1.8.8.0. You can read the release notes for this test build on our forums here . As always, we encourage everyone participating in t
Weekly Recap Public testing of Sim Update 6 continues with a new beta build (1.8.8.0) today. You can find the full release notes for this build on our forums here . As always, we highly encourage everyone participating in the beta to vote in our surveys at this link . If you are
Weekly Recap Following last week’s release of Sim Update 5.1 and World Update 22: United States National Parks , we are now pleased to begin the Sim Update 6 Pre-Release Public Beta Test . You can find the release notes for the first test build (1.8.5.0) on our forums here . If y
Weekly Recap Sim Update 5.1 (1.7.35.0) is now available for all simmers on all platforms! You can read the full release notes here . Also please be sure to vote in our SU5.1 forum surveys at this link as your feedback is incredibly valuable to us. Today also saw this release of W
Watch YouTube Video Microsoft Flight Simulator: World Update 22 celebrates the beauty of the United States in honor of the nation’s 250th birthday! The United States of America is home to some of the most beautiful landscapes in the world, including breathtaking mountains, serene
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 | Sim Update 5.1 – Release Notes – 1.7.35.0 If you are playing on PC, outdated packages in your community folder may have an unexpected impact on the title’s performance and behavior. If you suffer from stability issues or long loading times, move
Weekly Recap The public beta test for Sim Update 5.1 remains ongoing, with 1.7.34.0 being the latest test build . We would once again like to thank everyone from the community who is participating in the beta and sharing your comments and bug reports. Your feedback is invaluable
Weekly Recap The MSFS team is back after spending a fantastic weekend at FSExpo 2026! It’s always a huge pleasure for the team to meet so many passionate simmers and discuss our shared love of aviation with you! In case you missed it, Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neuma
Weekly Recap The ongoing public pre-release test for Sim Update 5.1 continues with a new build (1.7.30.0) released last week to those enrolled in the optional beta. You can read the release notes for this build here . We once again kindly ask everyone participating in the public
Weekly Recap The Sim Update 5.1 beta remains ongoing, and the team is very carefully reviewing all the player feedback and bug reports , the results of our forum surveys , and automatic telemetry data from beta testers as they work to improve stability and resolve low memory and
Weekly Recap Public testing of the ongoing Sim Update 5.1 Beta continues. This test build is specifically targeted to address player concerns about stability, low memory warnings, and avionics issues, particularly on consoles. In case you missed it, you can read the full release
Weekly Recap In response to the stability and avionics issues on Xbox and PS5 introduced in Sim Update 5, we’ve prepared a new update (1.7.28.0) for all platforms. We are actively investigating the core memory and avionics issues affecting both Xbox and PS5. While we believe this