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September 4th, 2025 Development Update

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is X user Takeru_Toys! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below. The dev team is heads down this week putting the final touches on the first pre-release test build for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 4, and the public beta test for SU4 will begin very soon! As always, please monitor our official forums to find...

August 28th, 2025 Development Update

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is X user tsujiKa_air! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below. Last week we released Sim Update 3 for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. In case you missed it, the full release notes for SU3 are available at this link. Also, if you have not yet done so, please be sure to vote in our SU3 surveys [on our...

August 21st, 2025 Development Update

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is forum user Zeanuck! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below.

This was a big week for new releases for MSFS fans!

First, we released Sim Update 3 (version 1.5.27.0) for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. This update contains thousands of bug fixes and other improvements, as well as the ability to download more content to one’s local storage drive, a feature...

Release Notes – Sim Update 3 [1.5.27.0] Now Available | MSFS 2024

microsoft flight simulator 2024 | Sim Update 3 – release notes – 1.5.27.0

New Content and Features

  • Added filters in controls settings menu
  • Added loading spinner when aircraft are loading
  • Do not display Helipad/port markers when flying a plane
  • Reworked character / fauna / airport graphic settings for more coherence between platforms
  • Added ForceFlare parameter to LightAttributes section of FX files ...

August 14th, 2025 Development Update

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is X user ukaka5656! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below. The ongoing beta test for MSFS 2024 Sim Update 3 continues with two new pre-release builds this week. In case you missed it, you can see the release notes for each of these test builds here: ...

August 7th, 2025 Development Update

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is X user tsujiKa_air! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below. On Tuesday, Sim Update 16 for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) saw its full release. This update includes improvements to stability and performance to aircraft, avionics, and more! Click here to read the full release notes. We are...