MSFS – Development Update August 14th, 2025

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:

  • Sim Update 3 Beta (1.5.24.0) Release Notes – August 11th, 2025

    New Content and Features
    • Reworked character / fauna / airport graphic settings for more coherence between platforms
  • Stability & Performance
    • Fixed a crash when switching in and out of VR
  • MyLibrary
    • Fixed an issue where the transfer of the package files would fail and retry infinitely on the Xbox app version of the game
  • General
    • Fixed manifest.json not being rewritten when changing the export type (could lead to packages indicating a Community export type while they had been properly exported for Marketplace)

  • Sim Update 3 Beta (1.5.25.0) Release Notes – August 13th, 2025

    Stability & Performance
    • Fixed a crash in the airport system.
  • Virtual Reality
    • Fixed Traffic options not saving/applying correctly.
    • Re-activated the new LoD Curve in VR

As mentioned in the weekly Development Blog a few weeks ago, Microsoft Flight Simulator will be at Gamescom again this year in Cologne, Germany! If you are attending the event, please stop by our booth and say hello to members of the MSFS team. We always love meeting and chatting with our players and fans!

To coincide with Gamescom, next week we will be releasing both City Update 12 and Local Legend 21! We’re excited to share more information about both of these updates with you in the coming days!

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