MSFS Development Update – September 4th, 2025
As of writing the Community Fly-in for this Friday is live. You can follow it here. Or watch it back. Not that many exciting news for MSFS2024. Only that 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 […]
Fantastic News for Aerosoft Fans: Düsseldorf for FS20, EDDF Optimization, EDDS and Paris LFPG Announced
Aerosoft Flight has unveiled its roadmap for 2025, packed with exciting developments for flight simulation enthusiasts. The announcement includes new scenery releases, significant updates to existing airports, and a continued commitment to community feedback. The focus remains on delivering high-quality scenery products for both Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and the upcoming MSFS 2024.
Synaptic A220: Former Open-Source Project Becomes Payware Under iniBuilds’ Wing
Synaptic Simulations has released a comprehensive update on the development status of the A220 for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and 2024. Originally announced as an open-source project, the Synaptic A220 is now being developed as payware under the guidance of iniBuilds. The project aims to deliver a highly detailed and authentic A220 experience, with a focus on accuracy, attention to detail, and performance.
MSFS – Development Update March 27, 2025
Short news items from de MSFS Development team. 2 day’s ago began de public beta test for Sim Update 2. The next major update to MSFS 2024. This is one of — if not the — largest updates and contains hundreds of bug fixes and other improvements. You can read the full release notes on this forum topic here. […]
MK Studios Announces Project Updates, Focus on Düsseldorf and Seattle
MK Studios has provided an update on its ongoing projects and future plans. The team is working on updates for FS2024 but asks for patience due to the significant time and resources required. The next major update is scheduled for Montreal, followed by Malaga. They are also awaiting the end of the beta phase of […]
MSFS2024: Sim Update 1 – Progress, but Uncertainty Remains
The Microsoft Flight Simulator Team confirmed in the latest Development Update from February 27, 2025, that work on Sim Update 1 (SU1) for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is ongoing. This is fundamentally positive news, as SU1, being the first major update after the release of the new simulator, promises important improvements and bug fixes. However, […]
iniBuilds Showcases Upcoming A350 for MSFS
A recent live stream provided a detailed look at iniBuilds upcoming Airbus A350 for Microsoft Flight Simulator, highlighting the aircraft’s features and development progress. The presentation covered various aspects, from visual fidelity and system depth to performance and third-party integrations. The stream showcased the A350’s detailed modeling and textures, as well as its complex system […]
MSFS – Development Update March 28, 2024
About the Sim Update 15: “The full release of Sim Update 15 (SU_15) will be slightly delayed from its earlier targeted release date of March 26. It’s important that we take the time to get it right, and after careful consideration, the team concluded that SU_15 isn’t quite ready yet. We’re now targeting a release […]
DCS WWII Developers Announce Landscape Builder SDK for Kickerstarter Backers
With the Kickstarter fund for DCS WWII Europe 1944 having reached its minimum threshold and advancing towards the next goal, the developers have announced that, in addition to Alpha and Beta access to the title, backers will also be able to download the Landscape Builder SDK. Known as the Eagle Dynamics Graphics Engine (EDGE), the […]
Accu-Sim C172 Trainer Development – Part 1
A while ago, A2A Simulations promised that they would release a development update for the upcoming Accu-Sim C172. As it happens, they decided there was two much to tell you in one video, so instead they’ve opted for three, covering different areas of the package. In this first episode, Scott Gentile mainly discuss the walkaround […]
X-Plane 10 skies preview
Aerosoft will publish the DVD of X-Plane 10, developed by Laminar Research so they had the chance to get their hands on some preview sneaks. Open Aerosoft forum to see various skies made possible in the next version of X-Plane. The simulator development blog explains why a high bandwidth video card and motherboard will help […]
PMDG’s View On FS2004
Like many other major developers, Robert Randazzo, PMDG’s owner, sees development for FSX as the way forward now, dictated by market economies. Upon some heated discussions on their support forums, he made a statement that you can read here. PMDG is not alone of course, since FSX is really taking off finally.
Shannon Airport Announced
Eiresim “…… proudly announce the forthcoming release of Shannon Airport, ‘Gateway to the West’. Shannon Airport (EINN) is a significant international airport with both modern and historical importance to transatlantic flight and air traffic control. It serves over three million passengers annually. This title is premium grade scenery showcasing the latest animation and optimization features […]
Karachi Airport Under Wraps
We stumbled onto a designer from Pakistan who is beavering away at building Karachi Airport. Some screenshots on the forum of History of PIA show the progress and to be honest; it looks quite nice! Have a look at some of the pictures here.
Sneak Previews Of Flytampa’s Boston
George Grimshaw (Flytampa) has a couple of great looking screenshots on his forum, showing his current work on Boston Airport Version 3. Here’s one of them. You can find the others on his forum in this thread and here.
Airport Design Editor Updated
ScruffyDuck Software and the ADE Development Team are “delighted to announce the release of ADE9X. This is the first version of Airport Design Editor to support both FS9 and FSX. The new functionality means that FS9 airport developers now have access to most of the functionality that has been available to FSX designers for some […]
Piper Cubs Galore !
Sometimes there is nothing to report, and sometimes we can’t keep up ! Like now we have not one but THREE new Piper Cubs in the works for FSX. There’s the very elaborate one by A2A Simulations, featuring their cool but complex AccuSim technology. And then there is the Super Cub that Mike at Flight […]
Next Level Simulations’ A380
Oliver Braun of Next Level Simulations in Munich, Germany, writes “….. We’d like to announce that our new (flash) website is finally online! You’ll find some information about our A380 project as well as some new screenshots. …”. Their website can be found here.
A New DC-9 In The Works
I read a comment not long ago from a reader who was asking for a DC-9 under FSX….. wel, his wish will come through! It so happens I heard that there will be one on simMarket soon, made by a company operating under the name Sky Simulations, or SkySim for short. You can already take […]
Approaching Beirut
Those of you who like to fly the not-so-common grounds will be delighted to hear that Jad Abizeid of LEBOR Simulations is working on Rafik Hariri Intl. Airport in Beirut/Lebanon. At the development page, you can find some screenshots and background information. Quoting the site: “OLBAX scenery is designed from scratch thus no element from […]
Coming Soon – Foundair Bushhawk XP
The Foundair Bushhawk is a Canadian built bushplane that is not widely known outside Canada. Until now, that is. Currently well into it’s beta testing, this FSX model is planned for release by developers ‘Flyways’ under the Aerosoft label in the fall. The Bushhawk is an ideal bush plane to serve ‘off the beaten track’ […]
Carenado enters in a new generation of product development
Fernando Herrera explains: ”FSX has opened a whole new world of technological possibilities to push up even more our high quality standards. In this new era we have adopted the latest in modeling techniques: (NURBS modeling) and improved the development techniques of high resolution textures resulting in a photorealistic representation with very friendly FPS performance. […]