Enjoy discounted pricing on Marketplace content from JustSim!

For seven days starting on June 17th save up to 30% on the following items:

• EBBR Brussels Airport
  
• EDDC Dresden Airport
  
• EDDH Hamburg Airport
  
• EDDL Dusseldorf International Airport
  
• EDDS Stuttgart International Airport
  
• EDDV Hannover Airport
  
• EFHK Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
  
• ELLX Luxembourg Airport
  
• EVRA Riga International Airport
  
• LCLK Larnaca International Airport
  
• LEBL Barcelona-El Prat Airport
  
• LEPA Palma de Mallorca Airport
  
• LFMN Nice Côte d'Azur Airport
  
• LFSB EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg
  
• LGIR Heraklion International Airport
  
• LGRP Rhodes International Airport
  
• LGSA Chania International Airport
  
• LGSR Santorini Airport
  
• LMML Malta International Airport
  
• LOWI Innsbruck Airport
  
• LOWK Klagenfurt Airport
  
• LOWL Linz Airport
  
• LTAI Antalya Airport
  
• LTBS Dalaman Airport
  
• LTFE Mugla Milas Bodrum International Airport
  
• UUWW Vnukovo International Airport

To purchase these discounted items, visit the Microsoft Flight Simulator Marketplace, select ‘Featured’, scroll down to ‘Special Offers’, then select ‘See All’ and look for the savings.

Some packages in your community folder may not have been updated and, as a result, may have an unexpected impact on the title’s performance and behavior.
Please move your community package(s) to another folder before relaunching the title if you suffer from stability issues or long loading times.

General bugfix 1.26.5.0

• Fixed an issue preventing the completion of the ‘Taxi’ and ‘Take-off’ tutorials in Sedona airport

For PC, the sim version remains the same: 1.26.5.0

You can leave feedback on various topics here - https://forums.flightsimulator.com/

The Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

Last weekend, the Microsoft Flight Simulator team was proud to join our colleagues in presenting at the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase. In case you missed it, here are the highlights for MSFS:


Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition

• A free upgrade to all current MSFS players launching in November 2022.
  
• New additions include the introduction of helicopters and gliders to MSFS and the return of some fan-favorite planes from FS2004 and FSX such as the Douglas DC-3, Airbus A310, de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, Wright Flyer, and — in partnership with the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum — the Ryan NYP (“Spirit of St. Louis”).

D77-TC Pelican

• Available now as a free addon from the in-sim Marketplace, MSFS players can fly the iconic dropship from the Halo franchise. We collaborated with 343 Industries, the developers of Halo Infinite, to simulate this famous science fiction aircraft in the most realistic way possible.

You can read more about the 40th Anniversary Edition and Halo Pelican here. Additionally, on June 14th, we released the next entries in our World Update and Local Legends series.

World Update X: USA and US Territories

• Available now as a free addon from the in-sim Marketplace.
  
• Includes new photogrammetry cities, four new hand-crafted airports, 87 new Points of Interest (POIs), plus new landing challenges, discovery flights, and bush trips.
  
• More information about World Update X can be found here.

Local Legend V: Beechcraft Model 18

• Developed for Microsoft Flight Simulator by Carenado, the “Twin Beech” is a robust and versatile plane designed by American aircraft manufacturer Beechcraft in the 1930s.
  
• Available now from the in-sim Marketplace for USD $14.99.
  
• More information about the Beechcraft Model 18 can be found here.

We will soon begin public testing of our next major update, Sim Update 10, which is currently slated for release in August. If you would like to help the development team by testing this update and reporting any issues you encounter, please watch this space for information on how to join the public test.

MSFS Team

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World Update X captures the spirit of the United States of America and all of its exquisite landscapes, cityscapes, and breathtaking vistas to enjoy from above in Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Explore the renowned canyons of the Desert Southwest, roam throughout storied architecture of America’s great cities, and soar among peaks that tower miles above their surroundings with World Update X. The Microsoft team built this USA update using the latest high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery and coupled it with the most recent digital elevation modeling data available. It features triangulated irregular network (TIN) modeling of 12 urban regions including San Diego (California), Albany (New York), Key Largo (Florida), Seattle (Washington), Eugene (Oregon), and more.

Gaya Simulations handcrafted four airports: Catalina Airport (KAVX) on California’s Catalina Island, Alaska’s Valdez Airport (PAVD), Lake Tahoe Airport (KTVL) in California’s Sierra Nevada, and Rhode Island’s Block Island State Airport (KBID). There are 87 exciting new points of interest (POIs) created by Gaya Simulations and Perfect Flight has created three landing challenges, three Discovery Flights, and three bush trips for World Update X: USA.

World Update X: USA is available FREE to all owners of Microsoft Flight Simulator. Check that your simulator is updated to version 1.26.5.0, download World Update X, and then take-off for the greatest Flight Simulator experience of the United States ever created!



RELEASE NOTES 1.26.5.0

If you are playing on PC, some packages in your community folder may not have been updated and, as a result, may have an unexpected impact on the title’s performance and behaviour.
Please move your community package(s) to another folder before relaunching the title if you suffer from stability issues or long loading times.

• Added localization for Latam Spanish and Simplified Chinese
  
• Fixed a crash when losing overall connection
  
• Updated AIRAC cycle 2206
  
• Improved long range visibility of the windsocks
  
• Fixed searching of POIs in the world map

• Updated elevation data for the USA
  
• Updated aerial imagery for USA
  
• Added new runway 09C/27C at KORD
  
• Added terminal extension at KDEN
  
• Updated buildings at KDFW

Optional World update content (via the in-game marketplace)
World update X - USA

• Albany
  
• Arlington
  
• Boise
  
• Charleston (West Virginia)
  
• Disney - Kissamme - Windermere
  
• Eugene
  
• Key Largo
  
• Lansing
  
• Lynchburg
  
• Olympia
  
• San Diego
  
• Seattle

• KAVX – Catalina Airport
  
• PAVD – Valdez Airport
  
• KTVL – Lake Taho Airport
  
• KBID – Block Island Airport

• Abandoned Pacific Barrier Radar III Site
  
• Arecibo Telescope
  
• Ark Encounter - Life-size Noah’s Ark
  
• Arlington Memorial Bridge
  
• Beavertail Lighthouse Museum
  
• Bennington Battle Monument
  
• Biosphere 2
  
• Bishop Castle
  
• Blackbeard’s Castle
  
• Bok Tower Gardens Tower
  
• Cabo Rojo Lighthouse
  
• Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
  
• Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
  
• Catalina Casino
  
• Cecil B Day Butterfly Center
  
• Chaco Culture National Historical Park
  
• Clingmans Dome Lookout Tower
  
• Crescent City Connection - New Orleans Bridges
  
• Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
  
• Deer Isle Bridge
  
• Delaware Memorial Bridge
  
• Freer Gallery of Art
  
• Grand Coulee Dam
  
• Hearst Castle
  
• High Point Monument
  
• Hirshhorn Museum
  
• Hot Springs Mountain Tower
  
• Independence Temple
  
• Indian River Inlet Bridge
  
• Kentucky State Capitol
  
• Kinzua Bridge State Park
  
• Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
  
• Longaberger Company Headquarters
  
• Metaphor: The Tree of Utah
  
• MetLife Stadium
  
• Montana State Capitol
  
• Montezuma Castle National Monument
  
• Mount Vernon
  
• Mount Washington Hotel
  
• National Gallery of Art
  
• National Gallery of Art - East Building
  
• National Museum of African American History and Culture
  
• National Museum of the American Indian
  
• National Park of American Samoa
  
• Old Faithful Geyser
  
• Old Faithful Inn
  
• Our Lady of the Rockies
  
• Pegasus and Dragon
  
• Philadelphia Museum of Art
  
• Point Reyes Lighthouse
  
• Point Udall
  
• Pomham Rocks Lighthouse
  
• Puntan dos Amantes - Two Lovers Point
  
• Royal Gorge Bridge & Park
  
• San Antonio Missions
  
• San Felipe del Morro Castle
  
• Seuss House in Talkeetna
  
• Skydance Bridge
  
• Smithsonian Arts & Industries Building
  
• Smithsonian Castle Information Center
  
• Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
  
• Smithsonian National Museum of American History
  
• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
  
• Split Rock Lighthouse
  
• St. Louis Arch
  
• Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
  
• Taos Pueblo
  
• The Breakers
  
• The Getty Museum
  
• The Rotunda
  
• Theodore Roosevelt Dam
  
• Thomas Jefferson Memorial
  
• Tillamook Air Museum Blimp Hangar
  
• U.S. Department of Agriculture Patio
  
• Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
  
• Union Watersphere
  
• United States Botanic Garden
  
• United States Marine Corps War Memorial
  
• USS Alabama (BB-60)
  
• Vermont State House
  
• Washington National Cathedral
  
• Wild Horse Renewable Energy Center
  
• Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun
  
• World War II Memorial
  
• Wupatki National Monument
  
• Yerkes Observatory

• Appalachians
  
• California
  
• Megapolis

• Inkom
  
• Atlanta
  
• Telluride

• Grand canyon
  
• Seattle
  
• St Louis

In last week’s Development Roadmap update, you may have noticed the change in date of Sim Update 10 from July to August. Our team is hard at work on fixes and features we hope you’ll love, as many have been community requests since the launch of the sim. Our newly updated Feedback Snapshot below lists out some of those features coming soon such as Bush Trip fixes, weather improvements, DX12, DLSS, and more.

Is that a World Update coming out next Tuesday on the Roadmap? Yep! Details soon….

MSFS Team

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Enjoy discounted pricing on Marketplace content from MK-STUDIOS.

For seven days starting on June 3rd save up to 43% on the following items:

• BIKF Keflavik International Airport
  
• EFKH Helsinki Airport
  
• EFRO Rovaniemi Airport
  
• EIDW Dublin Airport
  
• EKVG Vagar Airport
  
• GCFV Fuerteventura Airport
  
• LPPD Ponta Delgada - Joao Paulo II Airport
  
• LPPR Porto Airport
  
• LPPT Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport

To purchase these discounted items, visit the Microsoft Flight Simulator Marketplace, select ‘Featured’, scroll down to ‘Special Offers’, then select ‘See All’ and look for the savings.

We are excited to release our long-awaited Local Legends #4 – The Savoia Marchetti S.55, now available in the Marketplace for PC and Xbox! Learn more about the aircraft here. We will soon add the aircraft manual as well, which will be located here once live.



MSFS Team

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We are thrilled to announce that Microsoft Flight Simulator released the long-awaited “Top Gun: Maverick” expansion. Develop the skills required and navigate the complexities encountered by actual Top Gun pilots in authentic locations including the most challenging landing – on an aircraft carrier. This offering will push your piloting abilities to the limits—and beyond.

You can download the Top Gun: Maverick for free from the in-sim Marketplace now.



Also in case you missed it, check out yesterday’s Dev Q&A session now available on Youtube.

MSFS Team

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We are thrilled to announce that, today Microsoft Flight Simulator released the long-awaited “Top Gun: Maverick” expansion. Develop the skills required and navigate the complexities encountered by actual Top Gun pilots in authentic locations including the most challenging landing – on an aircraft carrier. This offering will push your piloting abilities to the limits—and beyond.

The “Top Gun: Maverick” expansion contains:

• A “Top Gun: Maverick Edition” livery for the F/A-18E Super Hornet.
  
• Three training missions for the Super Hornet that will allow you to master radical flight maneuvers including unrestricted take-offs, split S maneuvers, and low altitude, high-speed maneuvering through complex terrain.
  
• Five high-speed, low-level challenges that require utmost skill to navigate just above mountains and traverse through canyons.
  
• A carrier deck landing challenge, one of the most demanding operations in the world of military aviation.
  
• A never-before-unveiled hypersonic aircraft that can attain speeds of Mach 10 and altitudes greater than 150,000 feet above sea level.
  
• A mission to roar into the stratosphere.

Enjoy this free update!

With the release of World Update IX: Italy and Malta, a mandatory update for the generic airport data folder on Xbox was also pushed which led to an increase of crashes on launch for both Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Cloud Gaming.

We have identified the specific crash instances and plan to release a hot fix as quickly as possible (we are targeting Friday) to get Xbox and Xbox Cloud Gaming users up and running again.


Click here to continue reading the Development Update!