Enjoy discounted pricing on Marketplace content from FS Academy.

For seven days starting on August 5th save up to 31% on the following items:

• IFR
  
• Jetliner
  
• Navigator
  
• VFR
  
• Voyage

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.

Our second Beta build, 1.27.13, released this morning at 8am PT. You can find the list of patch notes in our forums here, as well as vote in the new surveys here. We already see important feedback coming through and appreciate you taking the time to share your comparisons, regressions, thoughts, and more. Our team will continue to triage the issues you have already captured as we head into the final few weeks of Beta testing.

The Microsoft Flight Sim team also had a great time exploring EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this past weekend. Check out a few of the latest videos here for a small glimpse of our experience!

MSFS Team

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We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting a Sim Update 10 Dev Stream on Thursday, August 18th at 10:30am PT (1730Z). This stream will delve into all things Sim Update 10 related, including a deeper look into some of the new features coming out. There is now a forum category open for your specific SU10 questions, which you can post to here. Please feel free to upvote other questions you are interested in the team answering as well.

Many on our team will be exploring EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI this week, so if you see any of us, feel free to say hello!

MSFS Team

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This week we deployed two updates for the Sim Update 10 public beta: a small one on Monday, and a larger one on Wednesday. We are still collecting a lot of great feedback from participants, and future updates to the SU10 beta will be announced in the Beta News and Updates section on our forums, and on our official MSFS Support twitter.

Once again we want to say thank you to everyone who has been reporting the issues they encounter! If you would like to participate in this public test, you can find instructions on how to join here. Please note this opportunity is to provide and collect feedback on the current state of the build.

MSFS Team

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Enjoy discounted pricing during our Summer Sale!

For two weeks starting on July 15th, save up to 75% on more than 700 items.

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.

The Sim Update 10 public beta has been active for about a week now, and so far we have received lots of valuable feedback that will influence upcoming future SU10 beta builds during the testing period. On behalf of the dev team, thank you to everyone who has been reporting issues with the beta build. This is extremely helpful to us as we prepare for the full release of SU10. If you would like to participate in this public test, you can find instructions on how to join here. Please note this opportunity is to provide and collect feedback on the current state of the build.

Additionally, we released updated versions of the Beechcraft Staggerwing and Gee Bee Model Z and R-2 earlier this week. You can download the new versions from your Content Manager, and you can read the release notes here.

MSFS Team

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For seven days starting on July 8th save up to 45% on the following items:

• 3MI2 & 6Y3 Fox Islands
  
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• HEMA Marsa Alam 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.

Our Sim Update 10 Beta is now available for download! Our main focus for this beta is:

• Verify stability and performance improvements
• Ensure that the release notes are accurate
• Identify regressions that may have taken place due to code changes
• Provide an opportunity for 3rd party developers to test their products in a Beta environment

Please remember this opportunity is for those who wish to provide feedback on the current state of the build, this is not for a sneak preview of the final build that will be released in August. Our goal is to fix any regressions you report as quickly as possible but please note that some bugs may be prioritized for a later update as we will not be able to fix every report found during the Beta window.

Please visit the Community Dashboard to find out what’s already logged in our database.

Generally speaking, don’t hesitate to report any significant regressions from the current live version using the Beta categories [link] (Instruments, ATC, Weather, etc…)

More information can be found on our official forums here.

How to join:

1. Open your Steam Library
   
2. Right-click Microsoft Flight Simulator
   
3. Click “Properties”
   
4. Click “Betas”
   
5. Select “flight_sim_beta – Sim Update 10”

If you would like to exit the pre-release test before it ends and revert back to the live build, follow these instructions:

1. Open your Steam Library
   
2. Right-click Microsoft Flight Simulator
   
3. Click “Properties”
   
4. Click “Betas”
   
5. Select “None”

Thank you and we look forward to your feedback!

MSFS Team

Great news: the Sim Update 10 Beta is almost ready! We are finalizing beta release notes, prepping the forums, and readying the test build for a target release of tomorrow, July 8th, at 8am PT (1500Z). The Sim Update 10 Forum Feedback category will be made public at that time, and you will find more information on how to join the beta, our overall goals, what kind of feedback we are looking for, and targeted feedback surveys. We look forward to your feedback!

In addition, we plan to end the Xbox Stability Test as soon as Sim Update 10 Beta is live. All Xbox users who are currently in the Xbox Stability Test will be automatically transitioned to the Sim Update 10 Beta build within a few hours of the Sim Update 10 Beta going live. More details and directions on how to leave the build if you do not wish to participate will be outlined in the information provided via the forums tomorrow. Thank you again to those who joined this testing experience. The team is evaluating the data in order to provide solutions in a timely manner. We found this test to be very successful, and we are looking to run similar stability initiatives in the future as we work to improve the overall sim.

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Regarding the ongoing Xbox Stability Testing – we’ve received a lot of data on out of memory crashes on Xbox and are now analyzing the information and investigating a few different cases. The information we’ve received so far has been hugely beneficial to the team. Thank you very much for those who are participating!

Yesterday, our Community Team had a lot of fun hosting the preliminary Reno Air Race Series: Presented by Tobii. You can catch watch a replay of the race here, and if you’d like to compete against others in the community for the chance to win some great custom merch and products from Tobii and Thrustmaster, sign up here!

MSFS Team

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