Updates and Patches Microsoft Flight Simulator hotfix for Sim Update 5 announced Just a few days ago, the long-awaited Sim Update 5 was released. Make sure to check out our news post over here. Additionally, Microsoft will release a hotfix for PC and Xbox tomorrow at 8 am PT (1500 UTC). For many users, the update brought the hoped-for and promised performance
Updates and Patches Sim Update 5 for Flight Simulator: The Performance Patch Microsoft and Asobo have released the performance patch for Flight Simulator that was already teased at the end of June. Sim Update 5 brings the game client to version 1.18.13.0 and is said to bring improved multi-core support, better use of memory and GPU, faster load times
Announcements About recent changes, payware and Premium It's been some time since we last checked in with some news about the state of the union - or rather, the state of the website. Over the last few weeks we have made some changes to Flightsim.to and in the coming weeks there will be more changes that
Releases PMDG DC-6 released - Your chance to win a copy! PMDG recently released their first high quality, in-depth simulation aircraft for Microsoft Flight Simulator - a Douglas DC-6, a piston-powered airliner that was first introduced in 1947. You can buy it on their own store for $59.99, while it is currently on sale for $54.99. Apparently, the aircraft
Announcements Bushtalk Radio implements Flightsim.to Scenery Map data Bushtalk Radio is a community-driven project with the aim to fill the world of Microsoft Flight Simulator with thousands of additional landmarks and points of interest - POIs. Each highlighted landmark is given a unique audio tour that is automatically played on arrival. Currently, there are over thousands of points
General Captain Sim trying to sue creators for publishing liveries Over the months, Flightsim.to has become a well-known and trusted, #1 go-to source for Microsoft Flight Simulator add-ons and mods of any kind. Today, we are hosting more than 10 thousand brilliant add-ons and liveries, which elevate the in-game experience of Microsoft Flight Simulator to an entirely new level.
General Navigraph acquires SimBrief Navigraph, the flight simulation community's trusted source for updated charts and navigational data, today announced that it has acquired SimBrief, the flight simulation community's most popular flight planning software. The acquisition is a natural progression of the already close collaboration between Navigraph and SimBrief. It builds on the integration between
Reviews Our First Impressions on Aerosoft CRJ 550/700 for Microsoft Flight Simulator For a long time we have been waiting for this aircraft. The Aerosoft CRJ 550 / 700 series for Microsoft Flight Simulator was finally released on March 16, 2021. Originally, a release, although not officially announced, was planned sometime at the end of the last year. However, Aerosoft decided to postpone
Reviews Trending in February 2021 - Top #5 Picks of Microsoft Flight Simulator Add-Ons There are plenty of add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Here is a quick look at some of the mods that were particularly popular with you last month, February 2021. If you don't have them yet, it might be worth taking a look! 1. Pushback Helper - 48K DownloadsPushback Helper was
Releases Project Mega Pack launches Airbus A330-300 for MSFS For a long time, people were looking forward to this. Today, 3:30 PM Eastern Time, time has come. Project Mega Pack has just released their Airbus A330-300 for Microsoft Flight Simulator, after 4 months of work. The aircraft is also listed here on Flightsim.to, but until Wednesday at
Releases FlightControlReplay 4.5 launched - Replay your flights If there's one thing that Flight Simulator fans can't wait to have, it's the ability to rewatch their flights. The Replay functionality is at the top of Asobo's weekly published Top Wishes list by the community, and is currently ranked #2. According to Asobo, their replay functionality for the sim
Releases Volanta is now available for public use - ORBX's Flight Tracker Volanta is an easy-to-use smart flight tracker that integrates all your flight data across all major sims. It's clean, easy-to-use interface is to make the big difference. ORBX has been lately working on a personal flight tracking app for Microsoft Flight Simulator, X-Plane, Prepar3D and FSX - it's called Volanta.
Previews Airbus A380X by FlyByWire - Previewed Developer FlyByWire is already well known for its very popular aircraft mod A32NX - an open-source A320neo realism enhancement. However, some time ago FlyByWire also announced that they are working on an A380 for Microsoft Flight Simulator, as you can read here. The plane is expected to be open-source and
Reviews The Skypark for Microsoft Flight Simulator – in-depth review of a novel approach Note: As The Skypark is currently in Early Access, it is worth mentioning that parts of this review might be temporary. As such, this article will be revisited at a later point to account for changes and additions that have been made by Parallel 42. You can read an earlier
Reviews Orbx’ Patch to London City - EGLC London City Airport Reviewed Are the Orbx products our solution to London City’s lack of details?When we first heard of MSFS and saw the visual quality of the simulator and its advertised 2 petabytes of world data, a lot of people thought this will end the scenery developers. But, the sim has
Previews Microsoft Flight Simulator Coming to Xbox Series X|S Summer 2021 Microsoft Flight Simulator will be opening the skies to millions of new pilots on Xbox Series X|S in Summer 2021 and will be available via Xbox Game Pass on launch day, Microsoft announced. Microsoft also shared a brand new trailer yesterday, featuring Microsoft Flight Simulator in 4K on Xbox
Previews FlyByWire announces A380 for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 We are proud to announce we will be developing a freeware A380 for MSFS, built from scratch, FlyByWire announced yesterday. FlyByWire is known for their open-source A320neo enhancement mod named A32NX, which is well-known under simulation enthusiasts to improve their experience while flying the Airbus plane. Their A380 is currently
Releases ORBX launches San Jose International Airport for Flight Simulator – Reviewed San José Airport is the commercial airport of the city of San José in the US state of California and the smallest of the three international airports in the San Francisco Bay Area after the San Francisco International Airport and the Oakland Airport. San José International Airport is five kilometers
Updates and Patches MSFS Development Road Update November 5th In their last development update, which appears regularly every Thursday on the Flight Simulator blog, Asobo first refers to the ongoing Covid situation and the new lockdown in France. Asobo assures that they will continue to work on the Flight Simulator, but ask users to understand that the current priority
Tutorials For Creators: Patch 1.10.7.0 breaks your Liveries – How to fix it We’re following reports that Microsoft Flight Simulators recent patch – 1.10.7.0 – causes liveries to stop working properly. In most cases, users complain that they cannot select a livery in the hangar or that the selected livery is not saved when clicked. We already posted a workaround here,
Updates and Patches Flight Simulator Patch #2 to be released within 10 Days In todays developer update Asobo announced the next patch for Microsoft Flight Simulator to be available within the next 10 days. Detailed patch notes will be released when time comes, but for now they highlighted some of the most important changes made. It is expected that all patch notes and
