For years, one of the unspoken frustrations in the flight simulation community has been a simple one: you never quite knew what was coming next. A talented developer might spend months crafting a detailed rendition of a regional airfield or a modelled turboprop, only for the community to learn about it on release day — with little fanfare and no time to build anticipation. On the other side of the coin, simmers have long had to piece together release schedules, updates on progress, fly-in announcements, and livestream dates from scattered Discord servers, forum threads, and social media posts - each one requiring their very own account and attention.
Flightsim.to is now addressing both of those gaps directly with the launch of two significant new platform features: 📡 Radar and 🌄 Horizon.
📡 Radar: Development in the Open
Radar is a dedicated space on Flightsim.to where creators - both individual freeware creators and professional studios - can publish and maintain project pages for add-ons that are still in development. Whether it's an aircraft, scenery package, or utility tool, developers can now give their work a public presence well before any files are ready to download. The core idea is straightforward: You set up a project page, then use a devlog system to post ongoing updates — screenshots, videos, progress notes, whatever you choose to share. Projects are tagged with a status indicator (In Development, Testing, Released, and similar), so you always have a clear sense of where things stand. Everything is filterable by simulator version, pricing model, and category, which makes Radar genuinely useful as a discovery tool rather than just a developer bulletin board.
For creators, the value is obvious. Building an audience before a release has traditionally required either a strong existing social media following or sheer luck with community timing. Radar provides a structured, platform-native way to do that. For you as a simmer, it means a curated, browsable feed of what's actually being worked on right now, with the ability to follow projects and receive updates as milestones are hit. The projects that are on your very individual radar will send you notifications whenever progress is made.
What is on the Horizon?
The second feature, Horizon, tackles the event fragmentation problem. It's a community events calendar designed specifically around the rhythms of flight simulation. Horizon organises events into five clearly defined types: releases, network events (VATSIM, IVAO and similar), livestreams, fly-ins, and general announcements. Each category is colour-coded, and the interface presents everything in a standard monthly calendar view that's easy to navigate. Click any event and you get the relevant details and a direct link.
Submissions are open to anyone. If you're a developer with a confirmed release date, a virtual airline planning a group flight, or a content creator scheduling a live session, you can submit it for review. The notification system means you can opt into reminders for specific events without having to monitor multiple channels. For anyone who has ever missed a major release day or a fly-in they were looking forward to, it's a practical solution to a real inconvenience.
Both Radar and Horizon are live now and accessible from the main navigation under Discover, at /radar and /horizon respectively. If you're a developer with something in the works, listing your project is a straightforward way to start building visibility. And if you're a simmer looking to stay informed without the noise, both tools are worth bookmarking.
Radar and Horizon are still being populated with data.