January 4th, 2024 - Development Update - Microsoft Flight Simulator

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Forum user ZKd0s! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below!

Happy new year! Our team has returned to work following the holiday break refreshed and recharged. We hope everyone in our player community had a relaxing, peaceful, and safe holiday season.

In case you missed it, we had a few new releases just before the end of 2023: City Update V: European Cities I and Famous Flyer 8: Cessna T207A Turbo Stationair both launched on December 19th. We also have an ongoing optional stability test currently available for players on the Xbox platform. If you’re an Xbox simmer and would like to help the development team diagnose memory-related crashes so they can be resolved in a future build, please see this forum topic for instructions on how to enroll in this optional beta.

We’ve got a huge year coming up, and we can’t wait to share many exciting announcements with you throughout 2024! As always, please continue reading this weekly blog post for all the latest news about Microsoft Flight Simulator.

– MSFS Team

Feedback Snapshot

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No update this week.

Marketplace Update

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There are 59 new and 65 updated products in today’s Marketplace Update.

59 NEW PRODUCTS: 24 ON PC, 35 ON XBOX
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on Xbox	New on Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on Xbox	New on Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on Xbox	New on Xbox
New on Xbox	New on Xbox	New on Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox

65 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 43 ON PC, 22 ON XBOX
Updated on PC	Updated on PC	Updated on PC
Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC	Updated on PC
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC
Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC	Updated on PC	Updated on PC
Updated on PC	Updated on PC	Updated on PC
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC	Updated on PC
Updated on PC	Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC
Updated on PC	Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox

Marketplace Backlog

Current Backlog: 332 Total

BACKLOG: NEW PRODUCTS

	*Testing Status*
Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
Aircraft	16	2	21	39
Mission	2	0	44	46
Scenery	4	0	20	24
Livery	38	0	14	52
Airport	21	0	23	44
Other	9	0	7	16
Total	90	2	129	221

BACKLOG: UPDATED PRODUCTS

	*Testing Status*
Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
Aircraft	13	0	14	27
Mission	2	0	0	2
Scenery	0	0	2	2
Livery	4	0	8	12
Airport	14	0	23	37
Other	23	0	8	31
Total	56	0	55	111

SDK UPDATE

Asobo

No update this week.

Working Title / MSFS Avionics Framework

No update this week.

THIRD PARTY UPDATE

No update this week.

Community Fly-In Friday

We continue our round-the-world tour this week, picking up in Washington, DC where we ended our last Community Fly-In and heading to Canada’s capital city of Ottawa.

En route, we will fly over the majestic Niagara Falls and also visit Toronto, Canada’s largest city.

Event details are available here. All are welcome to participate!

Tubeliner Tuesday

For the first Tubeliner Tuesday stream of 2024, we will be back on the VATSIM Multiplayer Network for a flight from Bahrain (OBBI) to Dubai (OMDB) in the PMDG Boeing 737-800. This one hour flight will see us cross the Persian Gulf to be greeted by stunning skyscapes including the tallest building in the world with the Burj Khalifa!

Event details are available here. Feel free to follow the flight on our Twitch channel!

Community Video

Just before the holiday period, we released City Update 5 for all Microsoft Flight Simulator users. YouTuber SimFlightPro takes a look at this new City Update, alongside the recently updated Cirrus SR-22, for the first Community Video of 2024.

With some beautifully captured cinematic shots of the cities, and matching descriptive commentary to allow viewers a glimpse into what City Update 5 has to offer, SimFlightPro has once again created another top quality video for you all to enjoy!