This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Forum user HolmesCZ6127! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below.
Since last week’s Development Update blog, we have released two new Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 3 test builds to volunteer community beta testers. If you haven’t seen them yet, you can read the release notes for each of these builds here:
- Sim Update 3 Beta (1.5.3.0) Release Notes – May 23rd, 2025
- Sim Update 3 Beta (1.5.4.0) Release Notes – May 29, 2025
We always appreciate those of you who choose to join our public tests and share your feedback and bug reports on our official forums. If you are taking part in the SU3 beta, please be sure to vote in the forum surveys about your overall impressions with the test builds and performance/stability on your preferred platform.
In MSFS (2020) news, there was not a new Sim Update 16 pre-release build released to testers this week, but the team’s work on upcoming beta builds continues. As with MSFS 2024 SU3 beta participants, we encourage everyone enrolled in the SU16 beta to vote in the forum surveys.
No matter what build you’re flying on this weekend — MSFS 2024 SU2 release or SU3 beta, MSFS (2020) SU15 release or SU16 beta — we wish all of you happy flights and smooth landings!
– MSFS Team
Development Update
Feedback Snapshot
SDK Update
Asobo
- General:
- Fixed potential crash when ATC attempts to look for appropriate STAR to assign for clearance.
- Fixed UV length not being computed correctly when glTF geometry is reused (avoids blurry textures from models coming from 2020 packages)
- DevMode:
- Visual Effects Editor:
- Fixed crash when using VFX spawner after cloning a VFX.
- Fixed crash when duplicating BezierCurve nodes after editing a point manually.
- Visual Effects Editor:
- WASM:
- Fixed deferred events not properly copying their arguments in a multithreaded context (fixes execute_calculator_code not correctly triggering multiple events specified through one single string)
- Fixed potential “use after free” crash.
SU_03 Developer Mode Additions (Asobo & WT)
- Added new version of Career Compatibility tool to developer mode. This tool can be accessed through the SimObject Editor and adds many additional checks to ensure package compatibility with the career mode.
- Added new SDK documentation to assist developers with Career Compatibility.
- Added sim rate control UI to developer mode.
Working Title / MSFS Avionics Framework
- SU_03 API Additions
- Extending API for 3D glass cockpit synthetic vision view to allow for offset and rotation.
Marketplace
Marketplace Releases (MSFS 2020)
Click here for the web-friendly version of the Marketplace Update.
There are 41 NEW and 46 UPDATED products in this week’s Marketplace Update for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020).
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46 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 25 ON PC, 21 ON XBOX |
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Marketplace Releases (MSFS 2024)
There are 62 NEW and 12 UPDATED products in this week’s Marketplace Update for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
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Marketplace Backlog
Current Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) Backlog: 354 Total
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| Aircraft | 48 | 2 | 2 | 52 | |
| Mission | 6 | 0 | 50 | 56 | |
| Scenery | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| Livery | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| Airport | 22 | 0 | 15 | 37 | |
| Other | 36 | 2 | 5 | 43 | |
| Total | 126 | 8 | 77 | 211 | |
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| Aircraft | 16 | 19 | 20 | 55 | |
| Mission | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scenery | 14 | 0 | 6 | 20 | |
| Livery | 13 | 2 | 2 | 17 | |
| Airport | 30 | 4 | 8 | 42 | |
| Other | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| Total | 77 | 25 | 41 | 143 | |
Third Party Update
- No Update this week.
Community
Creator Highlight: Captain Carlos
For our May 2025 Creator Highlight we focus on Frankfurt-based YouTuber Captain Carlos!
Aiming to transform his passion for aviation into stunning cinematic flight simulation videos, Captain Carlos has built a community of over 22’000 YouTube subscribers with millions of combined video views. Though he’s never worked in aviation, his fascination with aircraft began in childhood and took off with Microsoft Flight Simulator 98. After a long break, Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) reignited that spark!
Inspired by real cockpit footage, Captain Carlos began producing immersive, dynamic flight sim videos whilst looking to do more than just A to B flying. Focusing on realism by mimicking real-world camera angles, using dramatic lighting, and capturing the magic of sunrises and sunsets in the sim, he combines the capabilities of Microsoft Flight Simulator with his own flare and style of video creation.
Whilst mainly concentrating on the wide choice of jet airliners within MSFS, Captain Carlos believes variety is important to his channels success, and is looking forward to future 3rd party aircraft releases from developers such as BlueBird and PMDG.
Check out Captain Carlos’ latest cinematic flights on YouTube for your own inspiration and don’t forget to “Aviate, navigate, communicate … and content create,” as his motto goes!
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@Captain_Carlos
Instagram: www.instagram.com/_captain.carlos_
Community Fly-In Friday
On May 29, 1953, Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary become the first two confirmed humans to reach the highest point on Earth, the summit of Mount Everest. To celebrate this triumph of humanity’s desire to explore our planet, the destination of our Fly-In event this week will be to Everest.
The flight plan also includes a departure and arrival at two of the world’s most iconic airports, Paro International Airport (VQPR) and Tenzing-Hillary Airport (VNLK), also known as Lukla Airport.
Rise of a Pilot – Career Mode Livestream
As of April 8, 2025, the Rise of a Pilot series is on temporary hiatus. Stay tuned for more information from the Community Team about upcoming changes to our livestream schedule!
Community Video
The Cirrus Vision Jet takes focus for the second week running for our choice of Community Video, this time with a Career Mode mission in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 from Jeff Favignano!
Performing a low visibility trip across the north east of the USA, Jeff expertly handles the systems of the jet whilst coordinating with VATSIM ATC.
Screenshot challenge
This week’s screenshot challenge: Lurking in the Shadows
This past week’s Screenshot Challenge was: Color Series – Red II
Weekly Screenshot Challenge Winner: HolmesCZ6127 (Forum)
Screenshot by HeKa48 (Forum)
Screenshot by @CpuGeta486 (X)
Screenshot by PRGeek5909 (Forum)
Screenshot by Parorng (Forum)
Screenshot by @ukaka5656 (X)
Screenshot by FLUSIKussi (Forum)
Screenshot by JohnnyT5000 (Forum)
Screenshot by @ZillNiazi (X)
Screenshot by z32ands30 (Forum)
Screenshot by @AvionChibi (X)
NEXT DEVELOPMENT BLOG UPDATE – June 5th, 2025
Sincerely,
Microsoft Flight Simulator Team