November 2nd 2023, Development Update - Microsoft Flight Simulator

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

We started the week by launching a pre-release test build (1.35.13.0) of the upcoming Sim Update 14. If you’d like to read a list of the bug fixes and other improvements in this build, please see our forum post here.

Thank you to all the volunteer community members who have enrolled in the beta and helped identify bugs and issues! If you would like to opt in to the pre-release test, you can find instructions here. The beta is open to all players on PC/MS Store, PC/Steam, and Xbox Series X|S.

The biggest issue we have noted from SU_14 testers so far is a regression that was causing Assistance settings to reset to default whenever launching the sim. The dev team has identified the cause of this bug and will resolve it in a future SU_14 beta build.

On Tuesday, we launched the latest aircraft from our Famous Flyers series: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2. Created by developer iniBuilds, this beautiful twin engine turboprop from Japan is sure to provide sim pilots with a thrilling flying experience. The MU-2 is available now from the in-sim Marketplace for USD $14.99.

Coming up next week are two more new releases! World Update 15: Northern Europe & Greenland and Local Legend 13: Saab B 17. Both are scheduled to launch on Tuesday, November 7. Also launching on Tuesday alongside the new World Update will be improved versions of both World Update 11: Canada and World Update 12: New Zealand.

All these releases and more are noted in the newly-updated Development Roadmap below. Another highlight on the Roadmap is our next Developer Livestream! This event will be broadcast on our Twitch channel starting at 10:30am PT (1830 UTC) on November 29th. Stay tuned for more information about how you can submit questions in advance to our panel of Jorg, Seb, Martial, and special guests.

In community news, the annual flight simulator community charity event WorldFlight will take place between November 4-11, 2023. We’ve just released a new Community Spotlight article highlighting this event!

Community Manager Matt “Chewwy” visited one of the WorldFlight teams to get a behind-the-scenes look at their custom Boeing 747-400 cockpit build which uses authentic parts from retired jetliners and three instances of Microsoft Flight Simulator to provide over 200 degrees of visuals outside the windows.

– MSFS Team

Feedback Snapshot

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Development Roadmap

Click here for the web-friendly version of the Development Roadmap.

Marketplace Update

Among the new releases to the Marketplace this week is the highly-anticipated FSR500 turboprop from developer FSReborn!

Bringing this aircraft to Microsoft Flight Simulator has been a work of passion for the team at FSReborn, and everything in this add-on has been made with love and attention to detail. The FSR500 is a high-fidelity aircraft with great system depth allowing core simmers to closely follow real-world procedures, but it is also intuitive, highly configurable, and fun to fly.

The FSR500 was developed using the latest tools available in Microsoft Flight Simulator, including the latest Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) flight modelling. The development of the FSR500 was made in partnership with pilots who fly single engine turboprops of a similar specification in real-life, and the aircraft is as faithful as possible to the systems and performance typical for this class of light pressurized cabin single-engine turboprops.

To learn more about flying this exciting new plane, check out the tutorial video below:

Click here for the web-friendly version of the Marketplace Update.

There are 82 new and 54 updated products in today’s Marketplace Update.

RELEASED TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31
New on PC and Xbox

53 NEW PRODUCTS: 28 ON PC, 25 ON XBOX
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC	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 PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC
New on PC	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on Xbox	New on PC
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 PC and Xbox

73 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 35 ON PC, 38 ON XBOX
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	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
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on 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 Xbox
Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on Xbox	Updated on Xbox
Updated on PC	Updated on Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on Xbox	Updated on Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	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 Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
	Updated on PC and Xbox

Marketplace Backlog

Current Backlog: 445 Total

BACKLOG: NEW PRODUCTS

	*Testing Status*
Content Type	Initial Processing and Validation by MS	Testing in Progress by MS	Testing in Progress by 3P	Total
Aircraft	55	13	10	78
Mission	6	2	42	50
Scenery	5	15	8	28
Livery	28	10	16	54
Airport	29	15	21	65
Other	21	13	16	50
Total	144	68	113	325

BACKLOG: UPDATED PRODUCTS

	*Testing Status*
Content Type	Initial Processing and Validation by MS	Testing in Progress by MS	Testing in Progress by 3P	Total
Aircraft	14	8	12	34
Mission	0	0	0	0
Scenery	1	2	1	4
Livery	10	7	8	25
Airport	30	14	2	46
Other	4	0	7	11
Total	59	31	30	120

SDK Update

Asobo

No Update this week.

Working Title / MSFS Avionics Framework

No Update this week.

Third Party UPDATEs

As of 10/29, we have now approved 240 (+06) third parties into the in-sim marketplace and – so far 204 (+2) have released 2,800 products on PC (+44) and 2,513 on Xbox (+39).
In total, 3,740 products (+61) have already been released in 3^rd party stores and the in-sim marketplace. Beyond that, another 788 products (-16) from 3^rd party developers are in production (358 announced, 430 unannounced). In total, over 4,526 3^rd party products (+43) have either been released or are in development.
Airports:
- 2,187 airports (+18) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 1,956 airports (+19) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 1,427 airports (+34) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 120 airports (+0) beyond the released airports have been announced.
  - 111 airports (-1) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production.
Aircraft:
- 710 aircraft (+14) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 303 aircraft (+9) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 229 aircraft (+8) have been released in the in-sim PC marketplace.
  - 214 aircraft (+9) have been released in the in-sim Xbox marketplace.
  - 217 aircraft (-1) beyond the released aircraft have been announced.
  - 190 aircraft (+6) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an aircraft is in production.
Scenery:
- 1,013 scenery packs (+3) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 979 scenery packs (+14) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 534 scenery packs (+16) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 20 scenery packs (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
  - 14 scenery packs (-11) are not announced but the dev let us know that scenery is in production
Mission Packs:
- 223 mission packs (+1) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 199 mission packs (+5) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 138 mission packs (+5) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 0 mission packs (+0) beyond the released missions have been announced.
  - 26 mission packs (-3) are not announced, but the dev let us know that they are in production.
Livery Packs:
- 355 livery packs (+6) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 277 livery packs (+14) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 270 livery packs (+14) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 1 livery pack (+0) beyond the released scenery has been announced.
  - 77 livery packs (-8) are not announced, but the dev let us know that scenery is in production.
Ships & Watercraft:
- 38 ships & watercraft (+2) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 26 ships & watercraft (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 19 ships & watercraft (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 0 ships & watercraft (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
  - 12 ships & watercraft (+2) are not announced, but dev let us know that scenery is in production

Community Fly-In Friday

We’re celebrating Bonfire Night with a flight from York to London on Community Fly-In Friday this week! For more information, including a download link for the freeware fireworks mod, please see our forum thread.

For the best experience, be sure to download the free World Update III: UK & Ireland from the in-sim Marketplace.

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

Tubeliner Tuesday

We have no airliner stream scheduled for next week. Tubeliner Tuesday will return on November 14th.

Community Video

For this week’s Community Video, we join BritishAVGeek for a first look at the hotly anticipated Universal Flight Tablet (UFT) update for the PMDG Boeing 737.

Running through its new features in detail, this video highlights the UFT’s ability to import Simbrief data, utilise Navigraph charts, as well as perform full take-off and landing performance calculations!