Release Notes - Sim Update 14 [1.35.21.0] Available Now
RELEASE NOTES 1.35.21.0
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November 30th 2023, Development Update
The release of Sim Update 14 is imminent, with a scheduled launch date of Tuesday, December 5! Earlier this week, we released a new SU_14 beta build (1.35.19.0) to volunteer testers. Among the highlights of this new build is the addition of a re-vamped Cirrus SR22T G6 from Working Title! You can read the full release notes of this pre-release test build on our forums here.
Yesterday, we hosted another Developer Livestream! Our panel of Jorg, Seb, and Martial answered many questions from the community and previewed some upcoming new features and enhancements to Microsoft Flight Simulator including improved ground handling, the World Hub, City Update V,Famous Flyer 8: Cessna 207, and World Update XVI: Caribbean! In case you missed it, you can watch the full video on our YouTube channel below. For those who prefer a written transcript, it is available on our forums here.
Microsoft Flight Simulator and the Steam Awards - A Labor of Love
Since its initial PC release in August 2020, the MSFS team has provided continuous support and improvement to the simulator. We have released thus far:
13 Sim Updates (with a 14th currently in public beta testing)
15 World Updates
4 City Updates
2 Aircraft and Avionics Updates
1 Reno Air Races Expansion Pack (2021)
Free Game of the Year Edition Upgrade (2021)
Free Top Gun: Maverick DLC (2022)
Free 40th Anniversary Edition Upgrade (2022)
Together, these updates have delivered to simmers a multitude of new features, bug fixes, and other improvements plus thousands of new hand-crafted Points of Interest, dozens of bespoke airports and new aircraft, and a wealth of new activities such as Discovery Flights, Bush Trips, Landing Challenges, and a thrilling air racing competitive mode.
On average, we have released one major update to Microsoft Flight Simulator each and every month since launch!
We have also released over 20 Local Legends, Famous Flyers, and Expert Series aircraft, as well as operated a robust in-sim Marketplace (consistently updated with new releases every week) that currently features nearly 3,000 unique products from over 200 third-party developers!
All in all, providing ongoing support for Microsoft Flight Simulator truly has been a labor of love from the development team. We are incredibly humbled and grateful to all our players and fans, and we hope you will take a few moments to nominate us for the Steam “Labor of Love” award.
Thanks and happy flying, MSFS Team
November 23rd 2023, Development Update
Today (Thursday, November 23) is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Many members of our team are celebrating this holiday by spending time with their families, so today's Development Update will be abbreviated. We will return with a full Development Update next week on Thursday, November 30.
As a reminder, our next Developer Livestream is scheduled for Wednesday, November 29 at 10:30am PST (1830 UTC). It will be broadcast live on our Twitch channel, but if you are unable to watch the panel of Jorg, Seb, Martial, and special guests in real-time, we will also upload the archived video to our YouTube channel within a day or two of the initial broadcast. We will also post a written summary on our forums.
We are currently running a Black Friday Sale in the Marketplace. For 5 Days starting on November 23rd, save up to 93% on more than 1750 items! To purchase these discounted items, visit the Microsoft Flight Simulator Marketplace, select ‘Featured’, scroll down to ‘Special Offers’, then select ‘See All’ and look for the savings.
To anyone who has not yet purchased Microsoft Flight Simulator, now is a great time to jump in! All versions are currently on sale for 40% off the regular price! On Xbox and the Windows Store, this sale runs until November 30th. On Steam, the sale ends on November 28th.
To our players celebrating Thanksgiving today, we wish you and your families safe travels and a holiday filled with warmth and joy. Here on the MSFS Team, we are grateful for you, the players and fans in the flight simming community! Your passion for Microsoft Flight Simulator continually motivates and inspires us.
We released a new pre-release test build (1.35.15.0) for the Sim Update 14 beta on Monday. You can read the release notes on our forums here. If you would like to enroll in the beta test (available for PC/MS Store, PC/Steam, and Xbox Series X|S), you can find instructions here.
Our next Developer Livestream is scheduled for Wednesday, November 29 at 10:30am Pacific Standard Time (1830 UTC) on our official Twitch channel. Thank you to everyone who submitted questions in advance! We are currently reviewing all your submissions and tabulating the most commonly-asked questions.
While our panel will only be addressing serious questions during the livestream, we appreciated some of your more humorous submissions! There was one question in particular that we wanted to answer early. To the person who asked us to state the airspeed velocity of an unladen Cessna: according to the Pilot's Operating Handbook, the Cessna 172 has a never exceed speed of 163 knots, a cruise speed of 122 knots, and a maneuvering speed of 90 knots (at 1900 lbs gross weight). We hope this adequately answers your question!
Please note that there will not be a Marketplace update next week (Thursday, November 23). This date is the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, so most of the team will be out of office spending time with their families. The next Marketplace update will be on Thursday, November 30.
Earlier this week, we released World Update XV: Nordics & Greenland. This region contains some of the most stunningly beautiful natural scenery found anywhere in the world, and we're thrilled to enhance the area in Microsoft Flight Simulator with higher resolution Digital Elevation Models (DEM), new hand-crafted points of interest and bespoke airports, and additional Discovery Flights, Bush Trips, and Landing Challenges. You can see the full list of new content in our forum post here. World Update XV is available as a FREE download from the in-sim Marketplace now.
As always, we also launched a new plane in our Local Legends series alongside the World Update. Local Legend 13: Saab B 17A is a WWII-era dive bomber of Swedish design and construction. Created by developer iniBuilds for Microsoft Flight Simulator, It is available now from the in-sim Marketplace for USD $14.99.
In Sim Update 14 testing news, we released a new beta build (1.35.14.0) on Monday. You can read the full release notes of this pre-release build on our forums here. If you would like to opt-in to the beta test, you can find instructions here. The beta is open to all players on PC/MS Store, PC/Steam, and Xbox Series X|S.
As we announced in last week's blog post, our next Developer Livestream is scheduled for Wednesday, November 29 at 10:30am Pacific Standard Time (1830 UTC) on our official Twitch channel. If you would like to submit a question to the panel in advance, please fill out this form. We will be collating the submissions, and the panel will answer the most commonly-asked questions during the session. Please be aware that we are not yet ready to share more details about Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, so please pose questions about the current (2020) version only.
Finally, if you subscribe to our official YouTube channel, you may have noticed that we have recently been re-releasing trailers from past World Updates, Local Legends, and Famous Flyers. These videos were originally released on the Official Xbox channel, but we're re-uploading to the Microsoft Flight Simulator channel so you can find them all in one convenient location.
Microsoft Flight Simulator Releases Local Legend 13: The Saab B 17A
The Saab B 17A, a pillar of Swedish aerospace history from the early 1940s, is now available for Microsoft Flight Simulator users to explore the skies.
BORN OF SWEDISH INNOVATION
The B 17A, a Swedish single-engine, two-seat dive bomber, traces its lineage to the birth of Saab (Svenska Aeroplan AktieBolag), one of the world’s leading aerospace and defense firms. The Saab 17, of which the B 17A is a derivative, was the first aircraft produced by Saab, and as such, it was integral to the early growth of the company.
To purchase these discounted items, visit the Microsoft Flight Simulator Marketplace, select ‘Featured’, scroll down to ‘Special Offers’, then select ‘See All’ and look for the savings.
World Update XV: Nordics & Greenland Now Available!
The Microsoft Flight Simulator team is excited to feature this storied part of the globe with sweeping improvements in this latest release. World Update XV covers Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and also includesthe Faroe Islands and Greenland (both self-governing countries within the Kingdom of Denmark). Developed in conjunction with Microsoft partners Bing Maps, Vexcel, Maxar, Gaya Simulations, Orbx, and Kjetil Garpestad,this update promises to thrill the Microsoft Flight Simulator audience with its range of enhancements:
90 hand-made points of interest.
10 TIN (triangulated irregular network) cities.
5 hand-crafted airports.
Broad-based, high-resolution geographic updates using significantly enhanced DEMs (digital elevation models) in Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.
Fresh aerial imagery and satellite data across the entire region.
Some of the Points of Interest (POIs) include Denmark’s Farø Bridges, Gråsten Palace, and Ribe Cathedral; Finland’s Bengtskär Lighthouse, Kökar church, and Tähtiniemi Bridge; Greenland’s Arctic Station, EastGRIP, and Summit Station; Iceland’s Knarrarós Lighthouse, Laugardalsvöllur Stadium, and Ólafsvíkurkirkja Church; Norway’s Andenes Lighthouse, Gjemnessund Bridge, and Svalbard Global Seed Vault; and Sweden’s Älvsborg Bridge, Arctic Space Centre, and Aurora Sky Station.
The TIN cities in World Update XV include five in Denmark: Aarhus, Copenhagen, Frederikssund, Odense, and Roskilde; four in Sweden: Gothenburg, Linkoping, Malmö, and Visby; and Norway’s Oslo. In addition, Gaya simulations created a splendid array of airports: Iceland’s Akureyri Airport (BIAR), Norway’s Mo i Rana Airport (ENRA), Sweden’s Kiruna Airport (ESNQ), and Finland’s Ivalo Airport (EFIV). Kjetil Garpestad created a stunningly realistic rendition of Leknes Airport (ENLK).
World Update XV: Nordics & Greenland also brings simmers ten exciting activities that will inspire and challenge, including:
November 2nd 2023, Development Update
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
