UPDATE: A fresh performance trick for X-Plane 11. The first official X-Plane 12 trailer can be found below. We are still waiting for the long-awaited xAmbience Pro addon for X-Plane 11 to enhance the weather engine. The next-generation X-Plane 12 is expected to be…
World Update 7 on January 31
UPDATE: Feedback snapshots are updated, scroll down. The next Developer Q&A Live will be on Wednesday, January 26 at 18:30 UTC. World Update 7 will cover Australia with updated satellite imagery, a new digital elevation model, and a bunch of…
Performance Boost Tricks
UPDATE: The new Nvidia GeForce driver version 511.23 is out, and there are reports of smoother FPS with HAGS enabled. Some users experience crash-to-desktop issues with HAGS though. I suggest you try the new driver with Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling, aka…
Next Developer Q&A Live on January 26
UPDATE: The next Developer Q&A Live will be on Wednesday, January 26 at 18:30 UTC. Ask a question or upvote one in here. The latest Developer Q&A Live was held on November 17, you can read the discussion in a…
50 New Screenshots
Every now and then Flight Simulator Blog releases a new set total of 50 new Microsoft Flight Simulator screenshots collected from different sources taken by various community members. More screenshots at our Instagram page. Past screenshot galleries are 1, 2, 3, 4,…
Best Graphics Settings
UPDATE: This guide is now updated for Sim Update 7 that added DirectX 12 support. We highly recommend using DX11 because the in-sim DX12 is still a work in progress and can cause lower performance at the moment. After the latest Sim…
Update Download & Installation Issues
After every Sim Update and World Update for Microsoft Flight Simulator, there are a number of users who are having problems making their Windows 10 or 11 to find the new MSFS update. Also, there are problems with the base MSFS download and installation as…