April 17th, 2025 Development Update

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is X user @ARROW2929! 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 post, we have released two new Sim Update 2 (SU2) pre-release test builds to community members who have opted in to the public beta. You can read the release notes for each of these two builds at the links below:

Once again, we would like to thank everyone who is participating in the ongoing SU2 public beta test. Your feedback and bug reports are invaluable to the team as we work to deliver the best Sim Update experience to MSFS 2024 players! Please remember to vote in the forum survey threads we create for each build here.

Also starting today, we are pleased to announce the Spring Sale for both the MSFS (2020) and MSFS 2024 Marketplaces! Enjoy savings of up to 90% off on select products! Please see the following announcements for more information:

– MSFS Team

Development Update

Feedback Snapshot

SDK Update

Asobo

No update this week.

Working Title

No update this week.

Marketplace

Marketplace Releases (MSFS 2020)

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

There are 29 NEW and 41 UPDATED products in this week’s Marketplace Update for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020).

New Releases This Week
29 NEW Products: 15 ON PC, 14 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 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

Updated This week:
41 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 21 ON PC, 20 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 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 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 PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox

Marketplace Releases (MSFS 2024)

There are 74 NEW and 17 UPDATED products in this week’s Marketplace Update for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

New This week:
74 NEW Products: 37 ON PC, 37 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 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	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 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	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox		New on Xbox

Updated This week:
17 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 9 ON PC, 8 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 PC
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox

Marketplace Backlog

Current Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) Backlog: 331 Total

BACKLOG: NEW PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	18	0	5	23
Mission	2	21	69	92
Scenery	10	0	4	14
Livery	2	0	6	8
Airport	12	2	19	33
Other	8	0	7	15
Total	52	23	110	185

BACKLOG: UPDATED PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	17	0	18	35
Mission	0	8	14	22
Scenery	4	4	3	11
Livery	9	0	7	16
Airport	35	0	16	51
Other	5	2	4	11
Total	70	14	62	146

Third Party Update

No Update this week.

Community

Community Fly-In Friday

We’re making our return to Africa this week with a flight over scenic Botswana! Our exploration of the region will include a tour of the famous Central Kalahari Game Reserve, the second-largest wildlife reserve in the world and a popular tourist destination.

Click here for event details!

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

We know lots of you enjoy flying the FlyByWire Airbus A380 freeware, so we wanted to share a brilliant video from YouTuber Captain Carlos for this week’s Community Video of choice.

This cinematic video showcases a flight between Tokyo, Japan and Honolulu, Hawaii in the ANA Airbus A380 with a special “Green Turtle” paint scheme. We always enjoy sitting back and relaxing with Captain Carlos’ videos, so got and check it out with the link below!