January 19th, 2023 Development Update - Microsoft Flight Simulator

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Beta testing of Aircraft & Avionics Update 1 (AAU1) continues with the release of a new build (1.30.12.0) earlier this week. In case you missed it, you can read the release notes here.

Our next developer livestream is scheduled for Wednesday, February 1. Unlike previous Q&A sessions, this stream will have a specific focus on Missions, Localization, Points of Interest, Airports, and World Update 12: New Zealand. If you have questions about any of those topics you’d like to see answered by our usual panel of Jorg, Seb, and Martial, please respond to the forum topic here.

And speaking of livestreams, join us next Wednesday, January 25 for a Reno Air Racing exhibition show-match featuring several of your favourite flight sim Twitch and YouTube personalities. They’ll be competing in multiple T-6, Biplane, Unlimited, and Jet class races, and we expect plenty of banter and smack talk among our competitors. We will also be giving away a Tobii Eye Tracker 5 to one lucky viewer, so be sure to tune in for your chance to win! The races start at 3pm ET / noon PT / 2000Z on our official Twitch channel. For more information, check out our forum thread for the event!

Finally, to all our fans who celebrate the Lunar New Year, we wish you peace, luck, and good fortune in the upcoming Year of the Rabbit! 🐇

MSFS Team

Development Roadmap & Feedback Snapshot

A new Development Roadmap and Feedback Snapshot will be available in an upcoming Development Update.

Marketplace Update

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

There are 23 new and 41 updated products in the Marketplace today. Marketplace updates generally go live on Thursdays between the release of this blog post and 5pm PT.

23 NEW PRODUCTS: 13 ON PC, 10 ON XBOX
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	New on PC and Xbox

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

Community Fly-In

This weekend marks the start of the Lunar New Year! In the Chinese zodiac, the upcoming year is the Year of the Rabbit, and to commemorate this holiday, we will be flying across two Southeast Asia countries who celebrate the Chinese New Year, Malaysia and Singapore! Our flight will see us visit some beautiful and well-known buildings including the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur and the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

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

Community Video

Asobo went to extraordinary lengths to ensure that Microsoft Flight Simulator plays great on a gamepad, but for those sim pilots who really want the highest sense of immersion and realism, we know a gamepad is no substitute for proper flight controls like a stick or yoke, throttle, and rudder pedals.

What if there was a new kind of gamepad that was designed from the ground up specifically for flight simulation, though? That’s the promise of the upcoming Yawman Arrow, a new gamepad currently in development and expected to launch later this year. FSElite recently got hands-on time with a prototype version of the Yawman Arrow and shared their impressions. What were their thoughts on this upcoming product? Check out the video to find out!