Today in Flight Simulation News – June 3, 2025

Flight Simulation developers shared news today, including a beta update for X-Plane 12, a couple of airport releases and the first look at a big one for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and MSFS 2020.

Every day, Simulation Daily publishes a roundup of all the news across the flight simulation field, helping you keep up to date with the ins and outs of the industry.

You can find all the flight simulation news below.

Cessna 210 Turbo Centurion for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Gets New Screenshots

Carenado released new screenshots of its Cessna 210 Turbo Centurion for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, which should be releasing “soon.”

You can check them out above.

Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator Gets First Screenshots

Pilot Experience Sim released the first screenshot showing one of the towers of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (LFPG) serving the capital of France.

The airport was announced many months ago, and the developer had not shown any screenshots until now, perhaps encouraged by the announcement of a version coming from Aerosoft.

On its Discord Server, Pilot Experience Sim provided a brief statement mentioning that we won’t see more for a while (Sic).

“We will no say anything more .
We will not share any previews because we don’t want to be copied .
We are working closely with many workers at LFPG included ATC , Pilots , ramp agents .

It will take the time it takes , but it will be one or the best scenery ever done”

Milan Malpensa Airport Releases for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

Barelli MSFS Addon released the MSFS 2024 version of its Milan Malpensa Airport (LIMC) in Italy.

It’s available on Simmarket for $23.55. If you already have the MSFS 2020 version, you can upgrade for $7.

Istrana Air Base Released for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

Barelli MSFS Addon also released Istrana Air Base (LIPS) in Italy. It’s available on Simmarket for $17.40.

You can see what it looks like in the video above.

X-Plane 12.2.0 Update Gets New Beta Build

Laminar Research released the seventh beta build of the upcoming 12.2.0 update for X-Plane 12.

Below you can read the update notes.

Fixes and Enhancements

Aircraft

• Fixed the speedbrake lever functionality for the Schleicher ASK 21 (XPD-16859)

General

• Made all texts on the loading screen translatable (XPD-16851)
• Fixed an issue where X-Plane would get stuck at “Will init rendering” during startup (XPD-16857)

Graphics Core Engine

• Fixed Magenta rendering caused by NaNs with first-generation Maxwell GPUs (XPD-16915)

Graphics

• Fixed concentric circle artefacts above the aircraft (XPD-16928)
• Fixed flickering in near-cloud rendering (XPD-16902)
• Fixed cloud artifacts when zooming the view (XPD-16949)
• Fixed inconsistent brightness between near and far cloud rendering (XPD-16932)
• Improved lighting of emissive textures (XPD-16935)
• Fixed overly dark and pixelated overcast cloud layers when transitioning into them (XPD-16717)

Weather

• Recalibrated weather presets to improve cloud density and distribution (XPD-16909)

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