Today in Flight Simulation News – August 26, 2024

Today Flight Simulation add-on developers shared news about products for Microsoft Flight Simulator, X-Plane, Lockheed Martin Prepar3D, and more.

Here on Simulation Daily, we publish daily roundups to help you stay in touch with everything happening in the super-lively Flight Simulation industry.

To start, you can check out a reveal from earlier this morning, which received its own individual coverage.

• Microsoft Flight Simulator Cardiff Airport Looks Impressive Ahead of Release

Now, without further ado, I leave you with all the news. If you’re interested in general gaming news, you can take a look at the dedicated roundup.

Bombardier Challenger 350 for Microsoft Flight Simulator Gets Even More Screenshots

FlightFX released even more images of the details of the flight deck of the Bombardier Challenger 350 business jet, albeit textures are still missing.

Nimbus Simulation Shows Boeing 707 for X-Plane

Laminar itself released new screenshots of Nimbus Simulation’s Boeing 707 for X-Plane 12, showing more of its exterior and a glimpse of the flight engineer’s console.

Geneva VFR Scenery for FSX and P3D Released

FlighSim Design Chile released a new photorealistic VFR scenery for Geneva in Switzerland, compatible with Orbx’s scenery.

It’s for the venerable Flight Simulator X and for Prepar3D from 4 to 6. It can be purchased on Simmarket for $17.02.

• Fully Autogen Coverage
• Custom night lights
• Custom MESH
• Shores of lakes and sea
• new algorithm for reducing irrelevant data for higher data compression and a new algorithm for finding and correcting errors
• Required 4.1GB HDD Space

If you’d like to get into flight simulation but you’d like more information on how to get started with the hobby, you can read our introductory guide, alongside the second episode focusing on installing add-ons, and another showcasing the basic instruments.

You can also read more flight simulation news in yesterday’s roundup article.