Today in Flight Simulation News – August 27, 2024

light Simulation developers continue to provide daily news about upcoming products for Microsoft Flight Simulator and more, and relevant updates.

Every day, Simulation Daily publishes a roundup of all the news across the industry, to let you stay up to date with what’s going on. Incidentally, today we also have relevant news about X-Plane.

But before we get down to business, here’s a link to relevant news that has been covered individually.

• Microsoft Flight Simulator Frankfurt Airport Gets Release Date; Will Come for MSFS2024 as Well

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.

Eviation Alice Announced for Microsoft Flight Simulator

LivToAir announced the upcoming release of the Eviation Alice electric aircraft. It’s “coming soon” on SimMarket, flightsim.to, the official marketplace, and more, for both PC and Xbox. The price will be about $26, and it’ll offer the following features.

• Fully custom electrical systems
• Custom G3000 systems based on the WTG3000
• Detailed EFB with 6 apps including a flight planner app
• Custom wwise sounds
• 3 variants each with a different cabin layout (Commuter, Cargo and Luxury
• Wingflex animation
• Interactable cabin
• 1 Cargo livery, 6 Commuter liveries and 7 Luxury liveries
• Working Charger

Update: The aircraft has now been released, and you can watch the trailer below.

Lukla Scenery Announced for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

Cli4D Design revealed a new scenery add-on for the upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 that will enrich the area of Lukla in Nepal, the gateway to Everest. It’s designed to work with the hand-crafted airport included in the default simulator.

Calais–Dunkerque Airport Released for Microsoft Flight Simulator

AG Sim released Calais–Dunkerque Airport (LFAC) in France. This well-known general aviation airport is available on Orbx Direct for approximately $13, promising the following features.

• 3D Buildings created with details
• 8K PBR textures
• Open Hangars with parking lots
• Vegetation and layout arrangement
• Special details around the airport
• 3D people, living atmosphere
• Helipad
• Accurate Ground and Traffic Signs

USA Modern Cities Vol.4 Released for Microsoft Flight Simulator

SamScene3D released another of its scenery packages enriching American cities. USA Modern Cities Vol.4 includes Phoenix, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, and Denver and can be purchased on Orbx Direct and on the developer’s own store for approximately $19.

It’s likely to soon reach other stores, and you can check out a list of features below.

• over 50 handcrafted building models in each city
• replaced default broken bridges with handcrafted bridges over the cities
• beautiful night effects
• most building rooftops are landable helipads
• compatible with other developer airport addons
• it can be used with the photogrammetry turned off

X-Plane Update 12.1.2 Beta 2 Released

Laminar released the second beta version of the upcoming X-Plane 12 update 12.1.2

An anchor option has been added for seaplanes with the ability to deploy and retract it. A few bugs introduced in the previous beta version have been fixed, while more tweaks have been done to boats.

Dual Jetways support has been added to a bunch of airports, and some aircraft received fixes and updates. You can read the full patch notes on the official website.

If you’d like to get into flight simulation but you’d like some initial guidance, 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.