October 22nd, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing

Weekly Recap

On Friday of last week, we release the final version of Sim Update 7.1. This was a small patch to resolve a few bugs introduced with SU7, including an issue that caused reduced aircraft drag. You can read the full release notes here .

Following the full release of SU7.1, we also started the public beta for the next release, Sim Update 7.2. So far two pre-release tests builds have been made available to anyone who opts in to the beta. You can read the release notes for SU7.2 at the links below:

Release Notes – SU7.2 Beta 1.9.22.0 – October 23, 2026

Release Notes – SU7.2 Beta 1.9.23.0 – October 28, 2026

Also earlier this week we released the FREE ** World Update 23: Poland and the Baltics ** and its corresponding Local Legend aircraft, the ** Antonov An-28 **. The An-28 was lovingly created for Microsoft Flight Simulator by Andrei Tsvirenko of ATSimulations. You can read a developer spotlight interview with Andrei in the Marketplace section below.

In* Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)* news, we have also begun the public beta test on PC and XBOX Series X|S for Sim Update 17. The release notes for this pre-release test build can be found here .

Finally, as we announced last week, we are preparing for our next Developer Livestream to be broadcast on our official Twitch channel in November. If you would like to pre-submit a question to the panel of Jorg, Seb, and Martial, you can do so by completing the form at this link .

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