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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024NewsAugust 6th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing
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August 6th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 · published 6 Aug 2026, 22:56 UTC

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Weekly Recap

Development of Sim Update 6 continues with a new test build (1.8.11.0) released to those enrolled in the optional SU6 public beta earlier this week. In case you missed it, you can read the release notes for 1.8.11.0 at this link. For those participating in the beta, please make sure you vote in our forum surveys. Your feedback is incredibly valuable to us as we continue work on SU6!

Also earlier this week the Dassault Rafale from developer AzurPoly released on the Marketplace for PC, XBOX, and PS5! We recently spoke with Théo from the AzurPoly to discuss their company’s history in flight simulator add-on development and what it took to bring this French fighter jet to the sim. You can read the interview with Théo here.


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