After a delay in release, the Microsoft Flight Simulator team has recently pushed a new patch toward the simulator which aims at fixing existing bugs as well as the addition of various quality-of-life improvements and general tweaks to the game. The patch is the fifth update since the simulator’s release in August this year.
Among the most notable improvements is the fix to autopilot behaviour to pitch management, which was a problem since the very release of the game. Additionally the patch also features a tweak toward control surface sensitivity issues on the TBM 930, Cessna 152, Cessna 152 Aerobat, Cessna 172 classing, and Cessna 172 G1000.
In terms of UI, the “press any key to start” screen has now been skipped at launch, as well as performance improvements on the menu. A full list of release notes may be found below.
The patch will be automatically downloaded upon launching Microsoft Flight Simulator, the size of the patch is not stated.
Release notes
PLANES
- Improved sensitivity and twitchiness of control surfaces for the Daher TBM 930, Cessna 152, Cessna 152 Aerobat, Cessna 172 classic and Cessna 172 G1000
- Improved autopilot behaviour for pitch management, altitude capture and stability for Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX, Cessna Citation Longitude, Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental and Daher TBM 930
- Fixed Zlin Shock Ultra caution amber light which was always on
- Fixed Cirrus SR22 windshield de-icing not working
- Fixed Cessna 152 flood light always ON during tutorials
- Fixed aircraft avionics screens going blank in certain conditions
- Fixed Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner APU fault light behaviour
- Unlocking longitudinal position of elevator to allow for “Canard” airplanes
UI
- Press any key to start screen is now automatically skipped at launch
- Option added to the Misc menu to switch between Metric and US standard units
- Performances has been improved in plane selection menu and marketplace
- The TrackIR can be enabled/disabled in the camera panel during flight
- Cockpit tooltips can now be deactivated in the Accessibility options menu
WEATHER
- Metar data refresh issue has been fixed
INSTALLATION MANAGER
- Solved several installation issues that were affecting edge cases
- We now display the download speed and amount of packages that are being downloaded
INPUT
- Support for Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant Airbus Edition
- Ability to move the origin of the sensitivity curve and change the sensitivity value on both side of the origin
- Fix input values when using deadzones
ACTIVITY
- All Landing challenge scores should now be properly tracked in the leaderboards
MARKETPLACE
- Quality of life updates for the marketplace
WORLD
- Motion blur has been added
- New temporal anti-aliasing (TAA) has been implemented
- The temporal upsampling has been fixed (when TAA is active with the render scale below 100%)
- Night lighting has been improved
- Water night reflections have been added
- Huge hole in Brazil has been fixed
Source: Microsoft Flight Simulator forum
Credit to Gold787FlightSim from our discord
