PMDG’s Robert Randazzo has recently shared a new development update regarding the upcoming projects, updates and the future of their planes in the next iteration of Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Progress on PMDG 777 Series
The 777-300ER beta team received a new update last week, which should have been rolled out this weekend. However, the beta version was unsuccessful, as the aircraft became completely broken. The update should have mostly been a model update, and some changes were targeted to the navdata update process via tablet, which resulted in issues during the beta stage of this update.
The issue should be resolved this week and the changes should be pushed to the beta team again soon.
The 777 Freigher version should go into testing this week as well. But certain “staffing hiccups” slowed down the process. In addition to that, the problems with the 777-300ER slowed the team down as well.
Tireless Work On the 747
The PMDG team is currently working on updating their current line-up, but also developing new aircraft as mentioned in the previous development update, where they announced that the 747 is in development.
The development process continues, and before it gets to a full pace, the PMDG team still needs to polish up the 777 Series. However, the team has been slowly moving over to the 747 project, and the plane is gradually getting more amount of attention.
MSFS24 and Future Projects
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is getting quite close now, and Robert Randazzo thinks that the platform looks spectacular with many features the team highly anticipates.
A new aeroplane project is on the horizon by PMDG, as the team hired more developers last year. It has been mentioned that it is beginning to shape nicely. This new aircraft is going to have a higher level of detail of the external model to emphasize the walk-around features in the upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator version.
Robert mentioned that the PMDG team aims to make the aeroplane fully “pre-flight-able”.
With that, Robert also included a single image of the upcoming aeroplane. The name of the file is “BoeBus A3797”, so nobody can guess what kind of aeroplane it is. The image itself shows a small part of the fuselage with a few screws and rivets. Nothing else.
There is no more information to be shared by the PMDG team yet. However, if you would like to read more, make sure to take a look at one of our previous articles here.
