Microsoft Flight Simulator Airbus A380 by FlyByWire Gets New Screenshots & Videos; A32NX Gets Dev Update

Microsoft Flight Simulator third-party developer FlyByWire provided news about its A32NX Airbus A320 mod and its Airbus A380.

Microsoft Flight Simulator third-party developer FlyByWire hosted its periodic livestream providing news about its A32NX Airbus A320 mod and its Airbus A380.

We hear that the A32NX mod has been downloaded over 2 million times not counting updates.

We also get a list of the team’s long-term goals including failures, maintenance, and variants.

The aircraft is getting an update to weights and balances to be more accurate and flexible. You can see the difference below.

An update to audio is incoming with crew sounds for various airlines and dynamic system sounds, thanks to which systems like the electric or hydraulic ones will sound differently depending on the situation and load.

A custom Bleed System will be added regulating air flows and pressurization within the aircraft. The aim is to simulate as many of the components of the system as possible, including valves and heat exchangers. This will also enable the simulation of individual components and the related ECAM warnings.

An early version should come “soonish.”

The Custom Flight Management System is going to improve with the simulation of the software architecture of the real FMS. Below you can see a diagram of how it will work. Of course, this includes the support of published patterns and holds.

The version currently in the experimental build is very basic, but FBW plans to simulate the whole thing down the line.

Then we take a look at the custom ISIS with its features, including the standard barometric setting and the bugs setting. This is already included in the development and experimental builds.

Moving on to the Airbus A380, we get to see new work-in-progress images of the exterior and interior detailing, on top of a couple of videos of some of the FMS pages in action.

Recently, we published our massive interview with head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann, focusing on the Xbox version and short and long-term plans for the sim (on both platforms).

If you’d like to read more about Microsoft Flight Simulator add-ons, you can enjoy our recent reviews of Amami Airport, Bristol Airport, Marrakech Menara Airport, Great Britain Central, Tehran Imam Khomeini Airport, Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport, Shanghai Pudong Airport, Kraków Airport, Fukuoka City & Airport, Fort Lauderdale Airport, Chongqing City & Airport, Manila Airport, Santiago Airport, the Frankfurt City Pack, Key West Airport, the Okavango Delta, Bali Airport, London Oxford Airport, Berlin Brandenburg Airport, the CRJ 550/700, the PA-28R Arrow III, Kristiansand Airport, Macau City & Airport, Bonaire Flamingo Airport, Milano Linate Airport, the Singapore City Pack, Tokyo Narita Airport, Yao Airport, the F-15 Eagle, the Paris City Pack, Greater Moncton Airport, Tweed New Haven Airport, Santorini Airport, Sydney Airport, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Reggio Calabria Airport, Bastia Poretta Airport, Munich Airport, Paris Orly Airport, Newcastle International Airport, Sankt Johann Airfield, Dublin International Airport, and Seoul City Wow. We also have a beta preview of Singapore Changi airport.

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Microsoft Flight Simulator is already available for Windows 10 and Steam, and Xbox Series X|S.