Sim Update 5 Beta (1.7.17.0) Release Notes - April 6, 2026

RELEASE NOTES Sim Update 5 Beta - 1.7.17.0

If you are playing on PC, outdated packages in your community folder may have an unexpected impact on the title’s performance and behavior.

If you suffer from stability issues or long loading times, move your community package(s) to another folder before relaunching the title.

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Weather

  • Fixed an issue with visibility causing fog to no longer appear

World

  • Fixed missing terminal buildings on TIN

Airports

  • Fixed pushback not behaving correctly when requested through the key binding in untowered airports

Vegetation

  • Fixed plant mesh not rendered in Sub build

Traffic

  • Multiplayer: Improved fallback model matching using more metadata like wingspan, engine count and engine type to produce a closer alternative match.
  • Multiplayer: Ensured model matching does not match airplanes for helicopters when a fallback is used.

Virtual Reality

  • Fixed the “Reset to default” feature of the Virtual Reality graphic settings section resetting the non-VR graphics options too.
  • Added the Virtual Reality graphic settings on PlayStation 5.

DevMode

Project Editor

  • Fixed freeze when building packages. Added a progress bar.

SDK

  • Fixed SimConnect_SetRelativeCamera6DOF call which ignored position parameters and put camera at the center of the SimObject, not the eyepoint.

Known Issue

To be fixed in future builds:

  • Airbus A310-300 Throttle does not respond to player input
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