October 23rd, 2025 Development Update
Date: 2025-10-24 00:57:56
Public testing for both the ongoing Sim Update 4 and PlayStation 5 betas remains in progress! This week, the team released a new test build for both betas. In case you missed it, you can read the release notes for these test builds at the links below.
- Sim Update 4 Beta (1.6.18.0) Release Notes – October 22, 2025
- PS5 Beta (1.006.018) Release Notes – October 22, 2025
As a reminder, if you are participating in either beta test, please remember to submit and contribute to bug reports on our official forums and to vote in the survey polls. Your feedback is incredibly valuable to the team as they refine both SU4 and the PS5 releases! Forum links for each beta are below. Note: only those invited to the PS5 beta will have access to that private subforum linked here.
Finally, in the interest of improving transparency, we’re pleased to share a new piece of information with you in the weekly Development Update blogs going forward. You can now see how many days it has taken for each third-party product (New and Updated) to be released on the Marketplace after the Creator signed-off that it was ready to go. You can see this information in the dedicated Marketplace release page at this link. We’re curious to hear your feedback about this new information, so be sure to leave a comment on our forums if you have any thoughts about this new information.
– MSFS Team