Welcome to the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Sim Update 16 public beta test!

How to Join

1. Open your Steam Library
   
2. Right-click Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
   
3. Click “Properties”
   
4. Click “Betas”
   
5. Select “flight_sim_beta – Sim Update 16"
   

If you would like to exit the pre-release test before it ends and revert back to the live build, follow these instructions:

1. Open your Steam Library
   
2. Right-click Microsoft Flight Simulator
   
3. Click “Properties”
   
4. Click “Betas”
   
5. Select “None”
   

RELEASE NOTES

If you are playing on PC, outdated packages in your community folder may have an unexpected impact on the title’s performance and behavior.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.
How to install a new update safely

Stability & Performance

• Improved memory management on Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X to improve stability
  

General Bug Fixes

• Fixed bugs on Timezone system. In addition, data is now more accurate (country coasts and borders, islands, etc)
  

World

• Changed the way water bodies polygons work so that overlapping polygons of the same type no longer cancel each other
  

Read full release notes