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February 26th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing

Weekly Recap Public testing for Sim Update 5 remains ongoing. Last week we released a new beta build, 1.7.7.0, to volunteer testers from the community. You can read the release notes for this test build here.

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addedWeekly RecapPublic testing for Sim Update 5 remains ongoing. Last week we released a new beta build, 1.7.7.0, to volunteer testers from the community. You can read the release notes for this test build here . If you are not currently enrolled in the beta and would like to help assist the dev team by testing the latest pre-release build and sharing feedback and bug reports, you can find instructions on how to join here .

changedWeekly RecapIf you are in the beta, please be sure to vote in our forum surveys . This feedback is regularly reviewed by the team and is incredibly valuable to us! Thank you once again to all the volunteer testers from the community!

changedWeekly RecapFinally, last week flight sim fans gathered together for two separate community-organized Bravo Alpha Romeo events , one in Dallas, Texas and another in Melbourne, Australia! If you — yes, YOU — would like to host a B.A.R. event in your local area, the MSFS Community Team would love to help you with organization! You can join the B.A.R. Organizer Discord server here for more information!

Weekly Recap

Public testing for Sim Update 5 remains ongoing. Last week we released a new beta build, 1.7.7.0, to volunteer testers from the community. You can read the release notes for this test build here. If you are not currently enrolled in the beta and would like to help assist the dev team by testing the latest pre-release build and sharing feedback and bug reports, you can find instructions on how to join here.

If you are in the beta, please be sure to vote in our forum surveys. This feedback is regularly reviewed by the team and is incredibly valuable to us! Thank you once again to all the volunteer testers from the community!

Finally, last week flight sim fans gathered together for two separate community-organized Bravo Alpha Romeo events, one in Dallas, Texas and another in Melbourne, Australia! If you — yes, YOU — would like to host a B.A.R. event in your local area, the MSFS Community Team would love to help you with organization! You can join the B.A.R. Organizer Discord server here for more information!

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