Sim Update 14 is out

[loki]

Sim Update 14 has been released. The release notes are below.

 

https://www.flightsimulator.com/sim-update-14/

 

I didn't have trouble downloading this one, though some were. Asobo/MS have put some mitigations in place to help those affected.

 

https://x.com/MSFSofficial/status/1732146940035362906?s=20

[chicagorandy]

Did the update yesterday and today - their servers WERE slow, as expected with the planet all trying to update at the same time, but no negative issues were encountered and all is well again in my flight sim world.

[DaddyTim]

Same as chicagorandy, here in Toronto. Updated late in the afternoon yesterday and it was slow. It also took a couple of 'clicks" until I realized it was updating behind the scene. The Content Manager part was also slow, but in the end, completed and flying!

[GreasedLanding]

I updated Wednesday morning; it was the quickest update ever. There are no issues here. Must have hit a lucky time spot.

[Nels_Anderson]

As always, a mixed bag... On my first attempt to update, things simply stopped at 42% but I quit and when I tried it again later it all went through very quickly.

[budreiser]

A tad slow here also, but not as bad as some in the past. Just finished a flight from KBOI to KLAS in the 787. Noticed 2 changes. When being handed off, my co-pilot now says good-bye instead of g'day. Much nicer change is ATC giving you altitude increase and decrease figures about 2k ft before instead of 2 hundred feet.  

[N069NT]

Just finished a 2hr flight in the Longitude and no major issues even with a lot of aftermarket add-ons (I forgot to remove them before update). Download took about 15 minutes, but I did notice the Mb/s transfer speed bounced around all over the place, from about a peak of 350Mb/s to as slow as 2Mb/s (on a 900Mb/s network).

Anyway one thing I appreciate like Budreiser stated is the more realistic ATC approval to the next altitude clearance. Before it was at 250 feet to go before ATC gave clearance. Climbing out at 2,000+ FPM would bust through that in seconds if not cleared beforehand. What we'd have to do is just slow our climb rate getting closer to that 250' clearance (and hopefully, otherwise if busy you had to park it at the last assigned altitude until your turn for clearance...and slow down to keep from overspeeding at climb power). Now there's generally enough time for ATC to get to you for the next altitude clearance while still maintaining your consistent climb profile - even in busy ATC comms airspace. More like in the real world. Unfortunately that is not reciprocated during descent for some reason.

[plainsman]

Downloaded late Wednesday afternoon without any issues. Flew the Bonanza from KFMZ to KMCI. The screenshot is climbing over the old abandoned Bruning Army Airfield, off the left wing.

[budreiser]

2 hours ago, N069NT said:

Anyway one thing I appreciate like Budreiser stated is the more realistic ATC approval to the next altitude clearance. Before it was at 250 feet to go before ATC gave clearance. Climbing out at 2,000+ FPM would bust through that in seconds if not cleared beforehand. What we'd have to do is just slow our climb rate getting closer to that 250' clearance (and hopefully, otherwise if busy you had to park it at the last assigned altitude until your turn for clearance...and slow down to keep from overspeeding at climb power). Now there's generally enough time for ATC to get to you for the next altitude clearance while still maintaining your consistent climb profile - even in busy ATC comms airspace. More like in the real world. Unfortunately that is not reciprocated during descent for some reason.

.....Unfortunately that is not reciprocated during descent for some reason..... 

 

Maybe I had a nice FAA employee. Took me downhill the same way as the climb. Put me at 5k feet on the upwind to KLAS 26L