The world's biggest athletic event takes place every four years and has just started in Tokyo, Japan. To celebrate, Drzewiecki Design wants you to be able to fly into Japan on your flight simulator and virtually visit Tokyo. They have versions of RJAA Tokyo Narita Airport for MSFS 2020, X-Plane 11 and Prepar3D v4/5, all of which are now on sale at 40% off.

Newcomer Fenix Simulations is bringing to MSFS what they believe to be the comprehensive and complete A320 simulator available to desktop consumers on any platform. In a continuing series they discuss the aircraft's systems, this time going into HYD/FUEL.

IndiaFoxtEcho has received word from Microsoft about some issues with the upcoming Sim Update V that will effect how several of their aircraft work. Several planes will have non-working cockpits and this will also delay development of several planes.

With the visuals nearly complete, Just Flight have shared some new WIP screen shots of their Hawk T1/A Advanced Trainer for MSFS 2020. The development team are now focused on the aircraft systems coding. The Hawk T1 is a relatively simple jet to operate, thanks to its role as a trainer, but like our equally vintage and British 146 airliner, it features plenty of quirks and systems to keep you busy.

One of the first products last year that was announced exclusively for the Microsoft Flight Simulator, Ready Captain is a sequel to the original "Hopping Round The World Adventure" for FS2004. It will offer more than 3000 takeoffs and landings while visiting the continents of the world, with every trip having unknowns. It will test your pilot skills in bush flying, VFR and IFR, and real world weather in a variety of aircraft.

VSKYLABS is bringing back one of its most veteran projects that never saw light outside the labs, an advanced radio controlled model airplane simulation aircraft line for X-Plane. One of the main objectives is to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of actual RC model airplanes training using X-Plane and its virtual reality environment.

With the Xbox Series X|S version of Microsoft Flight Simulator release only a few days away, Microsoft has announced that a number of hardware controllers will be available for it. These will come from well known companies Honeycomb, Thrustmaster, and Turtle Beach.

LIME is coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator. Thanks to Tailstrike Design, MSFS 2020 pilots will soon have a new Italian destination at Oiro al Serio Airport in Milan. Down the road it will also be available for X-Plane and Prepar3D.

Orbx announces the release in the next of their landmarks series for MSFS: The Gateway To India - Landmarks Mumbai. It includes sixteen high-detail models that range from Victorian Gothic to ultramodern styles, including Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Gateway of India, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Omkar 1973 and Imperial Towers, as well as the impressive cable-stayed spans of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link.

The big news from the Microsoft Flight Simulator team this week is that the long awaited Xbox Series X|S version will be available in only a few days. It will be interesting to see how well received a sim of this type is on a gaming platform. There is also other news about SDK updates and developments in other areas.

Even though it's still months away, FlightSimExpo 2020 has already confirmed a large list of exhibitors and sponsors. The list includes many of the biggest names in flight simulator hardware, software and simulation platform development. Turtle Beach and FlightFactor are among ten new sponsors just announced in today's press release.