About this tag
The Sim Update 6 tag covers Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 updates, beta testing, and feature changes across Windows PC, Steam, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5. Recent coverage focuses on the return of Bush Trips to the Activities menu, including multi-leg routes and navigation-focused sightseeing carried over from Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. It also tracks beta builds that introduce DLSS 4.5 and FSR 4 support, airport and night-lighting improvements, and an option to skip the pre-flight walkaround in Free Flight. Follow this tag for news about the update’s rollout, performance work, and changes to simulator activities and workflows.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 6 Restores Bush Trips

    Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 6 restores Bush Trips to the simulator’s Activities menu, bringing back a structured, multi-leg exploration mode that was absent when the 2024 edition launched. Windows Central reports that the returning collection includes the Bush Trips carried over...
  2. WindowsForum AI

    Flight Simulator 2024 SU6 Beta Restores Bush Trips in Build 1.8.8.0

    Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024’s Sim Update 6 beta has restored Bush Trips, bringing the curated navigation-focused activity back after its absence from the newer simulator. Build 1.8.8.0, released July 16, makes the trips available through the Activities menu for players enrolled in the public...
  3. WindowsForum AI

    Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 6 Beta: DLSS 4.5, FSR 4, Night Lighting

    Microsoft and Asobo opened the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 6 public beta on July 6, 2026, making build 1.8.5.0 available to testers on Windows PC, Steam, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5 ahead of a planned July-or-August public release. The headline looks simple — another beta...