PMDG 737 Series for Microsoft Flight Simulator is nearing completion
When Microsoft Flight Simulator launched for PC in 2020, the most passionate of the sim community were quick to point out its lack of ‘complex airliners.’ That is, commercial aircraft that have the characteristics of their real-life counterparts. As the sim continues to mature, the number of such products that fit that category have been growing slowly but surely. Now, PMDG, one of the biggest names in the game, is on the cusp of releasing its first of such products for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
The studio has a very long and seasoned history with the world of flight simulator add-ons. Over the last several months, it’s been rebuilding one of its hit products, the Boeing 737 Series, for Microsoft’s next-gen sim. As of the latest development update from February 5, PMDG administrator “RSRandazzo” announced that the “wait is nearly over” for the 737 project.
Progress for this add-on grinded to a controversial halt some time ago. The dev team announced that it was waiting for Asobo to resolve some issues in the Microsoft Flight Simulator‘s coding that was preventing further development. The matter has since been resolved, and progress on the 737 project has been rapidly coming together ever since. As of the latest update, the team is currently working on various aircraft subsystems, the flight model, some texture refinements, and, of course, lots of debugging and further testing.
The update mentioned that the PMDG 737 is performing nominally enough in the sim. The plane “is now being flown on complete flight stages as we continue to look for issues hiding in the background.”
“From a simulation standpoint the software is incredibly stable and well mannered so we are in the process chasing down things that I would call
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