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Hello! It's Saturday, September 13. We're covering the launch of MSFS 2024 Sim Update 4, a review of a new peripheral, and the launch of Orbx's Jurassic World: Archipelago pack. New to Radio Check? Subscribe here.

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Hot on the heels of the full release of Sim Update 3, MSFS 2024 Sim Update 4 brings further performance and stability updates, optimizations to the CPU main thread, and a full suite of bug fixes.

FSElite, 9 September 2025

 

Tillers are relatively new in the flight sim peripheral space, with none of the mainstream hardware manufacturers currently offering one. George from FSNews had the chance to review a premium offering from IIDB.

FSNews, 6 September 2025

 

Orbx has released their Jurassic World: Archipelago scenery for MSFS 2024, bringing an MROC scenery, classic islands and locations from the movies, and yes, animated dinosaurs to the sim. It is initially for MSFS 2024 though they hope to release it for 2020 and X-Plane as well.

MSFS Addons, 10 September 2025

Orbx offers FSA Captains 20% off a range of their most popular aircraft and scenery. Plus, membership includes 4 free Orbx products.

Link your OrbxDirect Account Today and you'll also save 20% on the new Kola Map for DCS.

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A complete rewrite of the original AI Checklist feature, Checklists V2 introduces a range of improvements such as creating checklists online, sharing them with the community, and even importing or exporting PDFs.

FSNews, 12 September 2025

 

This is the developer's first aircraft for MSFS, delivering what they call a "study-level" simulation of one of business aviation's most iconic jets. 

MSFS Addons, 10 September 2025

 

What's New in the World of X-Plane

From this week's X-Plane.Org digest: public beta 12.3.0b2 is out, the VSKYLABS SR-71 gets an update, and new scenery is out for PAMR and SEQM. Read the full weekly roundup here.

 
 

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