Today patch 3 for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 has been released. The patch will bump up the version of Flight Simulator to 1.9.3.0. This patch also contains a work update which is known as World Update 1: Japan. Besides the bug fixes and improvements you can enjoy the upgraded scenerario for six promiminent cities in Japan:
- Sendai
- Takamatsu
- Tokushima
- Tokyo
- Utsunomiya
- Yokohama
In addition to the cities 6 hand-crafted airports are added:
- Hachijojima
- Kerama
- Kushiro
- Nagasaki
- Shimojishima
- Suwanosejima
Besides the nice scenery addition the patch contains several bug fixes/improvements in the following categories:
- Airports
- UI
- Aerodynamics
- Planes
- Activity
- Visuals and animation
- General aviation systems
- General aviation avionics
- Airliners systems
- Airliners avoinics
- Weather
- Marketplace
- Content manager
- Installation manager
- Localization
- Cameras
- Input
- Bush trips
- World
Keep in mind that this patch also introduces some “known issues”:
- Game may crash if the VFR Map is not opened right after starting the flight
- Cessna Citation Longitude: Regression AP FLC and VS mode
- Cessna Citation Longitude: Autopilot climb and level off issues
- Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental: Autopilot switches to FLCH mode instead of catching the glideslope
- Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental: Autopilot switches to VNAV mode on take-off even if VNAV is not used by the pilot
- Airbus A320neo : PFDs shutdowns randomly
- The Tour of Japan discovery flight will be greyed out in the main menu if the Beechcraft King Air 350i is not installed
- A new install on a different install folder will only download the mandatory content and will require a reboot (non mandatory content can be downloaded from the Content manager)
For the detailed release notes visit this page
