PMDG has recently released the long-awaited Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 version of their Boeing 737-800, their first product built natively for the new platform with a lidar-scanned flight deck, improved textures and lighting, new sounds, and much more.

Their 738 leverages the capabilities of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 to lay the groundwork for a truly native product line that will follow from this (the next variants will gradually roll out over the next months).

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It’s said to be a significant overhaul of the 737 product line, wholly capitalizing on the sim’s capabilities: a new cockpit with new materials, lidar scanned models, new lighting, new surface textures; a new cabin, new interactable items around the airplane, customized door logic, operable cockpit windows, and a new 3D sound-set built by a professional sound engineering team whose lead sound engineer is also a type-rated 737 captain. The full changelog follows below:

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• Fully customized, professional grade system simulation for all major and minor aircraft systems and components.
• Highly sophisticated logical simulation of onboard information systems and aircraft management.
• PMDG's customized, flight model with enhanced physics augmentation.
• Rigid body physics for wing and tail surfaces.
• Fully customized flight control and landing gear systems with normal, standby and reversionary capability.
• Accurate resolution cockpit displays
• Interchangeable equipment options for cockpit instrumentation
• Numerous user configurable options from throughout the global 737 operator fleet.
• Updated 737 options packages reflecting operational improvements and changes to the global 737 fleet.
• Full featured failures simulation to cover nearly all QRH scenarios as well as real-world mean time to failure simulations model.
• Datalink simulation compatible with simBrief integration and SayIntentions AI.
• Tablet displays at each pilot position fully compatible with navigraph charting including conformal indication.
• Incandescent and LED lighting packages, as well as fully dimming flight deck lights and annunciators.
• Heads up display with configurable modes.
• Entirely new 3D sound environment built specifically for this 737.
• Highly integrated exterior, interior cabin and flight deck sound environments affected by proximity and direction.
• Sound environment built using recordings from a purpose-instrumented multiple aircraft recording effort.
• Fully integrated cabin interior for the passenger and cargo airplanes.
• Operable suite of doors and lighting controls located in the cabin.
• Includes the 737-800 in passenger configuration with both blended winglets and split scimitar winglet configurations.
• Includes the Boeing Business jet in with both blended winglets and split scimitar winglets configurations.
• Includes both the 737-800 BDSF & BCF freighter with main deck cargo door with blended winglets.
• Full set of ground equipment for each aircraft type, including passenger servicing vehicles, VIP vehicles for the BBJ and cargo handling equipment for the BDSF as well as the BCF.
• Virtual cockpit model, with ultra high detail textures, 3D rendering and reflective properties and all new material surface properties..
• Advanced animations techniques leveraging the new MSFS engine to truly bring the 737 flight deck to life.
• Cockpit differences between the passenger, cargo and BBJ airplanes are accurately rendered.
• A full featured tutorial will guide you through proper operation of the 737 from power up to power down.
• Free customer support both at our customer forum and directly from our support team if necessary.
• This product comes with a free sample of Navigraph navigation data.

It’s available on PMDG.com for $74.99, and owners of the MSFS 2020 version are entitled to a 60% discount ($30 total).

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