This year, Flightgear had 3 releases, see the highlights below
FlightGear 2024.1.1 (27 February 2025)
Real-time dynamic shadows and lights
Preliminary support for VR headsets using OpenXR
Preview of World Scenery 3.0 (a scenery system that uses LOD for improved fps, memory usage, and visible range)
Added region-specific random building textures
Improved performance and stability of randomly generated trees
More realistic AI
Added the Milky Way to the night sky
Fixed bugs, memory leaks, and a high-severity security vulnerability.
FlightGear 2024.1.2 (18 September 2025)
Added support for incremental updates
2024.1 is now available for MacOS as well.
Added FFmpeg to allow exporting video on windows
Fixes, updates and translations
FlightGear 2024.1.3 (2 November 2025)
Added FFmpeg to allow exporting video on MacOS
Added offline mode to the launcher
Fixes and translation updates
Flight gear has also joined OpenCollective this year, which has allowed them to raise money for a more reliable download experience ad to cover server hosting.
