It's been a busy week for sim releases. Here are the biggest, followed by everything else that came out.

World Update 23: Poland and the Baltics (free)

Microsoft Flight Simulator's World Update 23 covers Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, and it's free. It adds 12 areas rendered with updated photogrammetry, eight of them in Poland, plus five handcrafted airports from Gaya. Microsoft Flight Simulator (https://www.flightsimulator.com/world-update-23/)

PMDG's 737-800 is back on PlayStation 5

PMDG says its 737-800 is back on PlayStation 5 for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. PMDG says its earlier PS5 release "ended in an aborted landing", and that this time "everything appears to have gone exactly as planned". PMDG forum (https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/general-discussion-news-and-announcements/407789-27oct26-pmdg-737-800-available-on-ps5)

Thrustmaster's TCA Sky Yoke is out

Thrustmaster's TCA Sky Yoke is now available in two versions, one for PS5 and PC and one for Xbox Series X|S and PC. It's an all-in-one yoke with built-in throttle, trim and rudder controls, rotation of up to 180°, 24 buttons, a mini-stick, a hat switch and triggers. It uses Thrustmaster's 16-bit H.E.A.R.T. technology on 7 axes, and Dual Control lets two yokes share one aircraft on the same PC. Thrustmaster's UK price is £169.99. Thrustmaster (https://www.thrustmaster.com/en-gb/products/tca-sky-yoke-playstation-pc/)

DeltaWing's ATR 72-600 for X-Plane 12

DeltaWing Simulations' ATR 72-600 is out now for X-Plane 12. It costs $69.95 (US dollars; no UK price has been given) on the X-Plane.org Store. X-Plane.org Store (https://store.x-plane.org/ATR-72-600-for-X-Plane-12_p_2286.html)

Also this week

Coming up

The FIA F4 Global Esports Championship starts on iRacing on Saturday 31 October at 19:00 GMT.

Sources: Microsoft Flight Simulator (https://www.flightsimulator.com/world-update-23/), PMDG forum (https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/general-discussion-news-and-announcements/407789-27oct26-pmdg-737-800-available-on-ps5), Thrustmaster (https://www.thrustmaster.com/en-gb/products/tca-sky-yoke-playstation-pc/), @TMThrustmaster (https://x.com/TMThrustmaster/status/2115461094856597515), X-Plane.org Store (https://store.x-plane.org/ATR-72-600-for-X-Plane-12_p_2286.html), Marketplace Update (https://www.flightsimulator.com/marketplace-update-week-of-october-26-2026/), iRacing (https://www.iracing.com/2026-fia-f4-global-esports-championship-presented-by-moza-season-begins-october-31st/).

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Malbork Castle's red-brick walls beside a river in Poland, in Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update 23
Malbork Castle in World Update 23.Image: Microsoft Flight Simulator
The Warsaw skyline in Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update 23
Warsaw, one of eight Polish areas in World Update 23.Image: Microsoft Flight Simulator
A PMDG 737-800 in a white and blue livery flying above cloud in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
The PMDG 737-800, back on PlayStation 5.Image: PMDG Simulations
The Thrustmaster TCA Sky Yoke mounted in a cockpit-style setup in front of a window
The Thrustmaster TCA Sky Yoke.Image: Thrustmaster
The TCA Sky Yoke from the front, showing its two handles and the throttle and trim controls at the side
The TCA Sky Yoke's built-in throttle and trim sit on the side of the base.Image: Thrustmaster
A blue and white ATR 72-600 with its landing gear down, flying low over hills in X-Plane 12
DeltaWing's ATR 72-600 in X-Plane 12.Image: DeltaWing Simulations
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