X-Plane 10.30 Beta 8 was released just an hour ago. I happened to see the official blog at home and immediately upgraded to give it a try. This update seems to bring significant changes, requiring a download of over 500 MB. After some brief testing, I found it to be quite stable. I flew the C152 and C172 for 10-20 minutes respectively, and didn’t notice any performance degradation or instability issues like the app crashing midway. You can use it with confidence. Additionally, according to the official notes, Beta 8 will be the last test version for 10.30, so the next update should be the official release.

Specific details about this version haven’t been released yet, but you can check the Release Notes and look for the section on Beta 8. I won’t list them all here.

New features of #xplane 10.30 beta 8 visible here. Can you spot them? pic.twitter.com/MItwsqSpvI

— Philipp (@XPlanePhil) August 6, 2014

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