All updates to MSFS 2024 will be free. I appreciate your sentiment :)
I saw some confusion regarding the Professional Series after one of my new posts, while we're all discussing things here. Those new aircraft, which some might call "updates" of the Steam Gauge Overhaul Series will not be free, though they will come at a discount for existing owners. The Professional Series aircraft represent around 1,000hrs of work each, and roughly a doubling of the scope of each aircraft. In short, my goal was to create new aircraft that I could be really proud of. The longer story is as follows...
When MSFS 2024 became available, I immediately assessed the difficulty of porting the Steam Gauge Overhaul Series to the new sim. When it became clear that this would take an abundance of effort, if it was possible at all (I was thoroughly thwarted at every turn), I decided it would be far smarter to work on standalone aircraft with loads of new features, rather than spend the same amount of time just to get already aging software into a new simulator that would continue to fight me every step of the way. Creating standalone aircraft frees me of many limitations, increases maintainability drastically, and allows me to focus on new simulation experiences that otherwise would not have happened. I hope the majority of you agree with this approach, but I thought I would take the time to explain it more completely.
