We’re currently shaping the future of Flightsim.to. Over the years, the platform has grown significantly — both in scale and complexity, while technology itself has evolved just as rapidly. While this growth enabled many features, it also introduced technical constraints that limit performance, flexibility, and how fast we can ship improvements.

To address this, we’ve started rebuilding core parts of Flightsim.to on a new technical foundation designed for significantly improved performance, better scalability for features and a cleaner, more coherent UI for long-term maintainability. You may have already noticed some UI updates over time, for example around search or messaging, that feel loosely integrated or not fully aligned with the rest of the site, but achieving a truly cohesive experience becomes increasingly difficult when the underlying technology stack is approaching its limits.

Working with the community

We know that design changes are inherently risky. They can feel unfamiliar, require adjustment, and often surface strong opinions — especially on a platform people use daily. That’s exactly why we’re involving the community early.

Alongside internal development, we’ve launched Flightsim.to Labs — a closed collaboration program where a small group of experienced community members help us test early concepts, review design directions, and provide feedback before decisions are finalized.

This allows us to build something that better reflects real usage patterns. The next version of Flightsim.to is being shaped directly by people who use the platform every day - by creators who understand which workflows matter, which details are noise, and where friction actually exists. We’re working in close, iterative feedback loops with this group to challenge decisions early. Invitations are intentionally limited to a small number of users; if you’ve been selected, please check your email inbox for an invitation.

What this means for you

Nothing changes immediately for the live platform. The current Flightsim.to continues to operate as usual while we work in parallel. As parts of the new platform mature, we may share progress and when it makes sense, more users will be able to participate in the testing environment until finally, the new platform will replace the current one.

We’re sharing this with you to be fully transparent about where the platform is heading, why certain changes are happening, and how decisions are being made. Even while much of this work happens behind the scenes, we believe it’s important that you understand the direction of the flight - rather than experiencing changes without context later on.