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FS Awards 2026: Live stream starting at 1930z 2026/03/20

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Can't watch - my digital-to-analog converter exploded.🤬😣

edit: Device came right back after this stream ended. Phew, those expensive RMEs are paying off 😉😁

Edited by MrLamb

'It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.'

Why would Someone want to watch an awards show for a flight sim game???

I'm a little perplexed as to the benefit and hoopla that surrounds this event.

After all it is just a game for entertainment. Doesn't really lend itself to traveling around the world to partake in.

Maybe someone will chime in and explain the benefit of this event, I just don't see it.

 

19 minutes ago, tpete61 said:

Why would Someone want to watch an awards show for a flight sim game???

I'm a little perplexed as to the benefit and hoopla that surrounds this event.

After all it is just a game for entertainment. Doesn't really lend itself to traveling around the world to partake in.

Maybe someone will chime in and explain the benefit of this event, I just don't see it.

 

More of a social get together.

Can also get hands on with new products, learn about anything new coming, talk to developers, cannot think what else I've missed. Obviously this may not appeal to you but does to others.

Popular enough to keep doing this and FSExpo year after year. 

36 minutes ago, tpete61 said:

Why would Someone want to watch an awards show for a flight sim game???

I'm a little perplexed as to the benefit and hoopla that surrounds this event.

After all it is just a game for entertainment. Doesn't really lend itself to traveling around the world to partake in.

Maybe someone will chime in and explain the benefit of this event, I just don't see it.

 

Life is so hard.  lol

17 minutes ago, carlanthony24 said:

More of a social get together.

Can also get hands on with new products, learn about anything new coming, talk to developers, cannot think what else I've missed. Obviously this may not appeal to you but does to others.

Popular enough to keep doing this and FSExpo year after year. 

Testing Hardware would be a positive reason. Not many places you can do that. 

Other than test and return if you don't like something.

I do get a kick out of hardware that is shown and a given company/person says coming soon or this year and it becomes years.

Honeycomb is a prime example and Meridian is showing the same.

 

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For the sake of completeness:

Best Freeware Tool or Utility

WINNER: ResetXPDR AutoFPS – 26%
 

Universal Announcer – 8%
Freeware TFX Effects – 3%
MSFS Passenger Map – 3%
MSFS Glass – 3%
 

Best Freeware Aircraft – MSFS

WINNER: FlyByWire A380X – 43%
 

FlyByWire A32NX – 22%
Horizon 787 – 6%
Headwind A330neo – 3%
LordFrites ‘The Scrapyard Monster’ – 2%
 

Best Freeware Aircraft – X-Plane

WINNER: Zibo 737 Mod – 22%
 

LevelUP 737 v2 – 11%
Aerogenesis A330 – 2%
 

Best Freeware Aircraft – DCS

WINNER: Community A-4E-C (heclak) – 7%
 

UH-60L Blackhawk (Kinkkujuustovoileipä) – 6%
OH-6A / MH-6J (Tobsen & Eightball) – 5%
 

Best Scenery Add-on – MSFS

WINNER: iniBuilds – Manchester (EGCC) – 19%
 

Pyreegue – Birmingham (EGBB) – 13%
Aerosoft – Düsseldorf (EDDL) – 11%
Orbx – Jurassic World – 7%
RWProfile – Newcastle (EGNT) – 6%
 

Best Scenery Add-on – X-Plane

WINNER: SimWings – Hamburg (EDDH) – 6%
 

Aerosoft – Svalbard XP – 3%
Darkblue – Haneda (RJTT) – 3%
Maps2XPlane – 2%
Northern Sky Studios – Hawaii – 2%
 

Best Aircraft Add-on – MSFS

WINNER: iniBuilds A350 Airliner – 28%
 

PMDG 737-800 – 23%
Black Square Starship – 10%
A2A Aerostar 600 – 8%
iniBuilds A340-300 – 8%
 

Best Aircraft Add-on – X-Plane

WINNER: FlightFactor 777 Freighter – 8%
 

Felis 747-200 – 7%
ToLiss A320 CEO – 6%
LevelUP 737 v2 – 5%
Carenado F33A – 2%
 

Outstanding Hardware

WINNER: WinWing / WinCTRL MCDU/FMC – 40%
 

Moza AB9 FFB Base – 8%
Honeycomb Aeronautical Echo – 5%
WingFlex A320 Overhead Panel – 4%
Pimax Crystal Super VR Headset – 3%
 

Hover Award

WINNER: Miltech MH60 – 18%
 

Taog OH-6A – 6%
Cowan S-76C – 3%
 

Outstanding Product Update

WINNER: Fenix A320 Series BFU – 56%
 

JustFlight / Black Square 2024 Lineup – 13%
Leonardo Maddog 20th Anniversary – 5%
X-Crafts E-Jets Update – 4%
Volanta by Orbx (Offline Update) – 3%
 

Best Tool or Utility (Payware)

WINNER: Navigraph – Charts VFR – 31%
 

Parallel 42 – ChasePlane – 26%
GSX – Map Update – 19%
REX – Atmos Core – 6%
Parallel 42 – Typical Weather – 1%
 

Best DIY Hardware

WINNER: MobiFlight – 22%
 

SpadNext – 9%
FlightSimMods – 5%
737 DIY Sim – 4%
Desktop Aviator – 1%
 

Innovation Award

WINNER: WinCTRL – 23%
 

Navigraph – 20%
Fenix – 16%
SayIntentions – 15%
BeyondATC – 14%
 

Rising Star Award

WINNER: Boris Audio – 46%
 

Hues – 10%
Echo19 – 9%
iFlySimX – 4%
Commercial Simulation Systems (CSS) – 2%
 

Community Contribution Award

WINNER: EasyJetSimPilot – 20%
 

FlightDeck2Sim – 16%
Kenco – 9%
AusFlightSimmer – 8%
Evan and Phil (FSExpo) – 6%
 

Best Freeware Scenery – MSFS

WINNER: World Update 20: Japan – 21%
 

iniBuilds Wolf’s Fang Runway – 11%
rekinowy LROP – 10%
World Update 19: Brazil – 9%
Stranger Things DLC Pack – 5%
 

Best Freeware Scenery – X-Plane

WINNER: Louisville Muhammad Ali International (Zero Dollar Payware) – 7%
 

Cleveland Hopkins Intl (JetSet Designs) – 2%
Costa Rica Airfields (LuisJimenez) – 2%
Henderson Executive Airport (JetSet Designs) – 2%
Caucasus Real World Light (scarythrash) – 1%
 

Picasso – Best Aircraft Painter

WINNER: Hues – 21%
 

Atarium – 18%
Jviation – 9%
Aanerud – 5%
Comet133 – 3%
 

Best Customer Support

WINNER: Fenix – 31%
 

iniBuilds – 11%
PMDG – 10%
Just Flight – 9%
Contrail – 8%
 

Best Aircraft Add-on – DCS

WINNER: C-130J (Airplane Simulation Company) – 13%
 

MiG-29A Fulcrum (Eagle Dynamics) – 4%
F4U-1D Corsair (Magnitude 3 LLC) – 2%
 

Lifetime Achievement Award

WINNER: Magnus (Navigraph) – 27%
 

Austin Meyer (Laminar Research) – 20%
Robert Randazzo (PMDG) – 17%
Martyn (Just Flight) – 8%
Stefano (Leonardo) – 5%

Edited by MrLamb

'It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.'

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