For those who care here are the results. Source ---> https://fselite.net/content/flight-sim-awards-2025-the-winners/

Airliner MSFS

WINNER: Fenix – Airbus A319/321 Expansion

PMDG – 777-300ER

FlightSim Studio – 727 Freighter

TFDi Design – md-11

iFly – 737 MAX8

Just Flight – RJ Professional

 

Aircraft MSFS

WINNER: Black Square – Piston & Turbine Duke

FlySimWare – Learjet 35A

Taog’s Hangar – UH-1H

CowanSim – H130 / EC130

MilViz/Blackbird Simulations – T6A ADV

 

Sceneries MSFS

WINNER: Flightbeam – San Fransico Captain’s Edition

Aerosoft – Oslo

iniBuilds – Dubai

Pyreegue – Edinburgh

JetStream Designs – Geneva

NZA Simulations – Tauranga Region

 

Freeware

WINNER: FlyByWire Simulations – A380X

LevelUp – 737NG Series

Kubilus1 – Autoorth

Bad2000 – MSFS 2024 Addon Linker

Henrik Nielsen – Global AI Ship Traffic

MKVY – Gatwick Airport EGKK

 

Content Creator

 

Winner: V1 Simulations

Edited March 15, 20251 yr by JBDB-MD80

Glad to see FlyByWire get the recognition for all their work, And congrats to Fenix on winning the Airliner award, rightly deserved. 

Edited March 15, 20251 yr by Simselli

Happy for FlyByWire and the A380, but as an Add On Linker and GAIST user, they should have come joint first too.

This is going to be contentious but bear with me.
I don't think Fenix should have won that. And I say this as a big fan of Fenix - in fact literally flying the A320 as I type this.

The Fenix A320 is one of the single best quality aircraft releases that we've had in a long time - that's undeniable.
But! What we are judging here is the expansion, not the main product.

So I put it to you - is the A319/A321 expansion which is basically same as A320 with some minor differences more worthy than the brand new effort that is PMDG 777, or iFly 737 or even the FSS 727?

I'm not sure that's true. I think people voted with their brand loyalty rather than objectively judging products.

Edited March 15, 20251 yr by Georgleboui

Remembert that Fenix Block2 was also released in 2024.

Congrats to all the nominees and winners as well as a big kudos to the event sponsors. I'm currently ferrying the Duke on BATC back from PilotEdges Sim n Fun heading to check out FlightBeams updated KSFO as I am currently in Pensacola FL heading to New Orleans on my next leg. It will be interesting to see how the awards will develop in the coming years. 

26 minutes ago, Georgleboui said:

So I put it to you - is the A319/A321 expansion which is basically same as A320 with some minor differences more worthy than the brand new effort that is PMDG 777, or iFly 737 or even the FSS 727?

I see what you mean, but I voted for the Fenix expansion. It holds more value to me than any of the other choices, including the PMDG 777, which I also own. I always go back to the Fenix, realizing that all alternatives are lacking in some way. That's just my personal take.

42 minutes ago, Georgleboui said:

This is going to be contentious but bear with me.
I don't think Fenix should have won that. And I say this as a big fan of Fenix - in fact literally flying the A320 as I type this.

The Fenix A320 is one of the single best quality aircraft releases that we've had in a long time - that's undeniable.
But! What we are judging here is the expansion, not the main product.

So I put it to you - is the A319/A321 expansion which is basically same as A320 with some minor differences more worthy than the brand new effort that is PMDG 777, or iFly 737 or even the FSS 727?

I'm not sure that's true. I think people voted with their brand loyalty rather than objectively judging products.

I agree, the A319/A321 is just a variation of the A320…The iFly max 8 is something brand new, and it is the only airliner I fly now. Haven't flown the Fenix in months.

53 minutes ago, Georgleboui said:

This is going to be contentious but bear with me.
I don't think Fenix should have won that. And I say this as a big fan of Fenix - in fact literally flying the A320 as I type this.

The Fenix A320 is one of the single best quality aircraft releases that we've had in a long time - that's undeniable.
But! What we are judging here is the expansion, not the main product.

So I put it to you - is the A319/A321 expansion which is basically same as A320 with some minor differences more worthy than the brand new effort that is PMDG 777, or iFly 737 or even the FSS 727?

I'm not sure that's true. I think people voted with their brand loyalty rather than objectively judging products.

Fair points as I voted for Fenix but have second thoughts about it now. If I had to do a vote again I would have chosen PMDG 777-300ER and next the IFLy MAX8.

53 minutes ago, Luis Hernandez said:

Remembert that Fenix Block2 was also released in 2024.

These results are based on releases from 2024 not 2025.

Edited March 15, 20251 yr by JBDB-MD80

26 minutes ago, NovemberUniform said:

I see what you mean, but I voted for the Fenix expansion. It holds more value to me than any of the other choices, including the PMDG 777, which I also own. I always go back to the Fenix, realizing that all alternatives are lacking in some way. That's just my personal take.

And to be fair that's totally valid. I don't mean to sound like I'm down on the people that voted for it - by all means there are legit reasons to.
Personally I voted for 777 but what I really wanted to vote for was the 727. It's a release that's somewhat compromised by issues, but also the one that's most exciting to actually fly for me. Old jets are just my jam.

However I ended up with PMDG to acknowledge that it was probably the more impactful release of the year compared to all others - arguably the first long-hauler in the sim.

Well deserved win by Fenix. At least they didn’t ping a whole server.

Glad to see the Dukes win - superb product!

4 hours ago, Georgleboui said:

which is basically same as A320 with some minor differences

Sorry but this part is not at all true.  They 100% deserved that win, just because the cockpit looks the same there is a ton of work under the hood to differentiate the A319 and A321 from the A320, they are different aircraft.  Its semantics really because they could have easily made the A321 and A319 both standalone products, its just down to how they chose to go about pricing the product.  PMDG used to offer the 777-300ER as an expansion to the -200LR but now its a standalone product.  It still has the same features and functions however they price it.

Edited March 15, 20251 yr by Pilot53

Let’s go BATC and Fenix! Congrats!