SimRoster 2.0: Flight Browser, a calmer interface, and a sharper day-to-day workflow

SimRoster 2.0 is less about a single headline feature and more about how the product feels when you use it every week. You will notice clearer navigation, more room to breathe, and tools that match how people actually fly in the sim. This release is a deliberate rebake of the user experience on top of the roster and progression systems you already rely on.

Flight Browser, without leaving the roster mindset

Not every session fits a published line. Flight Browser lets you log flights that are not tied to a scheduled assignment, while still keeping your experience coherent inside SimRoster. You stay in one place for airline context, aircraft selection, flight details, and the logbook workflow, instead of splitting your routine across spreadsheets and side apps.

Flight Browser is also designed to feel large, not narrow. You can explore and filter across thousands and thousands of routes, then narrow the list down in ways that match how pilots actually decide what to fly on a given night. You can filter by airline, filter by origin airport, filter by destination airport, and filter by real routes so you can quickly get from “I want to fly something interesting” to “here is a specific flight that fits my time window.” If you want the app to surprise you, you can use the same filters and still let the selection be serendipitous. The goal is simple. You should be able to go from zero to a flight plan in seconds, even when the catalog is huge.

A quieter, more legible interface

The menu and shell have been opened up. There are fewer items competing for attention at once, there is clearer hierarchy, and there is more separation between primary actions and secondary settings. The goal is a less crowded top-level experience so you can find the thing you need right now without scanning a wall of links.

This matters because SimRoster is a daily tool. When you open it repeatedly across a week, you want calm structure, consistent placement, and predictable controls. Secondary screens and dense panels were reviewed with the same lens. That means more breathing room, consistent spacing, and patterns that scale from laptop to tablet without feeling squeezed.

Feedback and future requests

SimRoster 2.0 also adds a more structured way to tell us what you want next, and to report issues while they are still fresh.

In the app, go to Profile → Settings → Feedback & future requests. From there you can submit feedback, request airlines, and suggest features with enough detail for us to actually build them.

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METAR decoding where you already are

Weather in raw METAR form is precise but opaque. SimRoster helps you decode METAR in context, turning dense station strings into something you can read quickly while you are planning a leg or reviewing what you just flew. The intent is not to replace aviation weather knowledge. The intent is to remove the constant tab switching and copy-paste loop that most sim pilots fall into when they want one quick answer such as wind, visibility, ceiling, altimeter, and significant weather.

Talk to dispatch: line bids (Beta)

If you are a subscriber, the Messages tab includes a Talk to dispatch “+” action with a guided Line bid (Beta) form.

This is not instant route swapping. It is a dispatch-style request that shapes what happens next.

You can request up to four custom flights for your next month. That adds a little freedom and a little realism to Career mode, because in real life you can bid and request trips too. When the next month is generated, your requests are taken into account.

A new logbook view: ledger mode

The logbook remains the center of your SimRoster history, but 2.0 adds a second way to read it. In addition to the standard logbook presentation, you now have a ledger-style view that makes it easier to scan and reconcile flights like a record. This format is designed for the way sim pilots actually use their history. Sometimes you want storytelling and detail, and sometimes you want a clean list that helps you verify totals, compare sessions, and quickly find what you flew and when.

SimRoster 2.0 is about making the default workflow calmer and faster, without compromising the realism that brought you here. Flight Browser gives you freedom without fragmentation. The interface makes daily flying easier. The logbook stays serious. And dispatch finally gives subscribers a way to influence what they fly next.

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