So I have noticed over my last few flights that simbrief does not give me step increases for climbing. I made sure to have step climbing turned on before making the flight plan. Here is an example from my last flight.
Hi, on such a short flight, step climbs are not usually planned. As a rule of thumb, it isn’t generally advantageous to step climb within 1 hour of landing.
Within this time, SimBrief will normally only plan step climbs if the winds are much more favorable higher, or in case of an airway/airspace restriction, for example.