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What IS this smoke?

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I can't get my head round what is causing this smoke effect (see video below):

https://youtu.be/qPBaOOrayaI

I read somewhere it was the SnowWash effect and that I should remove it, which I have, but it's still happening. Happens with all aircraft at random points.

This video was taken at EGNS.

See signature for addons list. P3D v4.2 (although has happened in previous versions). 

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It's raining and you have water spray coming off the tires. It's normal. Usually when you go over dirt you will get the brownish "smoke" also. IMHO it's a little overdone.

 

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By any chance, does it follow you up into the sky after you takeoff?  Could be a water spray effect.

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I used to see it in the sky, but don't any more (perhaps because of that effect I removed). 

THAT'S spray? ...blimey... 'little' overdone is an understatement!! Thanks for the clarification though..

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I would think that is easy to disable by finding the relevent file in the effects folder. I'm sure years ago I did that in FSX. Go to effects folder and find the effects named fx spray, rain, snow or something similar and add _OFF to the file name.

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It looks like a simple "ON/OFF" effect, rather than being linked to the speed of movement of the plane and amount of water on the ground. Understandable, but it really needs to be toned down in a situation like that.

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