A word to the wise.  As streaming real world date from Azure is a must you need a hard line cable connection into your PC versus Wifi.  I wish I knew this when first downloading FS2020 it would have been much faster.  I didn't realize how but better the scenery looked until I Cached my hope area and was amazed.  I tried plugging directly into my modem and many areas looked that much better because streaming didn't fully fill in the scenery under Wifi.  Wifi can be up and down throughout the day and that affects how FS2020 performs and looks.  Do yourself a favor and get off of WiFi when using FS2020.

Edited August 22, 20205 yr by Dillon

Did you measure it? I have almost always 180-200mbit/s on my WiFi, this should be far enough, no? Sadly, I have no other option than WiFi in my current situation... I will try once the manual cache to see if this is really better...

Yep...only ran it with that..from the 18th...at 380 Gbs, download pipeline speed.  My sim can run dead smooth with only a 17 FPS showing...but with a constant...never ending high speed flashing of my computer internet connection LED!  In flight, not once does it pause...or interrupt its showing of a CONSTANT download event...  My opinion is  that MSFS is not prime, when a broadcast method is used to connect to the Azure Cloud.  This is killing graphic rendering performance for sure, with some...

Edited August 22, 20205 yr by Sesquashtoo

I use 4G phone sharing through WiFi and everything is fine. What matters is your bandwidth, not WiFi/Ethernet. 

Edited August 22, 20205 yr by Aaron555

8 minutes ago, AnkH said:

Did you measure it? I have almost always 180-200mbit/s on my WiFi, this should be far enough, no? Sadly, I have no other option than WiFi in my current situation... I will try once the manual cache to see if this is really better...

If you have a strong WiFi/bandwidth connection your fine but most of us have periods of great connection but other times not.  In short nothing beats being plugged into the wall and that's what we've gotten away from. In this instance (FS2020) the better the solid uninterrupted connection the better.

Edited August 22, 20205 yr by Dillon

11 minutes ago, Dillon said:

Wifi can be up and down throughout the day and that affects how FS2020 performs and looks.

Sounds like an unstable WiFi connection to me. I would check your router and WiFi module if I were you, and any objects that might be getting into the way.

Just now, ChaoticBeauty said:

Sounds like an unstable WiFi connection to me. I would check your router and WiFi module if I were you, and any objects that might be getting into the way.

I'm starting to believe all these people reporting slow downloads from Microsoft of the base sim were doing it over Wifi.  Thus once the sim is installed they are not going to see it at it's best because the scenery loads as you fly.  Some of the complaints reported might be traced down to slow Bandwidth on the user's end.

15 minutes ago, Aaron555 said:

I use 4G phone sharing theough WiFi and everything is fine. What matters is your bandwidth, not WiFi/Ethernet. 

Not quite totally accurate...for the reason that it is the connection speed rating in Ghz., that can choke or limit the actual available speed from your ISP to your computer or phone..  You need to run with a 5G connection to get your full bandwidth..if you run with a 2.4.G...good luck...about 1/2 your full download pipeline.. Unfortunate that, a 5G full speed bandwidth needs you closer to its radiating point at the modem...or it falls back the download speed and quickly.  Done that...have the T-shirt. 

If you are running off of your phone's DATA service that can give you 4G...then yep..that would work...but pray you have unlimited...and that after you reach an invisible download in GB's...they don't undocumented CHOKE YOU,  to slow your consumption down.  That is all too familiar a tactic on so called 'un-limited download Data plans'.  

IF you run with a dedicated, direct connection to your computer,  from your ISP...you will get your full rating, no matter what...unless the ISP experiences a system malfunction or maintenance....

Edited August 22, 20205 yr by Sesquashtoo