So I grew up in NYC, and there's something a bit out of kilter with that video. The plane's shadow as seen through what I assume is a port side passenger window seems to be about half a mile in front of the plane, but the shadows thrown by the buildings themselves seem to lie due west of them. In addition, with the aircraft shadow being cast somewhat north of the plane, I would expect the south sides of the buildings to be lit by sunlight. They're not.

Maybe I'm missing the perspective from which the video is "shot", but it seems that the plane (or at least its shadow) and the landscape are being lit from slightly different angles.

7 hours ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

So, in a nutshell, adjust your sliders. 

Or have more money 😂

4 minutes ago, jrw4 said:

So I grew up in NYC, and there's something a bit out of kilter with that video. The plane's shadow as seen through what I assume is a port side passenger window seems to be about half a mile in front of the plane, but the shadows thrown by the buildings themselves seem to lie due west of them. In addition, with the aircraft shadow being cast somewhat north of the plane, I would expect the south sides of the buildings to be lit by sunlight. They're not.

Maybe I'm missing the perspective from which the video is "shot", but it seems that the plane (or at least its shadow) and the landscape are being lit from slightly different angles.

One thing to also note is that the sim is using photogrammetry so sometimes what you may view as shadows could just be a picture built in from bing maps.

26 minutes ago, jrw4 said:

So I grew up in NYC, and there's something a bit out of kilter with that video. The plane's shadow as seen through what I assume is a port side passenger window seems to be about half a mile in front of the plane, but the shadows thrown by the buildings themselves seem to lie due west of them. In addition, with the aircraft shadow being cast somewhat north of the plane, I would expect the south sides of the buildings to be lit by sunlight. They're not.

Maybe I'm missing the perspective from which the video is "shot", but it seems that the plane (or at least its shadow) and the landscape are being lit from slightly different angles.

You're over analyzing too much of the video. Just enjoy it 🤦🏿‍♂️ 

Bloom for me is equivalent to bloatware first to go.

3 hours ago, RXP said:

Allow me to add my 2 cents in this discussion.

You can achieve higher than 30fps over NYC, in 4K, with a 2070S, nearly stutter free, if you're taking care of a few other things to balance everything out.

You might want to further read:

My 2070 SUPER 4K settings and suggestions - episode 2

Good job on that tutorial. I am following it but I see no major changes. I wonder if you can add some options for 4K TV (not monitor) and for those who’s TV doesn’t have vsync option. Thanks 

17 hours ago, Pulsepowered said:

To start off, here is a sample locked at 30fps.

A320 @ Manhattan in 4K Ultra

And here is a short tutorial you guys can try.

First of all, for this to work you need to look at your monitor’s display settings and see if your refresh rate can be changed to 30hz. If you can then don’t do anything yet and continue below:

STEP 1:

Open the simulator and on the settings and turn developer mode ON. And FPS counter ON.(External FPS counters will not be as accurate so don’t use those)

On the graphic settings follow this: (yes, this is just the initial setting that should work for most PC’s)

Resolution - whatever your native monitor resolution is

Vsync - Off

Render scaling - 100

Buildings - med

Trees - med

Grass - med

Antialiasing- TAA

TLoD - 100

OLoD - 100

Clouds - Ultra

Water - low

Ambient Occlusion - high

Anisotropic / TSS - 4x ; 4x4

Tex synthesis - low

Texture resolution - ultra

Shad maps - 2048

Terr shad - 1024

Lens f - on

Bloom - on

Light shafts - low

Windshield eff - ultra

Contact shadows - low

Reflect - high

Depth of field - high

Lens correction - off

Motion blur - off

Traffic sliders at 50

STEP 2:

Now load a flight at KLAX in the A320 at Gate 55. Clear skies. 12:00pm. AI traffic OFF

STEP 3:

Once loaded, connect to external power then slowly pan around the cockpit to load the textures. Then go to exterior view and slowly pan around the plane 360 degrees 3 times to load the scenery.

STEP 4:

Now go back in the cockpit on the default pilot view by pressing “F”

STEP 5: 

Slowly pan around the windows while observing the FPS counter and see if your it is MAINTAINING 28 and above (very important so don’t cheat yourself).

If yes, then go to STEP 6.

If no, then tweak your graphic settings and come back to the cockpit every adjustment until you can MAINTAIN 28 and above. Start by lowering Ambient Occlusion / then clouds / then Object LOD / then render scaling.

STEP 6:

If you are getting between 28-35 fps, go to step 7.

If you are getting more than 35fps, you can now adjust your settings higher starting with buildings then the Anisotropic / TSS the LOD sliders until you can MAINTAIN 28-35FPS while panning around.

STEP 7:

Go to settings, set Vsync - ON @ 60. Then turn off the developer mode then exit the sim.

STEP 8:

Now on the desktop open your display settings and change the monitor refresh rate to 30hz and click apply. Monitor will flicker for a bit. Confirm that you want to “KEEP” the settings. Then restart your computer.

STEP 9:

Open your display settings and confirm you are at 30hz.

STEP 10:

Open the sim and load the flight I described above and pan around the cockpit and exterior. At this point your movement should be smooth. If not, then turn on the fps counter again and start STEP 5. ADJUST UNTIL YOU CAN MAINTAIN 28+ fps while panning.

If you have done everything correctly you should now be able to hop on any plane at most airports (except KJFK and LFPG) and have a smoother flight.

This guide is just half of what it takes. The other half is optimizing windows and programs to be efficient.

I am currently writing a full guide including the Windows installation/optimization part which I will post on a different thread.

Would you recommend this if you are not using 4k?  I have a 2070 Super but not 4k so I wasn't sure of any of this would be worth it

3 hours ago, Zimmerbz said:

Would you recommend this if you are not using 4k?  I have a 2070 Super but not 4k so I wasn't sure of any of this would be worth it

Its for all types of pc’s. But it would benefit the mid tier groups just like yours. I had a 2060S before and with this guide I could run 1080 on ultra/high settings. No harm in trying. 

23 hours ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

Like what? Works perfect here. No issues. (3090) And it is also way easy to get more than 30 fps too..... Couple that with G-sync, and locking frames is a thing of the past. 

For the 3090, i don't know but for the 3080 yeap. Problem in-game stability problem and sometimes crash.

4 minutes ago, Schwarzgruber said:

For the 3090, i don't know but for the 3080 yeap. Problem in-game stability problem and sometimes crash.

Then why did you actually write:  "... there's a lot of problem with the RTX 3xxx series,"

1 minute ago, SierraDelta said:

Then why did you actually write:  "... there's a lot of problem with the RTX 3xxx series,"

The 3080/90 is the RTX 3xxx serie. I have a friend who told me there were some crashing issues in the game.

23 hours ago, Pulsepowered said:

That is on the preset “Ultra” settings

Yes I know, you have to change that to High yourself to get true Ultra, this setting has been added afterwards.

45 minutes ago, Schwarzgruber said:

The 3080/90 is the RTX 3xxx serie. I have a friend who told me there were some crashing issues in the game.

Your friend was probably pushing the cpu more than it could handle. 

5 minutes ago, Pulsepowered said:

Your friend was probably pushing the cpu more than it could handle. 

Yeap, maybe.