February 28, 20215 yr Here's a cheat sheet of quick links to well-regarded mods, many of which I've tried (there's also a lot more appearing on Flightsim.to that I haven't tried yet/read about). Many of these mod teams are getting inputs from people with hours in the actual aircraft. Avionics Working Title G1000, G3000, G3X ScorpianFilm442's GNS530 GA Aircraft Robert Young's Turbo-normalized Bonanza G36 Bonanza Improvement mod (naturally aspirated, it's 'pick 1' between the two Bonanza mods) C152 Community Mod DA62X DA40-NGX Savage Carbon & Savage Grravel Bush League Legends X-Cub Performance+ & XCub Amphib/Tundra/Alpine/Cargo) VL-3 Rotax 915 Grumman Goose GA21 Redux II Preview Release (work in progress but still awesome, totally new aircraft) Turboprop/Jet Aircraft Working Title CJ4 Cessna Longitude Flight Dynamics Improvement TBM930 Mod C208 Flight Model Mod C208 Improvement Mod (seems to be 'pick 1' between the 2 C208 mods, I haven't tried these to know which is better. Post on MSFS official forum suggests the Improvement Mod may be the better of the 2) Airliners FlyByWire A32NX Salty 747-8 Mod AMD 3950X | 64GB RAM | AMD 5700XT | CH Fighterstick / Pro Throttle / Pro Pedals
February 28, 20215 yr I can't really think of any noob tips, except go to the ingame marketplace, tick free content and make sure to "buy" the world updates. And then go to the content manager and make sure everything is downloaded and updated
February 28, 20215 yr I would stay away from add ons until you get used to the control setups and the different menu structures. Plenty of time to load up the sim with stuff.. Edited February 28, 20215 yr by Bobsk8
February 28, 20215 yr I can highly recommend MSFS 2020 in VR! Despite some shortcomings, the flight experience through a VR headset is absolutely spectacular! System: i9-14900K, Asus ROG Z790 MB, 64GB ram, Samsung 4TB NVMe SSD, Asus ROG Strix 4090, Pimax Crystal Light Hardware: VitualFly Yoko yoke, VirtualFly TQ6+ throttle quadrant, Thrustmaster TPR pedals, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS Simulations: MSFS 2024 and 2020 (VR), P3Dv5.3 (VR), X-Plane 11.5 (VR), DCS (VR)
February 28, 20215 yr Just enjoy the sim. One of the great things is that the game runs well even on crappy and old hardware. That, for me, is its biggest accomplishments.
February 28, 20215 yr 6 hours ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said: Though to be honest .. the only place in the sim I have actually seem cows is the payware Brindas which makes it a bit hard to judge height elsewhere ... There’s a whole herd of them chilling up at Locher (freeware). They never seem to move though, starting to get suspicious that they are not really cows.... just painted rocks..... Edited February 28, 20215 yr by RaptyrOne GregH Intel Core i7 14700K / Palit RTX4070Ti Super OC / Corsair 32GB DDR5 6000 MHz / MSI Z790 M/board / Corsair NVMe 9500 read, 8500 write / Corsair PSU1200W / CH Products Yoke, Pedals & Quad; Airbus Side Stick, Airbus Quadrant / TrackIR, 32” 4K 144hz 1ms Monitor
February 28, 20215 yr 6 hours ago, marsman2020 said: Here's a cheat sheet of quick links to well-regarded mods, many of which I've tried (there's also a lot more appearing on Flightsim.to that I haven't tried yet/read about). Many of these mod teams are getting inputs from people with hours in the actual aircraft. Avionics Working Title G1000, G3000, G3X ScorpianFilm442's GNS530 GA Aircraft Robert Young's Turbo-normalized Bonanza G36 Bonanza Improvement mod (naturally aspirated, it's 'pick 1' between the two Bonanza mods) C152 Community Mod DA62X DA40-NGX Savage Carbon & Savage Grravel Bush League Legends X-Cub Performance+ & XCub Amphib/Tundra/Alpine/Cargo) VL-3 Rotax 915 Grumman Goose GA21 Redux II Preview Release (work in progress but still awesome, totally new aircraft) Turboprop/Jet Aircraft Working Title CJ4 Cessna Longitude Flight Dynamics Improvement TBM930 Mod C208 Flight Model Mod C208 Improvement Mod (seems to be 'pick 1' between the 2 C208 mods, I haven't tried these to know which is better. Post on MSFS official forum suggests the Improvement Mod may be the better of the 2) Airliners FlyByWire A32NX Salty 747-8 Mod Great list. The moderators should pin it.
February 28, 20215 yr 3 hours ago, Ricardo41 said: Great list. The moderators should pin it. We could do with something like this for sure, to also include some of the great UI and map mods as well. There is a similar one over at the official forums. If you can stand the strict moderators, the forums over there aren't too bad for info actually, especially as they allow the developers to post directly about updates and feedback on bugs that are spotted. The G91 and Powersolo threads are great for instance. Here is their 'mega thread' on aircraft mods. https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/community-aircraft-mods-megathread/282130 I could make a list twice as long as that with other useful stuff. Seems like I spend a couple of hours a day scouring the internet for useful mods and trying them out. Edited February 28, 20215 yr by bobcat999 Rob (but call me Bob or Rob, I don't mind). I like to trick airline passengers into thinking I have my own swimming pool in my back yard by painting a large blue rectangle on my patio. Intel 14900K in a Z790 motherboard with water cooling, RTX 4080, 32 GB 6000 CL30 DDR5 RAM, W11 and MSFS on Samsung 980 Pro NVME SSD's. Core Isolation Off, Game Mode Off.
February 28, 20215 yr Add this to your list: https://www.flightsimulator.blog/2021/02/18/trees-draw-distance-fix/ There's also a list of the best freeware airport mods. My advice is for you to do what I do - save the thread as a favorite. Great work fellas. Edited February 28, 20215 yr by DJJose MSFS
February 28, 20215 yr When MSFS was released, I made a conscious decision to not chase FPS, and to not spend more time tinkering around in .cfg and .ini files looking for the holy grail of performance tweaks rather than actual flying. This had been my experience in all previous MS sims. I got a new PC last summer, so when the sim was released, I did check the FPS in game just to have a benchmark (30-50fps) to gauge against in the future. I have not checked FPS since, and only expect to have to do that if performance tanks due to sim update, graphics driver updates, etc. The simulator is FAR more enjoyable when you just jump in and fly and enjoy it! I do see a little performance dips in very large metro areas (NYC, LA, London) but this was expected, and its not bad enough to ruin the immersion. This sim performs very well even in medium range PC's.
February 28, 20215 yr Author 11 hours ago, in2tech said: What made you decide to give it a try now? Tried Xplane and realised the world has moved on. Particularly when I found planes with no VOR or NDB instruments and big glass screens where all the dials used to be. The scenery is better now (and MSFS is apparently the best) but that was not the deal breaker. Just decided that maybe FSX is cheap as chips now for a reason !
February 28, 20215 yr 36 minutes ago, ceebee58 said: Tried Xplane and realised the world has moved on. Particularly when I found planes with no VOR or NDB instruments and big glass screens where all the dials used to be. The scenery is better now (and MSFS is apparently the best) but that was not the deal breaker. Just decided that maybe FSX is cheap as chips now for a reason ! Well just enjoy it and have fun! "Coffee, if your not shaking, you need another cup" Flight Sim Break Discord Channel: https://discord.com/invite/fCV62Ka2QZ
February 28, 20215 yr 18 hours ago, Chock said: Watch out for the active pause feature, it can make the airliners freak out a bit when you unpause if it is on autopilot; you're usually better off using the Escape key to pause the sim if you need to leave your computer for five mins. That so-called "active pause" is just a position freeze. There is an unassigned control to toggle a "real" pause (like in older sims). That's what I use, bound to a hw button.
March 2, 20215 yr On 2/28/2021 at 6:31 AM, mattn said: When MSFS was released, I made a conscious decision to not chase FPS, and to not spend more time tinkering around in .cfg and .ini files looking for the holy grail of performance tweaks rather than actual flying. This had been my experience in all previous MS sims. I got a new PC last summer, so when the sim was released, I did check the FPS in game just to have a benchmark (30-50fps) to gauge against in the future. I have not checked FPS since, and only expect to have to do that if performance tanks due to sim update, graphics driver updates, etc. The simulator is FAR more enjoyable when you just jump in and fly and enjoy it! I do see a little performance dips in very large metro areas (NYC, LA, London) but this was expected, and its not bad enough to ruin the immersion. This sim performs very well even in medium range PC's. I endorse everything said here. Just be prepared for posts in this and other forums telling you that you, poor thing, are mistaken in enjoying the sim, because of all its flaws and shortcomings. The standard line is something like "Well, the eye candy is fine, but the flight dynamics in the B747 (or the clouds, or the Podunk airport, or this or that or whatever) is awful, therefore MSFS is garbage". Ignore that stuff and have fun! For starters, try some of the many bush trips available as freeware in flightsim.to. Prepare to be blown away by the realism!
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