This problem has been there since the release of MSFS and I'm surprised they haven't even fixed it yet. The lights look the best in 1920x1080, but when you increase the resolution, they get more soft and blurry and not as sharp. They look bad.

I thought they were great at launch and deteriorated as part of an update to night lighting in the first few months after launch… or am I not remembering correctly?

What’s certain is that night lighting doesn’t look right. 

The problem is the lights look very soft and blurry at higher resolutions, especially at 4K. It's been like this since launch. However if you switch the sim to 1920x1080, then they look very nice.

I’ve always run at 4K and agree they were noticeably blurry before I stopped flying. 

Try switching to 1920x1080 and you'll see exactly what I mean.

Make sure you view both pictures at 100% and pay attention to the individual light bulbs.

1080p

4k

Edited August 18, 20214 yr by captain420

I don't have 4K, but I think they look too big in 1080P as well. The orbs are way too large. Street lights are the size of a car when you get close to them. I hope they revisit the night lighting soon.

1 hour ago, captain420 said:

Make sure you view both pictures at 100% and pay attention to the individual light bulbs.

Well, if you think that's bad, don't ever play at ultrawide or super ultrawide resolutions. It's approximately 9337 times worse than either of the pictures you posted 😁

Can't you turn off blur?

Motion blur has nothing to do with this.

Maybe my eyes but I don't see a problem, the night lighting looks nice as usual 😅

Edited August 18, 20214 yr by omarsmak30

30 minutes ago, omarsmak30 said:

Maybe my eyes but I don't see a problem, the night lighting looks nice as usual 😅

Same here. You have to wonder if some of these guys are flying or they are just pausing the sim and looking for any little thing to complain about. 

It's not a tiny detail when I see it all around me while flying over a busy metropolis.

Edited August 18, 20214 yr by captain420

1 hour ago, captain420 said:

It's not a tiny detail when I see it all around me while flying over a busy metropolis.

I run at 4k, on a 4k screen, and I see it.  The poor souls who don't or can't run at these resolutions may not see it. 

Asobo just need to adjust how the lighting works in combination with the scaling. 
I don't think it will be a priority for them, but they are making some kind on night lighting adjustments over the next few updates by the look of it.

3 hours ago, omarsmak30 said:

Maybe my eyes but I don't see a problem, the night lighting looks nice as usual

Me, too, also when I scale the 4K image to 1080p the lights have to the pixel identical dimensions.