Just now, HiFlyer said:

Is it strange that I feel kind of vaguely guilty that the install went perfectly for me, and everything seems to be working fine? (again) 🤔

Don't feel guilty mate.  You'll find that 99% of people had a great experience.  Mine went very very well.

42 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I agree,installing it was a train wreck due to lack of clear instructions, but the update itself is the best one to date. Everything works.....

I've finally got to installing and I agree on both points.  With the new setting on Ultra cache my panning is smooth and fps are 20-30 in photogrammetry areas....  (similar as SU5 but way smoother).

Update went great. But it is tedious, had to open the XBox app for the Update to show in the Store. WHY?????

I don't own an XBox and will never do....

Why do I have to jump through 4 hoops to update MSFS? 

XBox App

Windows Store

In game update

Content Manager/Marketplace

Who ever designed this update procedure needs a sensible talking to...

'User friendly' nah, totally overrated! 

6 minutes ago, Silicus said:

Update went great. But it is tedious, had to open the XBox app for the Update to show in the Store. WHY?????

I don't own an XBox and will never do....

Why do I have to jump through 4 hoops to update MSFS? 

XBox App

Windows Store

In game update

Content Manager/Marketplace

Who ever designed this update procedure needs a sensible talking to...

'User friendly' nah, totally overrated! 

I agree with the update process, but don't get too hung up on the XBOX name. Just look at it as a brand name for all game related stuff from Microsoft - independent of platform.

 

I was one of those complaining and nagging about the pop-in scenery after SU5. It was a real issue even though some people claimed they never even saw it.

So thanks Microsoft, Asobo and Blackshark AI for fixing it. Not only did you fix it, you improved the whole experience. Somehow you managed to retain the performance improvements from SU5 and fixing it with Pre-Cache, you then improved both the visual fidelity and smoothness! Thank you. 😃

Now I find myself flying over some place, and after I've passed it, I look back (using TrackIR) to check if it's still there, and it is. No pop in, no loading buildings or trees. It's just there. And it's completely smooth. The immersion improvement is so good. 

Edited September 8, 20214 yr by Republic3D

same here other than the initial weird way of having to download the xbox app everything went well to the point i was a bit scared lol . did a KPHX - KLAS - KLAX flight on the default 320 and was very pleased how the sim performed . 

Had so far a couple of short IFR flights with no problems at all, smooth as silk 

Stable FPS at 45 only a small decrease 2-3 FPS while panning the camera especially in showcase camera 

Supper excited. Great job guys at Asobo, thank you

2 hours ago, Richard Sennett said:

Ill be happy when they represent night flying properly 🙂 

I probably have less night time flying experience than you - what improvements should they make?

On my end, the update went fast, and everything went smoothly. 

1 hour ago, Republic3D said:

I was one of those complaining and nagging about the pop-in scenery after SU5. It was a real issue even though some people claimed they never even saw it.

So thanks Microsoft, Asobo and Blackshark AI for fixing it. Not only did you fix it, you improved the whole experience. Somehow you managed to retain the performance improvements from SU5 and fixing it with Pre-Cache, you then improved both the visual fidelity and smoothness! Thank you. 😃

Now I find myself flying over some place, and after I've passed it, I look back (using TrackIR) to check if it's still there, and it is. No pop in, no loading buildings or trees. It's just there. And it's completely smooth. The immersion improvement is so good. 

It's kind of bizarre. When I set pre casching to Ultra, I get noticeably better performance than on any other setting! I did a circuit around LAX with real-time AI, multiplayer, a full (and LONG) flight plan and every other setting pretty much on Ultra. I managed to hold right around 40 to 50 FPS except on approach where I dipped back down into the mid to high 30s. Pretty incredible! I'm genuinely shocked at how good the performance is.

Im still downloading. Looking forward to checking it out.  I hear the bleached whitewashed world lighting has not been fixed is this true? 

Steam update going super smooth and very fast. Never had any issues so very happy on that front. 

Edited September 8, 20214 yr by ThrottleUp

7 hours ago, Fielder said:

the update when smooth as always on Steam. Which is why I purchased that edition. I already had trouble with stuff purchased or tried to have purchased in the MS store long before MSFS came out.

Thanks heaven I made a clear cut and switched to Steam early on after the Store version drove me nuts with the initial installation already. No issues with updates ever, including the present one (up to one where I (and many others) had to restart a few times because of hangups at a few files, but this was an exception.)

Initially, I was determined to show loyality to their system, but not at the price of continuous hassle.

Kind regardy, Michael

Updated my 2 view pc’s and it went flawlessly.

I also saw that from base to WU 5 there were updates too so also installed them.

Looking forward for new improvements…

I had FSX on Steam too. Steam is now gigantic because everything is easy to accomplish for everyone.

Maybe MS should bring back Bob to their store to help people find things there.

9 hours ago, RobJC said:

With this update I feel like we have finally gotten over the hump with this project. Of course, SU5 was a huge step in the right direction, but we really needed this update to truly deliver on the potential that SU5 was teasing us with. Now that the sim runs great for most, and looks just as good, the team at Asobo can focus on the nagging little issues that are pretty much everywhere. I just don't think we were going to get there until we got to the point we are at today. I am not suggesting the hard work is behind the team, but I believe the resources that have been allocated to get this project in decent shape can now be utilized to fix so many other previously "lower priority" issues that have been on the back burner for the past year. Realistically, I think the team needs another year to really iron this sim out, but at least now most of us can enjoy this sim at a decent level. And we can see the true potential of this platform, which is ground breaking in so many ways. 

Today was a huge step forward imo. 

Don't get so excited.  World Updates have never been a problem, it's the SU updates that have taken the sim three steps back.  When the next couple of SU comes out and they don't break things then I'd say we're over the hump.  Also forced updates need to go away.