I keep noticing that the image quality of MSFS is becoming more and more blurry and degraded. Even from a low altitude, the scenery is intolerable. Buildings look like they’re melting as if hit by a nuclear bomb, and the ground texture looks cartoonishly. What is happening to the simulator? Any plans to fix it?

40 minutes ago, Huascar said:

I keep noticing that the image quality of MSFS is becoming more and more blurry and degraded.

If you are experiencing internet streaming problems, that would indeed be what you would see..

The servers have been flakey lately, in my experience.

Weird because my internet speed is close to 1000GB

4 hours ago, Huascar said:

Weird because my internet speed is close to 1000GB

Not at your end... at the MS cloud end.. 😉

That is a really big number, BTW..

Edited October 12, 20214 yr by Bert Pieke

I'm on a 45 mbs connection, so no idea how msfs looks for those with more bandwidth.  Can those of you with fast connections tell me what speed the MS servers get up to in your experience.

What I mean is, if I pay for a faster service, am I really going to notice that much difference?

20 hours ago, cianpars said:

What I mean is, if I pay for a faster service, am I really going to notice that much difference?

Ask yourself what exactly is going to require that high bandwidth.. other than installing updates..

If you have a 1000GB (or, 1TB) connection, you need to collect your prize for fastest internet on the planet. 😂

Ground textures are usually reliant on the quality of the satellite imagery that it's streaming. Some parts of the world look much better than others. Photogrammetry, too, looks better in some locations. These things MS/Asobo are working to improve all the time, but it's all subject to the data that is released to them. Their hands are ultimately tied.

It could also be streaming issues. No matter how high your potential connection speed, you will be limited by server bottlenecks, local bottlenecks, your receiving equipment...

But I do remember the sim did not look that bat initially 

1 hour ago, Huascar said:

But I do remember the sim did not look that bat initially 

I've had the same experience, but if I remember a couple of (months? weeks?) ago they either increased or planned to increase the LOD slider, not sure which one it was.

They did lower the quality of what the sliders represent in SU5, but I think they bumped it back up in a hotfix, so you might want to check what setting it is on your system.

2 hours ago, Huascar said:

But I do remember the sim did not look that bat initially 

Try clearing Rolling Cache and rebuild it. 

Try setting Ultra graphics and apply, see if it makes a difference. If it's too laggy, just revert back to what fits your computer best. 

Sometimes the servers on Asobo's end are very busy, so maybe try flying at a different time of the day, just to test if it's the same.