There was a post on correcting over exposed clouds earlier in the week but I cannot find it. Does anyone recall>?? Thx

I have had some success by disabling 'Color Grading' in the User.opt file.  Sim looks much better overall for me but of course your monitor settings etc will effect it also.

Thanks

When I look into a bright sky I often see clouds that are blindingly bright with no detail.  I've actually turned my exposure setting up in the .opt file to give a brighter, more realistic sky. Most of the clouds retain detail, but those near the sun, and others in direct light are sometimes 'over exposed'.  Is this the sort of over exposure being suggested, or is it more the change in brightness when the view changes from inside to outside the cockpit?

I agree disabling 'Colour Grading' in the .opt file will give more pleasing colours.

I think this is monitor stuff.  I recently upgraded to a 2K LG monitor with HDR and items that I don't really understand hehe.  The overblown highlights are mostly gone (unless it's dusk lighting which is still weird).  I can literally drag screenshots over to my old monitor which is now to my left and the shots look overblown again.

Lighting, and lighting in clouds, looks incredible on my 4K HDR10 display with HDR10 activated both in Windows and the sim. It simulates the brightness of sunlight beautifully. How it appears to different people is either subjective or reliant on/an issue with their display or local settings. I don't personally see that Asobo have anything to fix, and I hope they don't start tweaking it.

I've probably annoyed my wife when I, facetiously, have walked around outside pointing out that the clouds are overexposed/overly saturated today.

Not sure if it is related to some users' issues, but if you have HDR10 activated in settings but the display isn't HDR10 capable (some HDR displays aren't), it can really screw up the image.

1 hour ago, March Hare said:

I've probably annoyed my wife when I, facetiously, have walked around outside pointing out that the clouds are overexposed/overly saturated today.

Mine usually agrees when I remark how realistic they look...

4 hours ago, MrBitstFlyer said:

When I look into a bright sky I often see clouds that are blindingly bright with no detail.  I've actually turned my exposure setting up in the .opt file to give a brighter, more realistic sky. Most of the clouds retain detail, but those near the sun, and others in direct light are sometimes 'over exposed'.  Is this the sort of over exposure being suggested, or is it more the change in brightness when the view changes from inside to outside the cockpit?

I agree disabling 'Colour Grading' in the .opt file will give more pleasing colours.

Where is the " Exposure " setting, in the cfg. file? 

1 hour ago, Sphynnx said:

Where is the " Exposure " setting, in the cfg. file? 

I apologise, I meant the exposure setting in the GEForce Experience filters 🤭

Okay, thanks

On 10/17/2021 at 2:38 PM, March Hare said:

Lighting, and lighting in clouds, looks incredible on my 4K HDR10 display with HDR10 activated both in Windows and the sim.

I think the key in your statement is "on my 4K HDR10 display".  I can assure you lighting and clouds look less incredible in VR (on my Reverb G2) and likely on all non-HDR capable displays.  This would be less annoying if that same lighting/clouds didn't look so amazing prior to SU5.

Some good discussion on the issue within this thread on the official forums (for the Dev Q&A slated for the 20th):

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/can-you-explain-the-changes-in-su5-that-lead-to-color-banding-and-fringes-for-many-user-on-sdr-monitors-and-are-they-fixable/443671/27

I do still get colour banding and overexposure in MSFS with HDR on an OLED display.