It seems that most of the time the rain appears randomly. I've very rarely seen rain come and go in the same location, maybe in the summer when we get sporadic showers. But in XP12 it seems to be the norm. For example, I was taxiing at LZIB (where it is winter now), and the rain just came and went away. 

Same when flying through clouds, almost every time there's rain hitting the plane when flying through one. This seems exagerrated.

 I don't think the rain is any better in MSFS. I like it...

I haven't checked carefully yet, but do you mean you're getting rain where you shouldn't, and not getting rain where you should ?

When you got that short rain during your taxi, was there a visible rain curtain approaching ?

When going through a cloud, well I suppose it depends what kind of cloud it is. But if it's raining in that area, then you should expect rain in the cloud as well.

4 hours ago, Mike44 said:

 I don't think the rain is any better in MSFS. I like it...

In MSFS the presence of rain is similar to XP as far as I have seen, it depends if there are supposed to be precipitations in the area where you stand. The nice thing is the visible rain curtains (not sure of the exact name), when flying under the clouds, you can clearly see where it's raining, and when you reach that zone, the rain indeed start hitting your windshield. It's one of the nicest aspects of their weather rendition.

Edited February 20, 20233 yr by Daube

I've noticed rain where it shouldn't be as well, like flying under a rather thin scattered stratus layer, or random rain on the ground.  Not a showstopper, but does need some work.

9 hours ago, Mike44 said:

 I don't think the rain is any better in MSFS. I like it...

As mentioned above, MSFS has rain shafts/curtains in addition to the droplets not being exaggerated to the same degree so it is a fair bit better. LR did indicate that they will be implementing the curtains so i look forward to seeing how that turns out.

This is not the MSFS forum...what MSFS does or doesn't do w/r/t rain depiction has nothing to do with this discussion.

Janov in the past admitted they got a bit too excited with depicting rain and puddles and that it might get toned down a bit in future releases.
Rain bands will be coming at some point in the future, promised by Austin himself. 

3 hours ago, peroni said:

Rain bands will be coming at some point in the future, promised by Austin himself. 

some squall is gonna be great.

On 2/19/2023 at 6:06 PM, bogdansrb said:

and the rain just came and went away. 

windy? without squall its very hard to see what the rain is doing, there's a definite push to get that more practical, especially for identifying the CBs, but at least now the lightning is limited to CB formations it is actually technically possible to spot them.

When I started the taxi, it was raining, then in about 2 minutes it stopped, then after a minute or so it started raining again. I've rarely seen this in real life, and only in the summer. Usually in the winter there's an overcast and it's raining/snowing. There were scattered clouds.

Also the distance traveled was small since I wasn't flying.

14 minutes ago, bogdansrb said:

When I started the taxi, it was raining, then in about 2 minutes it stopped, then after a minute or so it started raining again. I've rarely seen this in real life, and only in the summer. Usually in the winter there's an overcast and it's raining/snowing. There were scattered clouds.

Also the distance traveled was small since I wasn't flying.

I've noticed this exact same thing on several occasions. I just put it down to the weather gods having a laugh and turning off the tap.. 😉

 

2 hours ago, bogdansrb said:

When I started the taxi, it was raining, then in about 2 minutes it stopped, then after a minute or so it started raining again. I've rarely seen this in real life, and only in the summer. Usually in the winter there's an overcast and it's raining/snowing. There were scattered clouds.

Also the distance traveled was small since I wasn't flying.

sure, but if its windy and patchy cloud with showers then exactly that will happen.

rain is weird irl, e.g. very often at my parents old house it would be raining heavily out the back window, and bright sunshine out the front.

e.g. in this picture

you have rain starting and stopping multiple times inside that squall before it comes down hard.

until we get visible squall, no one really knows what the rain simulation is doing.

Edited February 22, 20233 yr by mSparks

5 hours ago, mSparks said:

rain is weird irl, e.g. very often at my parents old house it would be raining heavily out the back window, and bright sunshine out the front.

Yeah, I got a very vivid memory from my childhood when I was returning with my parents from a visit at my cousin out in the countryside. We drove through more or less torrential (well, as torrential as it can be in the north of Sweden) rain and when we got closer to the coast I could suddenly clearly see the border between where it had rained and where it hadn't. My ten year old mind almost blue-screened when I saw the ridiculously sharp border between the two. I will never forget that.

7 minutes ago, mSparks said:

sure, but if its windy and patchy cloud with showers then exactly that will happen.

rain is weird irl, e.g. very often at my parents old house it would be raining heavily out the back window, and bright sunshine out the front.

e.g. in this picture

you have rain starting and stopping multiple times inside that squall before it comes down hard.

until we get visible squall, no one really knows what the rain simulation is doing.

That happens almost every monsoon here in Mumbai.  If it's raining at Peddar Road , it won't be raining just a few hundred meters offset. 

half year later now, nothing has changed 

it always rains in X-plane 12, period. it's the rain and puddle sim. it was so right from the start.