No either-or choice for me.. will get and install 2024 in the early days and enjoy all its new features flying the default fleet. And keep 2020 around and use it whenever I need to fly certain 3rd party aircraft that's not been made compatible with 2024 yet. That said, going to be *really* hard for me to keep going back to 2020 once I've used 2024 I'm sure 😅. Once all aircraft I care about are compatible or native to 2024 then 2020 will be retired from my machine.
 

Edited November 12, 20241 yr by lwt1971

Pre-ordered the aviator edition and will install on day 1. I prepare for the worst but there will be no way back.

46 minutes ago, Dermot McClusky said:

Hilarious that they included Kiribati in the list. Great wink and a nod to the community.

but somehow this time Kiribati is 1 hour later than everybody else, it would have to be 4:00 am instead of 5:00 unless there is a mistake in their schedule?

 

 

2 hours ago, pmplayer said:

For MSFS 2024 🫠

What are you think: Buying ASAP or let settle down the dusk for some days ore even wait some time until first upates came out ?

Just interesstet what people are doeing..

cheers 😉

Buying it Asap. Just albeit for A330/321/38Max. Got to love it.

1 hour ago, flyingscampi said:

Buy ASAP. By the time I've worked out the controls, all the bugs will have been fixed.

😉

Haha well said.  I used the alpha and it was kinda a pain in the rear to get everything setup again...and it kept losing my settings...alpha bugs hopefully lol

I will be sitting on the fence and munching on my popcorn when November 19 rolls into sunlight. I will observe the battlefield from a safe distance, take notes, and wait for the compatibility brigade to give me the all clear.

I bought a new 2TB Drive for P3dv5 and MSFS2024. MSFS2020 is now on a stand-alone drive. I have had the chance of upgrading 3 times the last 2 years and yet here i am with my old GTX1080TI EVGA and a overclocked i7@4770K with 32GB DDR3-2400mhz 🙂running MSFS at 2K with high settings@25 fps VSYNC.

Now i AM waiting for the 9800X3d - RTX5090 so we will see

Michael Moe

 

I'll prepurchase the Premium Deluxe Edition this weekend, and then start the install next Tuesday. I'm expecting a slow download. 

Uninstalled MSFS 2020 months ago, and will never touch it again!

3 hours ago, guenseli said:

Instant buy, but I'm not optimistic we could immediately use it 100% as a replacement for 2020.
 

Same.. Instant buy But....

Its going to be a gradual changeover. MSFS2020 is actually running quite well now so ill maybe just do some light general aviation stuff on the new version just like i did with 2020 and work my way over.

I would wait few weeks 😅. One thing I am lazy about is to redo the whole control mappings again 

I already have Game Pass, but haven't bought any of the editions.  I have no time during weeknights anyway, so I'll probably download it late one night and won't even touch it until the weekend at the earliest.  If things seem to be a total mess, I'll just hold off.  

I don't know why exactly, but I have less excitement for this.  Don't get me wrong, I'll buy it and enjoy it, but I'm in no rush. 

The week after launch is a long holiday weekend for those of us in the US, so that's when I'll probably dive into things.   

Pre-purchased. It's a proven franchise so no need to be shy about it. I bought a brand new SSD 2 TB Samsung so will install there. I'll leave 2020 on the other drive for a bit then remove when some of my key planes are ported over such as IFly's Max 8.

3 hours ago, vonmar said:

Based on MSFS2024 PC specs I should Upgrade my current PC ($4000 USD) or get a new PC ($6000 USD).

I will wait and read the reports / reviews first.

64 GB , 4TB nVME, R7 9800X3D, 4070 Super Ti, $2600

SkyTech is a solid maker.

https://skytechgaming.com/product/king95-1498-9800x3d-4070tis-64g-4tb/

 

Shut down my FS2020 pc many weeks ago and started counting down the hours, about 783 then.

Have set up my new pc and now there's just 164 hours to go. Can't wait. Extra bonus - release date is my birthday. Couldn't have asked for a better present!

I have game pass set to download it, so it will be ready when I get home from work. The next two days I’m off work before my weekend in - so I’ll access it during that period and go from there.