Ok half a flight done in the default DA62 around Dubai, no buildings no trees etc. some AI aircraft and flat blurry photo ground textures. Have checked settings so scratching my head on as to why it’s looking so FS9. Changed time of day; lighting no better or worse that 2020 then sorted out some views, but lost functionality of TCA airbus quadrant ( which was working on takeoff). Sim crashed when I ended flight. Just loaded up the A321 and it’s floating in the air, no undercarriage and the apu hovering above the aircraft like we’ve lost gravity. I’ll be generous and say the control bindings are user error perhaps but the rest…

Edited November 20, 20241 yr by flyingpicket

Squirell's stream in the UK still has that awful burnt grass in bing maps, utterly stupid and was one thing that could of pushed me towards 2024 if they got the grass green again. I'm literally watching people play a game that i already own and acting like its something new.... astounding cash grabbing by ASOBO here, even in this industry its impressive.

I literally watch a stream then fly the same airport in 2020 and i can see no difference at all.

I am still yet to install this sim - I am thinking whether to just hold off installing for few days. I am more then happy to run MSFS 2020 for the time being. 

9 minutes ago, flyingpicket said:

Ok half a flight done in the default DA62 around Dubai, no buildings no trees etc. some AI aircraft and flat blurry photo ground textures. Have checked settings so scratching my head on as to why it’s looking so FS9. Changed time of day; lighting no better or worse that 2020 then sorted out some views, but lost functionality of TCA airbus quadrant ( which was working on takeoff). Sim crashed when I ended flight. Just loaded up the A321 and it’s floating in the air, no undercarriage and the apu hovering above the aircraft like we’ve lost gravity. I’ll be generous and say the control bindings are user error perhaps but the rest…

it's hard to know at the moment what's indicative of sim problems we should report, and what continues to be problems with infrastructure

i have no autogen, blurry textures, missing aircraft altogether at times, forever load times after selecting to enter the flight

it seems imo, like 80/90% of this sim is cloud based

6 minutes ago, EGLD said:

it's hard to know at the moment what's indicative of sim problems we should report, and what continues to be problems with infrastructure

i have no autogen, blurry textures, missing aircraft altogether at times, forever load times after selecting to enter the flight

it seems imo, like 80/90% of this sim is cloud based

Whoever at Asobo thought heavily cloud based sim would be good idea - I think this sim requires some super fast internet. Not a problem more most people sure but for those who live in remote regions and can't get fibre optic internet - it is going to be struggle. 

Just now, flightyjoe said:

Squirell's stream in the UK still has that awful burnt grass in bing maps, utterly stupid and was one thing that could of pushed me towards 2024 if they got the grass green again. I'm literally watching people play a game that i already own and acting like its something new.... astounding cash grabbing by ASOBO here, even in this industry its impressive.

I literally watch a stream then fly the same airport in 2020 and i can see no difference at all.

The way I see it, I've invested in four years of free updates by which time 2024 will be far superior to 2020.

FSX had two service packs to fix technical issues and that was it. 2020 had 18 world updates. 9 city updates, continual improvements to avionics, default aircraft, etc.

fsx was an offline game largely because of old legacy tradition. Modern cloud based information era destroys the experience because every aspect is tangled off base at servers abroad.

We will all see MinecraftSimulator2024 because of this. Furthermore, this release will possibly destroy 2020 experience as well.

7 minutes ago, CAP1234 said:

Whoever at Asobo thought heavily cloud based sim would be good idea - I think this sim requires some super fast internet. Not a problem more most people sure but for those who live in remote regions and can't get fibre optic internet - it is going to be struggle. 

Wait till people with data caps on their internet, see their next bill. 😉

8 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

Wait till people with data caps on their internet, see their next bill. 😉

Yeah that too - Why is my bill so high this month, Yeah I remember MSFS 2024 is all cloud base, time to call up ISP to get a better deal! 😅

5 hours ago, Fielder said:

2024: the trees look better and more like trees. the lighting, especially in the clouds looks much better. the night lighting is much better. the water movements look better. the dirt, snow, mud, smoke all look and behave as if alive. the GA planes feel more lively and real but also easier to keep stable like they do in real life. the blackshark conversion of the earth was good but that in 2024 is better. the different seasons look better. the activities to do are better. the ATC is better. the people and vehicles at airports and on highways are better.

I noticed all of the above in alpha. It is just about identical in the release, except the ATC has improved over the alpha. the ATC is still primitive and unrealistic but better than the alpha. the pilots and copilot avatars are better. if you fly airliners none of this is earth shaking. it is for GA fliers like me.

It is if you fly your airliners close to the ground

3 minutes ago, CAP1234 said:

Yeah that too - Why is my bill so high this month, Yeah I remember MSFS 2024 is all cloud base, time to call up ISP to get a better deal! 😅

MSFS cost me an additional $30 a month  for unlimited data. 

I hope y'all know Steam will lock you out of future purchases of a game you got refunded.

48 minutes ago, CFIJose said:

Are we sure that ASOBO will have all this sorted out? Haven't we learned anything from MSFS 2020?

We have, they haven't, clearly!

3 minutes ago, Krakin said:

I hope y'all know Steam will lock you out of future purchases of a game you got refunded.

Not true. In the past I got refunded for several games and repurchased some afterwards.

1 minute ago, Rimshot said:

Not true. In the past I got refunded for several games and repurchased some afterwards.

Oh really? I remember when refunds were first implemented, that was the stipulation in place. I guess they've changed it since then.