I have seen massive differences from one flight to the next, I think its a bug in their caching algorithm and I don't believe it's just server speed related. I think what happens is sometimes when it loads a farther away LOD, it never replaces it in the cache, so you lose texture resolution. It's something like that.

It doesn't happen all the time, it just depends I guess.

 

25 minutes ago, Alpine Scenery said:

A lot of it just depends where you fly and exactly how low. i noticed when there are buildings it also loads more ground detail at a higher elevation, which means the best looking areas tend to be small cities and large cities, rather than 100% rural areas.

Here is the Venice Area (can reach this area by flying southwest from LIPV)

...and just look at that higher resolution terrain. you can see the depth in the ground.

Yah, sometimes when you get at ground level it can ALMOST get competetive to a game like RDR 2 (not quite, but sort of in its own way). I would say it often reaches Witcher 3 level graphics from the ground though.

It's just inconsistent, not all areas or biomes trigger that level of detail, totally depends.

41 minutes ago, Tony P said:

not really worth the pain and suffering of the upgrade process

It's not painful at all

I suspect comparisons will be very location-specific.

I love flying in mountaineous areas, and in that context FS2024>>FS2020.

Jorg apparently said he wanted it to be like walking around a First person shooter game, thing is we can already do that and better in Red Dead or a first person shooter.... Anyway i've no doubt 2024 can and will look great because it is at its heart 2020 anyway.

2020 whatever anyone tries to convince themselves, looks insanely good from the air, which is good as it is a flight sim...

 

Not a 2020 to 2024 comparison, but I found this great IRL to 2024 comparison

 

4 minutes ago, flightyjoe said:

Jorg apparently said he wanted it to be like walking around a First person shooter game

He didn't say that. You're confusing it with an article where it was said the visual quality was similar to a FPS.

  

4 minutes ago, flightyjoe said:

2020 whatever anyone tries to convince themselves, looks insanely good from the air, which is good as it is a flight sim...

And 2024 looks even better from the air.

Edited November 23, 20241 yr by Tuskin38

2024 does look very good when everything streams in and keeps up to speed. Right now I have found it is a bit inconsistent with some flights looking very good and others not so good but it is clear to me the variety, detail and depth is much better in 2024 overall; there will allows be places where one outshines the other. 

This said, there are some giant trees in 2024, one in downtown Toronto is growing out of and as tall as a skyscraper!

1 minute ago, Cognita said:

This said, there are some giant trees in 2024, one in downtown Toronto is growing out of and as tall as a skyscraper!

Also encountered this in Tokyo. Seems to happen when a tree intersects a building

3 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

Also encountered this in Tokyo. Seems to happen when a tree intersects a building

Interesting, probably a small bug in the auto-gen algorithm then.

If you're going to compare a mature 2020 with many addons (that are clearly installed in that OP video), then yeah, it's hard to see differences.

Everyone has apparently forgotten how bug ridden 2020 was upon release.

If 2020 users already have the bijan seasons and or rex seasons/sky color products AND they mostly fly airliners - the difference to 2024 isn't very apparent.

2024 changes A LOT compared to a vanilla 2020 install.  Many changes are easily noticable for GA flyers who tend to be closer to the ground.  There's also quite a few flight model changes which aren't visible without actually flying the new sim.

In the end people will see whatever they want to see (or not see).

 

1 hour ago, Bobsk8 said:

Oh please, sounds like the " Don't believe what you see, believe what I tell you instead" line. 

2024 on my PC is running a higher fps than 2020, plus it is very smooth indeed.

17 minutes ago, ryanbatc said:

2024 changes A LOT compared to a vanilla 2020 install.  Many changes are easily noticable for GA flyers who tend to be closer to the ground.  There's also quite a few flight model changes which aren't visible without actually flying the new sim.

In the end people will see whatever they want to see (or not see).

 

also noticeable is the beauty of most airfield. They were very basic in msfs but are very nice and immersive in msfs24. To the point that for some airfield you don't visit much often, the vanilla airfield is more than enough.

In that department, msfs24 is night and day compared to msfs.

1 hour ago, Tony P said:

IMHO - not really worth the pain and suffering of the upgrade process until its matured a while or they stop supporting 2020 in new products/applications.    

What pain?:p, the install is so small you can just have it side by side with msfs 2020 until its matured…. Eventually you will go for the upgrade anyway. Its useful as something on the side to dabble with and gets used to until you feel your ready….:p

Edited November 23, 20241 yr by Kaboki