Another never removed it here.  I'll dabble in 24 when I have limited time and want to explore but always go back to 2020 for my long hauls.   FS2020 with everything on Ultra, TLOD at 400, OLOD at 200, AIG traffic with 100 Active AI, lossless scaling, ASFS and good airport sceneries locked at 120fps stutter free still looks phenomenal to me.  Granted low and slow the detail of the terrain is better in 24 but from FL380 at 560kts 2020 with clear textures to the horizon and butter smooth performance is still phenomenal!  

When you have 6 Opencockpit Hardware Modules, a hardware overhead, a FFB yoke tuned to a couple of specific add-ons and you have to start re-configuring everything because they redid the UI and moved so many things around it would take me being really unsatisfied with what I have to "want" to redo everything and none of the Aircraft my hardware is currently programmed for are even available yet.     

So for now I'll dabble in 24 but spend 99% of my time in 2020. 

 

 

 

Edited January 13, 20251 yr by psolk

7 minutes ago, psolk said:

When you have 6 Opencockpit Hardware Modules, a hardware overhead, a FFB yoke tuned to a couple of specific add-ons and you have to start re-configuring everything because they redid the UI and moved so many things around it would take me being really unsatisfied with what I have to "want" to redo everything and none of the Aircraft my hardware is currently programmed for are even available yet.     

You sound like one of the moderators 😉 

Just now, St Mawgan said:

You sound like one of the moderators 😉 

I didn't use the words P3D or Concorde once I don't know WHAT you are talking about 😉

 

Remember all the spam posts titled “Uninstalled MSFS 2020 today, my body is ready for MS24!!!!” and all the flack the people who predicted the incompetent launch received?

Pepperidge Farm remembers…

3 hours ago, turbomax said:

"Should we all put 2020 back on hard drive?"

no need to. I still have 2020, but haven't touched it since November 19th 2024. and have no intentions to.

 

Ditto. I never removed 2020 and have no plans to until 2024 becomes more compositable with 20202 add ons. But since the 2024 release I really haven't ant reason to go back. Or ask for a refund or troll for people to agree with me for doing so.

I think keeping a copy of v20 AND other flight sims ready to go on your HD is a capital idea for the inevitable problems with any given sim / addon over time.

v2020 remains a GREAT flight sim, after all. 

In my case, I removed 2020 a few days after v24 released and didn't mind other than a few favored add-ons that I was sure would come along in good time.

Then once the Black Friday deals popped up and the 2024 Marketplace remained unavailable, I reinstalled the bare minimum and snagged a few good deals, and reinstalled the add-ons that aren't yet compatible with v24.

Interesting thing is that between the large crop of very enjoyable add-ons in the Aviators Edition, plus the rapidly growing list of v24 Compatible 3rd Party add-ons, PLUS the broad improvements to scenery, lighting, flight/physics modeling, etc., etc., Ive only gone back into v20 a small handful of times.

My v2024 experience has been great - and I'm grateful for it - but if/when it misbehaves for me, I've got nearly half a dozen other flight sims to keep me entertained until it's sorted.

As a Wise Man once taught me, "Two is One, and One is None." 🤙

3 hours ago, Ron Lefebvre said:

I never took it off since 2024 takes so little room.

Use 2020 90 % of the time.

Just starting to test drive 2024 now that some addons are working better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It will be many months if not years, before I remove 2020 from my PC. It works too well,and my PMDG aircraft are available for me to fly any time I want. No crashes, no stutters, can't beat it. 

I initially kept FS2020 to allow Littlenav Map to be used (it uses the FS2020 files but will connect to FS2024). I find myself going back to FS2020 on days where FS2024 is just being FS2024 and not behaving!

On a side note its a shame that the development of Littlenav Map for FS2024 has hit so many issues due the the changes Asobo have made and are still making. Sounds as if @albar965 has been trying to build on quicksand.

Because 2024 takes so little space, very people saw any need to remove 2020. What could be gained by doing that?

Like many others, I never removed 2020 as I wanted to slowly transition over but it is now pretty stripped down at the moment with only select airports/addons/couple airplanes and I still use the 2020 SDK.  I have only flown 2020 about 3 times since 2024 came out as I am on that almost exclusively (Fenix 320, Vision Jet, FSR 500).  Only using 2020 to fly the iFly Max8. Once that is 2024 compatible, I will just keep a fully stripped 2020 in order to use the SDK until they fully fix the 2024 SDK....

Edited January 13, 20251 yr by Flic1

4 minutes ago, Fielder said:

Because 2024 takes so little space, very people saw any need to remove 2020. What could be gained by doing that?

I gained 1 terrabyte of space wich I now can use for DCS addons… Only left a stripped down 2020 without any WU’s and addons, just because im unsure howto remove the last bit:p

Never took it off: hard drive space is cheap.

But I hardly ever use 2020 now, it's just there as a temporary precaution and safe-haven for my currently incompatible 2020 purchases until the marketplace opens for 2024

My only real demerits towards 2024 so far are the disastrous premier, and the fact that Inibuilds planes, despite the companies insider status as a developer of base aircraft, (!) somehow managed (and was allowed to!) create and release "headliner" planes that routinely crash the sim.

 

7 minutes ago, Vel said:

On a side note its a shame that the development of Littlenav Map for FS2024 has hit so many issues due the the changes Asobo have made and are still making. Sounds as if @albar965 has been trying to build on quicksand.

No worries. 🙂 LNM for 2024 will be there in a few days. There are small limitations but it's flyable.
It's a total different approach compared to loading from BGL files. Therefore it took some time.

Alex

MSFS2020 is supported to 2028 right? 

Michael Moe 

7 minutes ago, Michael Moe said:

MSFS2020 is supported to 2028 right? 

Michael Moe 

I might've missed it, but AFAIK, there's never been a sunset date announced, only vague assertions of ongoing plans that make it seem like they intend to keep it going for at least a year or so.

Regardless, the profitability of v2020 is what will determine it's longevity. As long as the user numbers are high "enough" and more importantly, The v20 Marketplace is bringing in enough $$ to pay the infrastructure bills, it'll stay available.

Hopefully, they will enable some type of permanent offline mode for the last few holdouts, and some type of available re-install as with other offline sims.