I have noticed that when using this airplane in FS2020 and 24 the frame rates are reduced by half compared to other planes.

1. Are other folk experiencing this too?

2.Anyone know if FBW are working on this problem ?

Thanks

Trevor

Edited February 18, 20251 yr by TrevorS

It is a very heavy plane on framerate, that much is true. To easen the problem you can deactivate the rendering of the cabin by pressing the clickspot on the back wall of the cockpit (the sign HAT ONLY behind the FO seat).

Thanks, but I only gain 2-3 frames ☹️

As FBW stated on launch of the A380, they fully admit it's hard on resource's, but will try to improve performance over time. You have to have a pretty decent PC to run it without issues. I do find it improved performance wise in 2024, compared to 2020.

Make sure you use the 4k version (and not the 8k) and depending on your hardware, try running the sim with textures = high instead of Ultra.

 

You can also try this downscaled cockpit texture mod. It has the advantage to install like any mod - in the community folder, thus not replacing any default texture. Should you have any issue with it, just remove it from your community folder.

Great plane that is not really flyable due to how resource hungry it is. I wish they would focus on improving the amount of VRAM it consumes, especially in DX12. I have uninstalled it and may look at it again once they finally get around to optimizing it. 

No problem flying it at all, try to do at least a decent mid-to-long haul with it once every weekend. 

Wouldn't know about the impact on fps as I don't sit there with a framerate counter open obsessing over it. 

Same here - my only complaint is they modelled the 510 ton MTOW variant so it makes it hard to do some long haul flights

51 minutes ago, verbal said:

No problem flying it at all, try to do at least a decent mid-to-long haul with it once every weekend. 

Wouldn't know about the impact on fps as I don't sit there with a framerate counter open obsessing over it. 

I am not fortunate to have a RTX 4090 !

4 hours ago, RockOla said:

Make sure you use the 4k version (and not the 8k) and depending on your hardware, try running the sim with textures = high instead of Ultra.

 

You can also try this downscaled cockpit texture mod. It has the advantage to install like any mod - in the community folder, thus not replacing any default texture. Should you have any issue with it, just remove it from your community folder.

Thanks - I will try the mod.

Or you (the OP) could use that amazing little piece of freeware, AutoFPS.

I don't have a beast of a system but by not having everything maxed and by judicious adjusting of the LOD settings I can run the FBW 380 with no real issues.
Having said that, yes, it is a hungry beast (I mean...look at the size of that thing! 😁)

The plane is not optimized for performance yet. They are first making it work, and then will do performance improvements. You can expect it to get a lot better over time. 

I agree with what others have mentioned above - A380 is very performance heavy, When it was released - The performance was even worst with excessive RAM usage and what and not. Since then they have optimised it slightly (still not to the level I would stay stable) but it is flyable. FBW themselves have said this several times is that plane is not very optimised yet, They are focusing on eliminating any bugs and finishing up various systems on the aeroplane. Once that is completed - they will optimise it for performance. For me when using A380 with inibuilds Heathrow and no traffic, I get to around 28 GB of RAM usage on 4K version.

To the OP - use the 4K version if you're getting terrible performance, turn the cabin off - this does not help much in my opinion. But since this is a freeware project expect continuous future updates which will over time get better. 

12 hours ago, TrevorS said:

Thanks - I will try the mod.

The mod is magic. At EGLL my frames are in the 40's while at the gate in the A380. BTW - I don't use any form of FG and run in 2K. Thanks (Merci)

Edited February 19, 20251 yr by TrevorS

Hi,

One remark with this plane.

On FS2024 (regular version, not the update 1), when selecting this plane (version d205c4e) and configuring it, it appears with no front landing gear in the plane presentation for livery selection.

But the plane is ok when loaded in the scene.

Did you notice this also?

Patrice.

Edited February 19, 20251 yr by Patrice35