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Hello, new to this forum.  

Purchased MS 2024 but it is nothing but bugs and problems.  

Are any of the other Flight Sims out there any better?

Thanks

 

 

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@Gizmo2025, the two alternatives are X-Plane and LM Prepar3D

Many P3D users have remained with v5 to ensure compatibility with lots of scenery and third party aircraft.

I’m sure you’ll get plenty of advice. Posting your hardware specs will help.

Ray (Cheshire, England).

System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant.

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Thank you for your reply.  I have 1 month old new gaming computer so hardware isn't the issue.   Have Honeycomb Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie system.  MS 2024 just has so many bugs I can't fly some aircraft, it locks up when opening the tablet, planes rocket away at idle, etc. I could go on for literally 100's of bugs I have come across so far.  Just want opinions on the other software before I spend more money...

 

Thanks

 

My computer specs below, I don't have these issues with ms2024. msfs2020 performs better and has less little things going wrong all the time. If I still had my old hardware in the case (5600X and 3070) I don't think I would have a good time in ms2024. The default planes which I have tried all fly well for me in 2024 (except the new Cessna 185 which I cannot get to behave at all).

5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB  PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.

 

MSFS 2020 would be the logical alternative to MSFS 2024. Very stable on my PC, and the bugs are few and far between.

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Christopher Low

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme

UK2000 Beta Tester

I like the 185 now but I had to set up custom cockpit view (so that it "resets" to Landing View) in order to see over the dash, and tone down the brakes and rudder sensitivities too).

2020 is a lot more trouble free and better fps, but not as nice looking nor do the default planes handle as nicely on ground or in air compared to 2024.

 

5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB  PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.

 

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