April 20, 20251 yr I probably should have come here for assistance, as I have been a member since the late 90s and have been in this hobby since the mid 80s. FS2024 runs quite well on my 6-yr old i5-9600/32GB RAM/RTX 3060ti. Where FS2024 falls short, even compared to FS2020 is in flight planning, ATC, EFB, and Avionics. I normally fly IFR routes of 30-120minutes in the Daher, and I find that ATC will rarely properly vector me to my destination, often arriving at destination at cruise altitude, and are never told to reduce altitude or get vectored back to the airport after passing it. My flight plans are auto generated by the flight planner (either EFB within the app, or on the online version on the FS2024 website) and I always check for approach and runway routings. I realize I may be doing something incorrectly and am hoping this group can tell me if it's me or the program itself.
April 20, 20251 yr It's the program. I have never had ATC direct me correctly to any of the arrival airports I had selected in the EFB flightplans. Same goes for flightplans made with Simbrief and loaded through the EFB. FSX did a far better job almost 20 years ago. ATC in 2020-2024 is just one big joke, it's not even game worthy, let alone sim worthy. Win11 Pro 64-bit, Ryzen 5800X3D, Corsair H115i, Gigabyte X570S UD, EVGA 3080Ti XC3 Ultra 12GB, 64 GB DDR4 G.Skill 3600. Monitors: LG 27GL850-B27 2560x1440 + Samsung SyncMaster 2443 1920x1200, HOTAS: Warthog with Virpil WarBRD base & hegykc MFG Crosswind modded pedals, TrackIR4, Rift-S for VR
April 20, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, Lange_666 said: It's the program. I have never had ATC direct me correctly to any of the arrival airports I had selected in the EFB flightplans. Same goes for flightplans made with Simbrief and loaded through the EFB. FSX did a far better job almost 20 years ago. ATC in 2020-2024 is just one big joke, it's not even game worthy, let alone sim worthy. Default ATC is about the same as using an Amazon Echo for ATC.
April 21, 20251 yr Author OK - so are there any good ATC replacements available? I found FS2020 to be superior to FS2024.
April 21, 20251 yr Speaking of default ATC, I was doing a career mission in Australia in the 2024 SU2 Beta, and my Pilot started speaking in what sounded like an Australian accent when speaking to ATC. The responding controllers were still using the default American voice. Now I've never flown using the default ATC in Australia at all in 2024 before, so idk if this is new or not. Edited April 21, 20251 yr by Tuskin38
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