14 hours ago, YukonPete said:

I would recommend trying it and judge for yourself. DON'T take advice especially from someone who hasn't purchased or even tried it. I find most of these people's comments untrue.

This is the right choice. Depending on how you use the simulator it'll be either good or bad. Most people i know, me, and most of the IVAO community won't even touch it while some others seem to love it.

Because 2020 and 2024 can excist next to each other without a problem the only reason not to buy it is if you cant afford it.

 

 

48 minutes ago, abrams_tank said:

Now if you value stability, I would stay away from the betas.  Betas inherently are not stable. 

MSFS 2020 = Travel to Kathmandu

MSFS 2024 = Mount Everest Base Camp

MSFS 2024 Betas = Summiting 

Choose your level of adventure. 

15 hours ago, YukonPete said:

I would recommend trying it and judge for yourself. DON'T take advice especially from someone who hasn't purchased or even tried it. I find most of these people's comments untrue.

 By that argument you 'could' ignore all sensible people and only ask drug users if class a substances are worth it. 

Once you purchase something with your own money you are inextricably personally involved and then unconsciously biased towards it as it validates your decision to buy. 

Except of course if it's so bad you cross over into the "I've been duped!" zone. Then you shift responsibility for the purchase off your shoulders onto the software vendor for 'misleading' you. You can then tear the software a new one without by association denegrating your own decisions. 

On the other side, the non-purchasers, there is also variance. You have the informed abstainer who has diligently studied the product from manuals (lmao), reviews, videos and respected industry sites. You also have the troll who never even buys software but just visits discussion forums like avsim to stir the brown stuff up. 

So yeh TLDR take advice from ANYONE who is informed, ownership of a product does not exclusively guarantee a balanced opinion. 

17 hours ago, tdflightsim said:

I'm just getting back into flight simming after about  a 7 yr hiatus.  Previously used P3D V3 or V4, can't remember, bought them both.  I recently purchased V5.4 because I've spent hundreds of dollars in add-ons that are still compatible.  I literally just started using it a couple of days ago. 

My question is, is it worth it for me to purchase MS2024 at this time?  It looks beautiful, but sounds kind of glitchy.  I'm not the most patient man in world and pretty novice at fixing software problems.  I know I'll probably get it eventually, but is today the time?

Thanks, Tom

P.S. All the opinions should be entertaining

And if you are also a helicopter enthusiast, go for MSFS2024. The grass, plants, water, worldwide helipads, road traffic, and physics are better. Next month, Taog's Hangar and Miltech will release new products too.

Edited April 21, 20251 yr by History

I fly Airliners and GA in MSFS2024 and love every minute of it.  MSFS2020 is long gone from my system.

The airliners and GA available for the 2024 are plentiful and superb.

Whether you're an IFR pilot or a VFR low and slow pilot.......Go for it.

Jase

It's for sure a beta, 24' has potential, but not there yet, they tried to fix what's not broken from 2020 with the UI, and the with the controls set up, there's that., and other little issues, but it is a beta.

 

Wait or just give it a swerve IMO.

Even when its working fully its not a huge advance, does some things better some worse

1 hour ago, MassiveSim32 said:

I fly Airliners and GA in MSFS2024 and love every minute of it.  MSFS2020 is long gone from my system.

The airliners and GA available for the 2024 are plentiful and superb.

Whether you're an IFR pilot or a VFR low and slow pilot.......Go for it.

Jase

That's just not true, the aircraft addon availibility is sparse right now

2 hours ago, Ricardo41 said:

MSFS 2020 = Travel to Kathmandu

MSFS 2024 = Mount Everest Base Camp

MSFS 2024 Betas = Summiting 

Choose your level of adventure. 

You're hilarious🤣

49 minutes ago, Rusty Spanner said:

That's just not true, the aircraft addon availibility is sparse right now

The misinformation about MSFS 2024 is just hilarious. Look at this compatibility list of aircraft add-ons:

 

The source for this list is here: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/aircraft-compatibility-list-2020-to-2024/669089

The list of add-ons for MSFS 2024 is "sparse"? You are a perfect example of somebody who just makes stuff up about MSFS 2024. SMH.

Edited April 21, 20251 yr by abrams_tank

Game happens as we have already said and then you decide whether to invest or not. I for forty Euros that cost me plus the euro I paid for game pass I have no complaints, I only fly A2A for when there are CDTs or I get tired of Asobo's errors I have xplane 12 which is still my main simulator. But whatever you do, have another simulator installed 2020, XP, DCS, P3D or whatever you want for the days that the drunkard who hits the upload button and messes up again doesn't leave you without simming that day.

1 hour ago, Rusty Spanner said:

That's just not true, the aircraft addon availability is sparse right now

Totally and utterly wrong (and corrected for spelling). There is nothing I had in 2020 which I don't now have in 2024, and I have a lot of aircraft. 

As for many in this thread, 2020 is now a distant memory on the same mental shelf as FSX etc etc. 

Some people just don't like change, or are intimidated by the idea of it, but history never remembers people like that so, who cares about them. 

OP, try it, don't try it - you can see from the majority here that you probably won't regret it but if you do, uninstalling it again won't hurt you very much either.   

9 minutes ago, St Mawgan said:

Some people just don't like change, or are intimidated by the idea of it

This is probably the key reason for all the complaining and handwringing since the release of MSFS 2024.

Folks hate to admit that the New scares them, so they come up with all sorts of reasons: it's buggy, it's an alpha, etc. 

I installed MSFS 2024 the day it came out. Had a few issues during the first days (just like everyone else), but it has been smooth sailing since then. 

If I don't understand something, I look it up.

The sorry state of the Pilatus PC 24 is, for me, the only sore spot in the sim. 

Edited April 21, 20251 yr by Ricardo41

21 hours ago, tdflightsim said:

My question is, is it worth it for me to purchase MS2024 at this time?

The current price of 2024 standard is about the price of an good add-on, there is no valid reason for you to wait.

In my case, 2024 performance and stability wise, absolutely no complaints, it has been running quite nicely, on the graphics side, it's way better than anything out there including 2020. 

If for whatever reason 2024 is not your cup of tea yet, you can always just wait for the next updates while flying P3D.