9 hours ago, GCBraun said:

Supongo que se solucionó generando mosaicos personalizados con Ortho4XP. Yo también lo he hecho, varias veces, de hecho. Tengo varios terabytes de ortoscenarios en varios discos. Así que sí, ya lo he vivido. Pero, sinceramente, ya no es divertido. Convierte la simulación en gestión de escenarios, y no es por eso que me siento frente al ordenador a volar.

Most third party airports have their mesh and ortho so you don't have to do anything, they work fine, for those who have problems patch with ortho4xp and overwrite the map enhacement base, it takes 10 minutes maximum for a few airports that may present some problems.

As for the Xplane priority management and its scenarios I wish MFS was the same, I have a lot of scenarios and I have suffered some incompatibility in MFS that can be solved very easily in the other simulator with that text.

Both simulators have their advantages and disadvantages, honestly problema with  configurations are nonsense for a simer that takes weeks or months to study a high level addon I use both MFS, X-plane and DCS without any problem and I'm not a super gifted.

Edited May 12, 20251 yr by Aglos77

this thread is not about xplane.  It's about why the OP is moving from 2020 to 2024.  Please keep that in mind 

On 5/10/2025 at 9:59 AM, GCBraun said:

After 93 days of flight time and over 2,200 hours in the logbook, I’ve finally done it: MSFS 2020 has been uninstalled from my system.

It’s a bittersweet moment. For almost five years, MSFS 2020 has been a major part of my flight sim life as I’ve had an absolute blast watching this platform grow and evolve. Asobo didn’t just create a new sim; they redefined what a modern flight simulator could be.

Whether it was breaking with the landclass paradigm to bring streamed satellite scenery to the entire globe, expanding to Xbox to welcome a new generation of simmers, introducing an intuitive and frictionless Marketplace, or setting a new benchmark for developer-community engagement, MSFS 2020 consistently pushed boundaries. The regular Q&A sessions and the focus on the most wished-for features made us feel genuinely heard and involved. 

While it will never be perfect, MSFS 2020 has, without a doubt, been the most innovative flight simulator of my lifetime.

But now it’s time to look ahead.

MSFS 2024 is stable enough, at least for me, to take over as my main simulator (alongside my regular XP12 and DCS sessions). While the changes might seem incremental on the surface, there are clear and noticeable improvements: terrain rendering is more refined, lighting feels more natural, cloud depiction has more depth and nuance, and the physics system feels subtly tighter. It’s not revolutionary, but it is meaningful and it lays a promising foundation.

Yes, 2024 had a bumpy start. But updates have been frequent, stability is improving, and more add-ons are becoming available every week. The ecosystem is ramping up, and I’m confident we’re heading in the right direction.

To mark this moment, I’m including the very first screenshot I ever took in MSFS (from the early tech alpha days) and my last one from 2020 before uninstalling.

To all the developers, testers, and fellow simmers who made MSFS 2020 what it was: thank you.

Here’s to the skies of tomorrow.

 

 

Same just removed 2020 also since the tech alpha last weekend, 2024 is for me personal the way to go (SU2 beta currently) with my favorite aircraft...

On 5/10/2025 at 10:41 AM, jon b said:

Yes, I uninstalled my 2020 just 2 days ago, I hadn’t used it properly in months and when I did it just didn’t feel good anymore.

My hard drive is now feeling a lot lighter too.

Yeah John refreshing is that just gone the same route

Edited May 12, 20251 yr by virtualstuff

1 hour ago, filou said:

Next time show us a video of London on FS2024...

Why?  I personally do not fly over London because I am mostly GA and follow airspace rules.  As I said previously 'We all should be honest - some areas of 2020 & 2024 are awful as far as textures go'. 

Some are not ready to move to 2024 for many different reasons, but it incorrect to say things like '2020 is sharper than 2024', because clearly it isn't.  Even the demonstrable upgrades in 2024 may not be enough of an incentive to move away from 2020 at the present time if an individual gains something from using 2020.  That decision is completely understandable, but as mods become compatible and bugs reduce, there will be little reason not to move to 2024.

Just out of curiosity.....is ORBx VFR London Landmarks compatible with MSFS 2024?

1 hour ago, filou said:

I'm finally out of the FS2024 cartoon.

I'm gratified you are using the sim that you prefer, but why does that have to end with a silly comment towards 2024?  I can agree with some of your points regarding 2024 because we are not even at the release of SU2 yet, but calling it a cartoon is so childish. 

Here are a couple of my 2024 'cartoons'.  The point is that not EVERYTHING in one sim is going to be better than the other, especially with such a big difference in development time between the two.

The thing that annoys me is when a choice of sim is made, it often seems that must come with an untruth about the other.  2024 at SU2 beta is really starting to show what it is capable of.  It has become my sim of choice, yet I don't feel the need to be negative about 2020.

 

I fly over London all the time. Apart from the mess Orbx have made of City Airport (when will they ever fix that), it looks pretty amazing. Better than it did in 2020, including right at the end when they upgraded it a little. One of my best flights is from Southend right up the Thames estuary and then over North London (because there is nothing to see south of the river) and beyond and then back east to Stapleford (again, come on Orbx!) or North Weald. Looks pretty great to me. 

1 minute ago, St Mawgan said:

North Weald

If not already, rush over to Burning Blue Design for this airport!

1 minute ago, MrBitstFlyer said:

If not already, rush over to Burning Blue Design for this airport!

Got it. Also Damyss Hall, Thurrock and those a bit further out into the Home Counties. Plenty of places to start from or end at around London.    

5 hours ago, GCBraun said:

Not sure about that, but FS2004, for instance, did not model the earth's curvature.

 

 

It looks like the visual representation did not show the curbature but in the background it must have simulate the earth as a « balloon » otherwise it would not have been possible to fly around the world 🙂

54 minutes ago, MrBitstFlyer said:

If not already, rush over to Burning Blue Design for this airport!

I fly my PMDG 737-600 in and out of this one. My only problem is trying to find a place to park it!!

6 hours ago, MrBitstFlyer said:

Even if that were true, which it isn't, 2020 has a flat terrain where 2024 hasn't.

Where are the blurry textures?  We all should be honest - some areas of 2020 & 2024 are awful as far as textures go.  There must be some configuration issue your end if you can say 2024 as a whole is blurrier than 2020.

  

 

This is a silly comparison. Sure, flying close to the ground at 50 knots, the textures are crisp and detailed—but try flying an airliner like the vast majority of us. It’s not until you're about 500 feet off the ground that the textures become somewhat crisp.

10 minutes ago, usernamerequired said:

This is a silly comparison. Sure, flying close to the ground at 50 knots, the textures are crisp and detailed—but try flying an airliner like the vast majority of us. It’s not until you're about 500 feet off the ground that the textures become somewhat crisp.

A video low and slow means I don't get above 500ft 😅 - the statement 2024 is blurry is incorrect, simple as that.

 

 

For me , it s a question of frame rates and fluidity. 2020 does not come close to 2024.

Even using AutoFPS. I never ever have problems in 2024 where as 2020 is pretty much hit and miss depending of where I am flying.

 

That is the main reason I wanted to switch.