May 10, 20251 yr Commercial Member Is there any further word on the night flying experience? So far the night flying experience is horrible. It looks nothing like in real life, not at all. I avoid flying at night because of how poorly it’s represented. Surely they can do better than they done in 2020… Edited May 10, 20251 yr by rick celik Added
May 10, 20251 yr I hope that they improve the terrain lighting. It's one of the main reasons why I'm sticking with 2020. Here's a pic inbound into KTPA: MSFS
May 10, 20251 yr Author Commercial Member 4 hours ago, CFIJose said: I hope that they improve the terrain lighting. It's one of the main reasons why I'm sticking with 2020. Here's a pic inbound into KTPA: Yes, I remember they made it look a lot better in 2020 after we all complained about the sepia mask, and for some reason its regressed in 2024. Disappointing that's for sure
May 11, 20251 yr 2 hours ago, rick celik said: Yes, I remember they made it look a lot better in 2020 after we all complained about the sepia mask, and for some reason its regressed in 2024. Disappointing that's for sure My main issue was the terrain white lights. They reed to reduce the size and add some color variations. Night time is not just white lights. It might take a third party developer to improve it. I hope that ASOBO hears our request. MSFS
May 11, 20251 yr Author Commercial Member 2 hours ago, CFIJose said: My main issue was the terrain white lights. They reed to reduce the size and add some color variations. Night time is not just white lights. It might take a third party developer to improve it. I hope that ASOBO hears our request. Agreed, def do need more variety.
May 11, 20251 yr I have exactly the same feeling and I still don't understand how anyone can get to this level of mediocrity. You mention night flights, but everything else is not much better. The more I fly 30 to 50 hours a week, the more I realize how simply amazing FS2020 is. It's not quite a night flight here (FS2020) and it's enhanced with REX Atmos. I have solid fun in each of my flights, that's all that matters to me. I want to feel like I'm there.
May 11, 20251 yr I’ve read in various spots the night lighting in MS24 is really bad with the sepia mask making it look cartoonish. I have heard nothing from Asobo on them addressing it. Eric
May 11, 20251 yr On 5/10/2025 at 9:15 AM, rick celik said: Is there any further word on the night flying experience? So far the night flying experience is horrible. It looks nothing like in real life, not at all. I avoid flying at night because of how poorly it’s represented. Surely they can do better than they done in 2020… I agree, and on some aspects I prefer xp12, my other sim, but for instance cloud illumination during night from city lights is good enough for me... My ONLY grip with night lighting on this latest beta have been the airports lighting "fat bulbs"... Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
May 12, 20251 yr Author Commercial Member 17 hours ago, B777ER said: I’ve read in various spots the night lighting in MS24 is really bad with the sepia mask making it look cartoonish. I have heard nothing from Asobo on them addressing it. The sepia mask is ridiculous in 2024! And the overall lighting and airport lighting as others have mentioned are quite bad. I avoid the night time in the sim and really hope they do something about it. We did pay some good money for the sim, the least we can do is use it in all its glory, after all, night time flying is one of the most important aspects of aviation!
May 12, 20251 yr It's another reason I went back to MSFS 2020. It's not really convenient to send a picture but anyone flying high and at night will know what I mean. The massive radioactive yellowy Fallout-style glowing fields. It's absolutely dreadful, and I don't know why it's passed and put up with (especially when considering how good flight sim looks in the day) I'm surprised there's no way (even a hacky way) to turn the sepia glowing fields off, given all the things we can do in the sim. I would pay good money for a night lighting add on, even something that just turned the glow off so we just had road lighting. Edited May 12, 20251 yr by Langeveldt
May 12, 20251 yr Author Commercial Member 1 hour ago, Langeveldt said: It's another reason I went back to MSFS 2020. It's not really convenient to send a picture but anyone flying high and at night will know what I mean. The massive radioactive yellowy Fallout-style glowing fields. It's absolutely dreadful, and I don't know why it's passed and put up with (especially when considering how good flight sim looks in the day) I'm surprised there's no way (even a hacky way) to turn the sepia glowing fields off, given all the things we can do in the sim. I would pay good money for a night lighting add on, even something that just turned the glow off so we just had road lighting. Agreed!
May 12, 20251 yr It baffles me why Asobo Studios did not notice this during beta testing, and it baffles me even more that they have not done anything about it in the six months since MSFS 2024 was released 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
May 12, 20251 yr Author Commercial Member 1 minute ago, Christopher Low said: It baffles me why Asobo Studios did not notice this during beta testing, and it baffles me even more that they have not done anything about it in the six months since MSFS 2024 was released I'll take it a step further to say, while they did get rid of the sepia mask in 2020, and that made it look OK, it's still not the best visuals for night time flying in both sims, its 2025 and as mentioned, the sim looks amazing during the day, but night time still is on par with P3D. How many years ago was 2020 released? 🤣
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