1 hour ago, MrBitstFlyer said:

This comment made me giggle.  Because of the many issues in 2024 I became an XP12 user about two months ago, a sim I find satisfying to use and that has no major issues on my system.  I do however load up 2024 each time a beta update is released to see if any of the issues I have have been fixed.

I was pleased to see reports the LOD issue had been improved, so I spent an hour in the circuit at Popham airfield in the UK. On the downwind leg shortly before base leg. hangers were being culled. on base leg they started to reappear. On short final I had a big stutter, followed by several more during the flare. This resulted in me overcontrolling and landing in the last quarter of the grass strip. 

All the time flying I was suffering this awful sound stuttering and crackling.

I shall keep checking 2024 after each update because it is a good sim, but I just can't use it in its current state.

Looking at your specs, are you storing any of your 2024 addons on your external HD drives? That would be your issue if your using external HD's with 2024.

12 minutes ago, Bigmack said:

Looking at your specs, are you storing any of your 2024 addons on your external HD drives? That would be your issue if your using external HD's with 2024.

This was once true, but not any more. External HDs are now blazing fast with MS2024.

27 minutes ago, Bigmack said:

Looking at your specs, are you storing any of your 2024 addons on your external HD drives? That would be your issue if your using external HD's with 2024.

Traffic being culled is a know issue because that is how 2024 has been designed.

I agree with the bluriness, but I find this worse with distant mountains.  They look like they haven't really been rendered in properly.  

I run TLOD of 120, anything more and I get too many stutters.  I don't find it improves very much when I increase TLOD beyond 200 though.  (I have dynamic settings off).  It just seems like distant mountain textures aren't ever that great.  

When I run the map enhancement mod, I get crisper mountains, they look far better with the same TLODs.  This obviously stops whatever LOD nerfing is going on in the background with default MSFS.  However then I get lines of different colour terrain.  As far as I know I don't get different seasonal textures.  The UK looks dry and yellow all the time.  It's not a great trade off or situation.  

What to do?  Can anyone show me distant mountains from Antalya at ground level, or Cape Town at ground level, that look crisp and decent-ish on default?  

I have no such complaints about the terrain near my aircraft.  

Edited July 19, 2025Jul 19 by Langeveldt

44 minutes ago, cobalt said:

This was once true, but not any more. External HDs are now blazing fast with MS2024.

Only if there are SSD external HD's. Regular HD's will not keep up with the transfer rate.

On 7/11/2025 at 2:06 AM, St Mawgan said:

Weird, much more clarity for me than 2020 ever had. No tweaks or third party fixes either. This is at 4K, DLSS, TLOD 205, most at High or Medium, four at Ultra. 

I knew you would say that 2024 is " fantastic." ,  LOL  

4 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I knew you would say that 2024 is " fantastic." ,  LOL  

...and you can't resist making a comment in a thread about a sim you don't have?

It works both ways Bob...

1 minute ago, DD_Arthur said:

...and you can't resist making a comment in a thread about a sim you don't have?

It works both ways Bob...

I didn't know that 2020 users were barred from commenting on a thread about 2024.  Well, excuse me.. 😁

7 hours ago, filou said:

That is hardly mid to high altitude.  There is no question at the altitude in this image, 2024 is better detail-wise.  I see this out of my home airport, KBJC, where the Front Range is far more detailed in 2024.

Not the same spot as Filou's but this is how it is:  notice there is little to no texturing in those plots in the shot above.  Notice the difference in detail in this image and that's typical all over in my experience.  This compressed shot does not do it justice but gives you an idea:

Edited July 19, 2025Jul 19 by Noel

10 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I didn't know that 2020 users were barred from commenting on a thread about 2024.  Well, excuse me.. 😁

No one's barring you from anything Bob. Just pointing out the obvious...

1 hour ago, Langeveldt said:

I agree with the bluriness, but I find this worse with distant mountains.  They look like they haven't really been rendered in properly.  

I run TLOD of 120, anything more and I get too many stutters.  I don't find it improves very much when I increase TLOD beyond 200 though.  (I have dynamic settings off).  It just seems like distant mountain textures aren't ever that great.  

I don't use the sims dynamic setting either as it just induces stutters on my system. I use the Autofps app and run with a TLOD of 400 above 2000'. Ground textures are crisp at all altitudes on my system but there is definitely something borked with 2024's rendition of mountainous terrain compared with 2020.

11 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said:

but there is definitely something borked with 2024's rendition of mountainous terrain compared with 2020.

And yet as I say the Front Range (bordering Denver area) is far more detailed than 2020 ever was.  What are you referring to?

23 minutes ago, Noel said:

That is hardly mid to high altitude.  There is no question at the altitude in this image, 2024 is better detail-wise.  I see this out of my home airport, KBJC, where the Front Range is far more detailed in 2024.

 

It’s clear this issue is affecting users differently and some not at all. I wish my sim looked like yours.

I just built a PC for my best friend with top notch equipment. His terrain is blurry too. We don’t know why. 
 

your picture looks awesome!

1 minute ago, ahsmatt7 said:

It’s clear this issue is affecting users differently and some not at all. I wish my sim looked like yours.

I just built a PC for my best friend with top notch equipment. His terrain is blurry too. We don’t know why. 
 

your picture looks awesome!

That was Filou's picture from down low from 2020, and 2024 looks better w/ more detail and the same sharpness especially from that altitude.

3 minutes ago, ahsmatt7 said:

It’s clear this issue is affecting users differently and some not at all. I wish my sim looked like yours.

I just built a PC for my best friend with top notch equipment. His terrain is blurry too. We don’t know why. 

How's the connection working? If you pause the sim and keep the view static, do textures load in properly after a while?

Disable Dynamic Settings if it's enabled, and keep TLOD fixed at 200 for the purpose of the test.