2 hours ago, MrFuzzy said:

You can't use TLOD 200 on the ground at large airports if you have "only" 16 GB of VRAM. The only way to keep TLOD sufficiently high to avoid blurry textures once you're airborne is with AutoFPS.

Is it really that bad in MSFS 2024? I have a TLOD setting of 250 with 6GB VRAM in MSFS 2020 (DX11 mode), and I get acceptable performance at the vast majority of my addon airports (including large ones like IniBuilds EGLL London Heathrow). I do not use AutoFPS or any other software of that kind.

17 minutes ago, Christopher Low said:

Is it really that bad in MSFS 2024? I have a TLOD setting of 250 with 6GB VRAM in MSFS 2020 (DX11 mode), and I get acceptable performance at the vast majority of my addon airports (including large ones like IniBuilds EGLL London Heathrow). I do not use AutoFPS or any other software of that kind.

I probably need to use the developer option dashboard thing to look at it live in the sim and see if it is a real problem.  I was surprised. 

My main point is that I have never had it before at any time in MSFS2024 at the same settings, it has only appeared in this latest beta update, so it is a bit of a worry. 
I am hoping it was just a glitch for one flight.

2 hours ago, bobcat999 said:

Thanks Fuzzy!  Looks like I will have to give AutoFPS a try.    

Its a pretty good addon, well worth using.

40 minutes ago, Christopher Low said:

Is it really that bad in MSFS 2024?

It varies wildly depending on the airport. Large, detailed airports + airliners eat up VRAM like crazy.

BTW with your config I doubt you would be able to run FS2024 at all... you need at least a 6-8 thread CPU.

10 hours ago, cyril972 said:

 

I work at an airport, and I’m often in my car on the taxiways, runways, and parking areas. My team and I maintain the ILS, VOR, and DME systems at TFFF (Fort-de-France Airport).

But there are tons of other jobs happening on the airfield too

Safety and security personnel, firefighters, fuel services, companies that handle VIP and private jet operations (sorry, I don’t know the English term for those), ground service providers, catering companies…

Basically, every time I request clearance from the tower, there’s always another vehicle already on frequency.

So no, I’m not bothered by the number of vehicles in MSFS!

Oh hey neighbor! I live on the island right below yours.

If I decide to make the switch to MSFS 2024, I will be ordering a new PC. Only time and next door's cat know when that will be.

1 hour ago, Christopher Low said:

If I decide to make the switch to MSFS 2024, I will be ordering a new PC. Only time and next door's cat know when that will be.

I think you took the right decision!

Congratulations!

FS 2024 is a very enjoyable and fully featured flight simulator!

I'd place it at the tops of all the flightsims I have used along my simmer life, and my expectations are growing towards what they reached with MS FLIGHT, which, due to my OCD, just makes me fear every date that it goes the same way 😕

As a glider pilot I use it more than any other sim I have used for soaring, in the necessary time proportion because, for instance, I use Condor since the first version was released in 2006.

Is it perfect flight dynamics wise ? No! Is it perfect Weather modelling wise? No! Is it perfect ATC and AI wise? No! But... do I enjoy playing it more than I enjoy playing **any** other sim presently available?  YES !

Life is made of give & takes ... Optimal is a limit... We have to accept the limitations and try to take the most out of what is offered, and FS 2024 even still under very active development is surely a platform with a good deal of features to offer, even in it's default versions.

I purchased the "Standard" version, and couldn't use all of the included aircraft.

Of course I did buy the Fenix, the FSLabs, the PMDG, and even the iFly 737, as well as the Inibuilds 350, but although I use these addons, a few helis and gliders, the defaut Airbuses by Inibuilds are stil among the models I log more sim time in !

I have used FSHUD and BATC for ATC, but presently I use default ATC and the only thing I added were the FSLTL AI models, with their textures reduced to 1024, and I am more than fine. Most of the time the rather procedural simulated airline flights are controlled very acceptably, and AI Traffic injected the same way.

Given the rather limited desktop (by present standards), I use FS 2024 with parcimony when it comes to settings. For airline flight simulation my OLOD and TLOD are at 50, while when flying gliders I or helis I get OLOD to 75 and TLOD to 100... I run the sim at 30 FPS sharp limit (through "UserCfg.opt").

I set AI Traffic at "Low"... etc...  It's an "old" Ryzen 5600x, 32 GB RAM, an RTX 3060 Ti 8GB... I have to adapt the settings to the hardware.

MSFS is a Great Flight Simulator !!! One of the Best ever, IMO.

Edited July 31, 2025Jul 31 by jcomm

3 hours ago, bobcat999 said:

I probably need to use the developer option dashboard thing to look at it live in the sim and see if it is a real problem.  I was surprised. 

My main point is that I have never had it before at any time in MSFS2024 at the same settings, it has only appeared in this latest beta update, so it is a bit of a worry. 
I am hoping it was just a glitch for one flight.

I just landed in Heathrow and despite AutoFPS it was a terrible stutterfest... 

Also according to the official forums, the performance has taken a (further) hit with this beta version.

Either we resign to the idea of a perennial beta with regressions far worse than what we saw in MSFS development, or we go back to MSFS, as I did already for airliner flights. This is the sad situation after 8 months from release.

6 minutes ago, MrFuzzy said:

regressions far worse than what we saw in MSFS

Cloud-gate SU5, losing the ability to pan with the mouse and maintain manual control of the aircraft, losing LOD to the horizon etc. Are you sure you're remembering things correctly?

2 hours ago, Krakin said:

Oh hey neighbor! I live on the island right below yours.

Yes St Lucia, I’m super keen about staying connected and linked to all the Caribbean community. IRL first obviously and online too, I will pay ST Lucia a visit whenever I can 

42 minutes ago, MrFuzzy said:

I just landed in Heathrow and despite AutoFPS it was a terrible stutterfest... 

Was this the INI Heathrow? I had the same problem but switching from HD textures to SD textures in the Ini Manager seems to have helped.

That said, yes, the stuttering going into large airports with a legit thing.

7 minutes ago, BrammyH said:

Was this the INI Heathrow?

No, default Heathrow with the default ini A320 v2.

57 minutes ago, MrFuzzy said:

I just landed in Heathrow and despite AutoFPS it was a terrible stutterfest... 

Also according to the official forums, the performance has taken a (further) hit with this beta version.

Either we resign to the idea of a perennial beta with regressions far worse than what we saw in MSFS development, or we go back to MSFS, as I did already for airliner flights. This is the sad situation after 8 months from release.

As I suspected, and with a new VRAM situation for me which I haven't seen before.
I wonder if performance has worsened due to them putting the cloud quality back.

One way or another, us and Asobo need a way forward, as we cant all afford 5090's.  

On 7/29/2025 at 10:28 PM, Calvin-Pimax said:

However, taping the cameras isn’t a permanent workaround. Do you have the latest firmware update installed on your headset?

Have you also tried reaching out to our support team for the upcoming .dll file that improves tracking?

 

8 hours ago, MarcG said:

Are they there for 2D settings? besides the patch notes did state; 

- Added a graphic settings for fauna density, airport vehicle density, character density and ground aircraft density on Xbox

Yes it’s in PC settings but not VR.

8 hours ago, vonduck said:

I believe there is a quick YouTube video on how to remove the small marshal/tug for small airports.. easy to do.. ill try and find the link as most annoying for sure!

Just find out the YT video, I’ll try that tonight