8 minutes ago, blueshark747 said:

I'm enjoying Star Citizen VR over everything right now, this Vulcan engine performance is pretty amazing on a 5090/9800X3D.

oohh you know what I forgot about that eternal Alpha <incredibly expensive!> game, I do have the basic version but not tried it since my GPU upgrade, will give it a go one day 👍

13 minutes ago, MarcG said:

oohh you know what I forgot about that eternal Alpha <incredibly expensive!> game, I do have the basic version but not tried it since my GPU upgrade, will give it a go one day 👍

I finally grew tempted and bought into a $45 alpha ship starter package last month. I've been sucked into exploring galaxies ever since.

Fighting really hard right to not purchase one of those fancier ships. I see how these alpha pledge players wind up spending so much money on pixels for it now🤣

The new VR dev hire, Silvan is one of us luckily! He's already put a ton of well thought out features and options into the VR implementation already.

Its a very long menu scroll full of stuff and he plans to add even more. Sure wish MS/Asobo hired someone as dedicated to MSFS VR implementation.😒

Edited February 4Feb 4 by blueshark747

1 hour ago, blueshark747 said:

Relax there anti sim war activist! No need to cry over something that only exist in your head.

We can have harmless banter back and fourth about the two sims without your real tears.💡

 

Read this and thought I'd accidentally ended up on Reddit.

You know, those Reddit threads where 12 year olds are arguing and repeatedly accusing each other of 'crying'.

 

47 minutes ago, Ed_S_Pilot said:

With reshade, are you just changing it to what you perceive as more realistic or just more to your liking with what you want to see?

Personally I just wanted to fix the yellow tint and get the saturation nearer to what I see with my own eyes.

1 hour ago, JYW said:

Read this and thought I'd accidentally ended up on Reddit.



 

There’s no made up “sim wars” going on in the reddit subs. Its only something you’ve created here in your very own little Avsim echo chamber of thoughts.🙃

Edited February 4Feb 4 by blueshark747

54 minutes ago, blueshark747 said:

I finally grew tempted and bought into a $45 alpha ship starter package last month. I've been sucked into exploring galaxies ever since.

Fighting really hard right to not purchase one of those fancier ships. I see how these alpha pledge players wind up spending so much money on pixels for it now🤣

The new VR dev hire, Silvan is one of us luckily! He's already put a ton of well thought out features and options into the VR implementation already.

Its a very long menu scroll full of stuff and he plans to add even more. Sure wish MS/Asobo hired someone as dedicated to MSFS VR implementation.😒

 

Cool thanks will check it out, just on your final point Asobo did hire a dedicated VR guy (eventually) but whether he's still there now is anyone's guess!

2 hours ago, UrgentSiesta said:

So you’re not flying at all 😱…???

No, kinda lost some interest unfortunately, also didn't want to spend a bunch more money on scenery addons for 2024. I do plan on starting again, maybe getting just a couple of updated addons.

1 hour ago, MrBitstFlyer said:

Personally I just wanted to fix the yellow tint and get the saturation nearer to what I see with my own eyes.

I did download and installed Reshade to check it out, I must say, It creates some interesting textures and such. I put some different shades from .to and am playing around with it.

38 minutes ago, andym001 said:

No, kinda lost some interest unfortunately, also didn't want to spend a bunch more money on scenery addons for 2024. I do plan on starting again, maybe getting just a couple of updated addons.

Oh, I’m so sorry to hear that!

I hope you come back soon, no matter in which sim you fly!

FWIW, I pretty much get all my airports from FlightSim.to these days.

The free download process is a bit clunky & slow, but for a single airport here and there it’s fine for the low low price of $0 😎

to support them, I will periodically buy the very cheap membership for a month or two if I’m interested in a bunch of content in a short period of time  🤙

 

19 hours ago, blueshark747 said:

 

Modded MSFS 2020 still looks better than modded MSFS 2024....get over it!🤣

 

17 hours ago, Rimshot said:

Get over what exactly? Can we stop this childish sim war please?

That's what you think. I don't. The way you put it above seems you're making fun of everyone preferring MSFS 2024; or you are joking, I can't tell.

17 hours ago, blueshark747 said:

Relax there anti sim war activist! No need to cry over something that only exist in your head.

We can have harmless banter back and fourth about the two sims without your real tears.💡

 

Lol, ok then, although I resent the name calling. Have fun with your MSFS 2020.

17 hours ago, DD_Arthur said:

You can certainly start directly in the cockpit in 2024.

It's how I start every flight.

yep but i rather take those extra 2 secs by pressing  shift and c 😃

Edited February 5Feb 5 by pete_auau

1 hour ago, Rimshot said:

That's what you think. I don't. The way you put it above seems you're making fun of everyone preferring MSFS 2024; or you are joking, I can't tell.

Who are you supposed to be exactly? The local forum banter police? 

 

 

Also you in another thread bothering people....

On 2/22/2025 at 3:36 PM, Rimshot said:

Well yes, of course! So why are a lot of folks so defensive when flaws in MSFS 2024 are pointed out?

Listen, Rimshot folks are allowed to express what they want about whatever sim they want from their very own experiences.

Both sims can be enjoyed and also criticized or even defended!💡

You don't dictate anything here...so just relax..enjoy the reads while you sip on a Jenever, Chocomel or something.🤣 

Have fun!

16 hours ago, Ed_S_Pilot said:

I did download and installed Reshade to check it out, I must say, It creates some interesting textures and such. I put some different shades from .to and am playing around with it.

So many MSFS Reshade profiles are available, some using a ridiculous number of effects,  but I just want to remove the yellow tint and get the saturation and contrast nearer to what I perceive as reality.  I like the fact the effects are live as sliders are adjusted, so quite easy to tweak.

Edited February 5Feb 5 by MrBitstFlyer

1 hour ago, blueshark747 said:

Who are you supposed to be exactly? The local forum banter police?

1 hour ago, blueshark747 said:

You don't dictate anything here

1 hour ago, blueshark747 said:

folks are allowed to express what they want about whatever sim they want from their very own experiences.

Both sims can be enjoyed and also criticized or even defended!

Ok, whatever you say. I'm not trying to police or dictate, I was only expressing a feeling I have about this bantering, which sometimes can be pretty annoying. Cheers!

2020 and 2024 are ultimately close to the exact same thing in so many ways.  I still have 2020 installed but haven't touched it going on a year now.   I found 2024 (both SU3 and SU4) to be a significant improvement over 2020 in some meaningful areas:

1. I appreciate the rapid load times involved in 2024 over 2020, from initialization to flight launch.
2. Atmospherics, lighting, 3D trees and shrubs w/ quite good portrayal of seasonal vegetation changes (provided you're not using PG), detail on the ground from rocks, and other.
3. Performance (frame rate and freedom from stuttering) is better in 2024

Certain elements, not all by any stretch, of the GUI in 2024 is strangely designed.  I once commented whomever developed the controller setup interface may well have been 'on the spectrum'.  But I don't hang around in the GUI much and understand it and controller setup well enough such that it's no longer an issue.  One sweet feature is the fact you can edit controls during flight w/o pausing the sim w/ the dropdown toolbar console icon.  Tiered per airframe profiles are a nice advantage in 2024 as well.

Edited February 6Feb 6 by Noel