2020 still looks better than 2024, you agree?

No.

I often have moments where I'm just blown away by how good the sim looks. Approaches in IMC conditions with low cloud and breaking out just above minimums are particularly impressive.

Frequently I sit at the gate after a flight and just pan around, watching the BATC traffic land and taxi around the airport to their gates.

It isn't faultless of course but it is just amazing to me how far we have come from FSX (and even P3D) 10 years ago.

It looks great for a Hollywood film, but when it comes to scenes from a real-life simulation, my eyes would never see that in the real world.

Lighting in 2024 is great and far surpasses 2020, overall 2024 is better for my visual needs in VR but as ever everyone sees things differently.

However texture sharpness was much better in 2020 until Asobo did their usual and downgraded at the sake of performance, we've also still not got back the 512x512 textures they somehow broke last year...so overall even though 2024 is better it should be a lot better than it currently is.

That ship has sailed and we should make peace with it never being the same again.

I often have moments where I'm just blown away by how good the sim looks. Approaches in IMC conditions with low cloud and breaking out just above minimums are particularly impressive.

100%

Here's another WOW moment:

Last one:

That ship has sailed and we should make peace with it never being the same again.

Make peace with constant downgrades? if we do that we'll be back to FS9 Graphics by 2029 😅

Seriously though Asobo did something, maybe unintentionally, but until it gets back to where it was they are still fully accountable so therefore deserve to be reminded at every given opportunity. Someone at FSExpo needs to ask them these questions and not kiss their backsides like we see at every convention, but alas no one ever does.

¿Aceptar las constantes reducciones gráficas? Si hacemos eso, volveremos a los gráficos de FS9 para 2029 😅

En serio, Asobo hizo algo, tal vez sin querer, pero hasta que vuelva a ser como antes, siguen siendo totalmente responsables y, por lo tanto, merecen que se les recuerde en cada oportunidad. Alguien en FSExpo debería hacerles estas preguntas y no adularlos como vemos en todas las convenciones, pero lamentablemente nadie lo hace.

That’s true – I hadn’t used the simulator for quite a few weeks. I’ve done two flights of about three hours each with A2A Comanche, and the drop in quality is quite noticeable. I’ve had to turn the texture detail up from high to ultra, and it doesn’t look as good as it used to.

2020 still looks better than 2024, you agree?

Look at the images above. Obviously not! There's an atmosphere present in the 2024 images that is missing in the 2020 image. It's part of 2024's new lighting engine.

2020 has some decent art assets but it tends to look like a backdrop with weather art assets just placed on top. 2024 is more homogenous and 'baked' together.

The only people who think 2020 looks better are 2020 users who haven't used 2024. ☺️

Edited May 20May 20 by JYW

2020 still looks better than 2024, you agree?

If I was blind, I'd agree.

Just in case there's any doubt:

2020 still looks better than 2024, you agree?

Objection your honour, move to strike!