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About every two months or so I do a DDU clean of NV drivers et al and do a clean install of the latest NV driver, or sometimes just re-install the current NV driver in my Win 11 PC. This automatically deletes the NV shader cache. I always notice a meaningful improvement whenever I do this routine. If you follow his video you still will need to repeat actions suggested periodically because something degrades over time so benefits from periodic resets.

🤣😂 I'm sorry, it's possible they changed, but my guess is you likely missed the dark blue letters in the link against its black background which is too easy to miss, or selected Subscriptions on the list of options on the left of the profile which will not take you to the Data Only option.

On the MSFS2024 forum there is some confusion about this and I wanted to let everyone know who has no interest in the Ultimate sub at Navigraph that you can still subscribe to Data Only as a new or existing user. It's a little confusing but the process is actually simple: 1. Login as an existing user, or create a new account and log in 2. Select your profile by clicking on your account in the upper right. 3. Look for the Get a Navigraph Data subscription link on the bottom of that page, click it and you will be offered the sub at €29.79 / Year current pricing. Cheers

Happily, for jcomm's and any others' sake, you're wrong. Apparently you did not follow the directions supplied. I just created a brand new account with a different email and name and for some reason the image does not display here, just a link: https://imgur.com/a/lp8RvtX And still only: €29.79 / Year

Thanks for that I will recontact her and let her know. They apparently grandfather accounts for this, fortunately for those who already have an active subscription.

And it's a Bonafide fact that of ALL the elements of what comprises 'visuals', what was downgraded is a very small piece of the total pie and that is in part why not everybody is impacted the same by this clearly carefully chosen method to reduce performance demand. I have a reasonably high end system and would not want performance degraded in trade for what element was degraded to accommodate low end PC and consoles. Like Christopher, I hardly notice it at all, and will add I have a 34" display running at virtual 5160x2160.

I'm beating the dying horse here for the benefit of newer followers to the thread who might read your comment. It's critical to note something about your characterization of visual downgrade as HUGE: it's ground textures in some areas or maybe most areas that have been degraded and that within in a context of ultra detailed PG and object definition and unbelievable density. As well I'm seeing incredibly crisp detailed terrain in the recent fly from KSGU to KJAC and I swear it seems better than ever. So, in terms of 'visuals', we have to include EVERYTHING, not just some or even many sections of flat ground textures. And that EVERYTHING includes all of the detail in planes, airports and surrounding environs, all the photogrammetry, all of the trees and shrubs and grasses and rocks, airport ground services and airport ground vehicles and so forth. Put another way if you degraded all of the detailed objects mentioned, everyone would notice this, but it's not the case at all. Flying into EDDK the other day I was stunned to see the detail from a few hundred feet up at an area I walked around a few months ago as we took a walk to see what was happening at a political rally there. In short, if we list ALL elements of visuals, what's been downgraded is a very small percentage of what impacts one's visual experience in the sim. So I give Asobo massive accolades for exactly how they degraded the entire visual experience if that was required to help a large core group of users have a better total experience, and for that matter that better performance matters hugely to those with modest PC hardware as well, and even my own system.

Has AMD sold out to AI? If not is this why MS in their Project Helix is using AMD chips?

I thought perhaps it had to do with that thanks. Why, so late in the game did they feel the need to do this? Too many out of vram errors on Xbox perhaps? I wonder if it's the basic architecture that dictates it's too difficult to now put a fork in the road for control over something like that based on users' hardware, to have one pathway for Xbox and a 2nd for PC, or something along those lines. Unfortunate if that's the case it seems if they had considered this early on it seems very plausibly possible. I guess we hope for Project Helix to arrive to let them turn the detail back up.

What exactly has downgraded in yours and consensus others estimation? This must be somewhat region dependent? I flew from KSGU to KJAC the other day and was stunned by the quality of detail in the terrain in that entire flight all the way to and including the Grand Tetons. I certainly believe you and others are seeing the degradation but I'm not sure what it really is. I'm also someone who from Day 1 2020 could hardly appreciate the difference between TLOD of 100, and 400. Yes, I saw a very slight change in some detail in the distance but it really was meaningless, certainly relative to the impact on CPU. Cheers

You still can purchase the lesser expensive AIRAC Data only at Navigraph, you aren't required to by Ultimate. This is from a support person there and I rechecked with her to see if it applies for New Accounts and she says yes, this applies to new accounts as well. So if you don't have an account, create one, and check the annual pricing for data only. I don't care about 'live traffic' the delayed thru FSLTL is fine for my needs. Marissa Schulman (Navigraph) Sep 22, 2026, 10:09 PM GMT+2 Hello, Thank you for reaching out. You can purchase a Navigation Data subscription in your profile. Once you log in to the Navigraph website, click your profile to go to the Dashboard. You will see the following: I have highlighted the Navigation Data subscription in red. Click that, and you'll go through the purchase process.

Just this morning, at KTEX again, this:

Not quite sure what that is, locked and non-spawnable, but somehow FSBirds managed to create a useful addon in that regard.

Rather than another ATC program I'm surprised there aren't more devs working on adding more bio life into the sim including people, domestic ruminants, wild animals. I love seeing FS Birds of which I have them for all regions available. When I installed the Jurassic World Archipelago I was struck by how low impact the dinos were, but of course that is in the context of otherwise light performance demands on the islands. OTOH, seeing wildlife is going to happen in rural or wilderness areas where performance demand is low as well. I know it's not common to spot wildlife in the RW but a little poetic license could go a long ways. Would love to see a herd of pronghorn, buffalo, domestic cattle etc. One of my fav short local flights is KTEX>KBJC, and twice I've seen elk on airport property. Would love to see more of that it's really cool for adding realism. I think when, not if, this is done and it's done very well, demand could be substantial.

Thanks for that I appreciate it. Could you do a test for me if possible? I use a different method to control rate and won't deviate from it because it's proven to deliver the lowest frame time variance of any limiting methods. If possible, set your rate using NV DLSS Frame Gen to a rate of 60FPS-fg (30FPSx2), then note how things look when you pan the exterior world say on tarmac texture that is comprised of very dark and very bright elements. LGAV is one of the worst and that high contrast texture is what manifests the type of flicker I'm referring to and let me know how much there is. No need to fly, choose any aircraft just pan thru a window and look at tarmac near your location. Probably best in bright sunlight. Thanks in advance! Your AW3926QW - 5K2K OLED looks pretty sweet. I use 3440x1440 so I don't think that display would work for me since it would not be the native resolution I'm after, would it? My GPU could probably cope with that resolution as right now I increase Primary Scale to 140 (5160x2160 here), instead of default 100 (3440x1440 here). I imagine the 34" version of your screen would even be sharper provided you're sitting the same distance from the screen.