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Yes, I'd agree with this view. Cloudscapes seem to be both realistic looking and convincingly thick and dangerous now in bad weather. Not saying it's perfect yet, but it's defintiely coming on. Finding the sweet spot in MSFS 2024 can be challenging, but it is always good to consider what it is about our system and set up that could be contributing when stuff doesn't work properly. In mu experience it has always proven to be at least partly me. If it's a genuine bug you'll get to know about it pretty quickly on this or other forums.

I upgraded from the 32Gb I had last year for 2020 to 64Gb for my new 2024 setup. I don’t regret it one bit but there some things to be aware of - apart from the price! I bought my original 32Gb RAM for £150. The extra RAM cost £320! However there are still issues to be aware of when you install 4x16Gb DIMMS. Not sure whether this applies to all motherboards, but on my Gigabyte Aero z790, I can’t run 64Gb with XMP1 at 6000MHz with CL30 timings, bc it becomes unstable. I’ve got mine running now with XMP2 with CL40 at 5600MHz. i would start by staying with 32Gb assuming they are 2x16Gb. Unless you’re already running 4k… then that might not be enough. There’s loads of optimisations you can do now esp with SU5 that will definitely help. Anyway good luck with it, hope this helps.

That's amazing, thanks! Now - what about a proper version of Alaska, fjords, islands, upgraded airports, bears etc? (obviously accurate terrain and imagery rather than cities...)? Parts of it aren't that bad but others are pretty poor.

I’ve had 2024 since mid last year with PMDG 737 and 777-200s. The the only CTDs I ever had were to do with dodgy addons. Particularly ports over from 2020. Otherwise it seems much more stable than 2020. I’d start by removing all Community items and see if it still happens. That often helps or at least rules things out. good luck…

Any help please? I too liked the E-jets in 2020 but missed VNAV. So I was pleased to see it now supposedly works in 2024. I just installed the Experimental version into 2024 and already loaded and then rebooted the sim. I just spawned at an airport for a flight and switched everything on whilst performing a start up at the gate on GPU. I calibrated my throttle and imported a Simbrief flightplan, which seemed all fine. However, the only thing that refused to work was the Honeywell FMCs. What ever I did they remained blank and inactive. I tried spawning on a runway ready for take off and what ever I did, the FMCs remained blank. My understanding is once you power up the plane the FMCs should come on automatically. Since FSS have refused to provide support for this version, Avsim is the only place I can go to. Has anyone else had this problem, or is it something I've been doing wrong? Thanks for any help and much appreciated if anyone can.

Hi, I have Orbx EU GB North & South. They work fine. If you look in the 2024 tab of Orbx Central, it should list it there if you bought it for 2020. If not go to the Regions entry in the Store and it should let you install it from there instead. *Note - not all your 2020 products willbe listed yet in your 2024 'My Products' section, so worth checking. Bear in mind though that those products may not be fully compatible with 2024 yet. Hope this helps.

Yeah and when I was thinking about an extra 32Gb RAM! 🤬

Looks really nice. Getting a bit better in MSFS24 as well. Problem is these I assume are static presets in a single region. Doing this globally with live weather (seamlessly integrated with airport METATRs) would be a whole level more difficult and more complex.

I’m on 2024 and in UK. Finally got a nice flight in this afternoon.

Update @ 15:45 UTC. We are go! No more authentication issues. Loaded into the sim finally

Neither MSFS 2024 or 2020 is loading - 0% at 13.55UTC

Update: 11:37 UTC - stiil @ 0%. Tried logging out then back in again, both on MS Store and XBox app. No luck... No more info on fightsimulator.com either. C'mon guys let's get this sorted!

Still waiting at 0% here at 0952 UTC - no updates from the forum....

No, I meant do that before you start a flight. It does seem to improve things somewhat. Also increased my rolling cache to 32Gb (...oh no! now I need more RAM).

Hi I’ve experienced the same problem in 2024. It doesn’t help in my case that I’ve got an appalling Internet speed. However, even people with proper Internet have been reporting this. Even airports I’ve downloaded seem to have this quite often. the only thing I’ve read that could help is switching off dynamic settings, then loading in the destination airport scenery in World Map. Results so far seem promising but still testing. Guess it’s worth a try.

Thanks Jonathan No it's the default KSEA. I downloaded it. I don't think my bandwidth helps either - in rural middle ages England (~20-30MBs max) 😞 This also happens with other airports (e.g.LSGG, EGPH) so it's not specifically KSEA. I read somewhere that disabling Dynamic Settings helped them, and also going into the World Map before starting a flight and waiting for the destination airport to load in, can help. Still testing but appreciate the help.

Ok there is one thing that still bugs me in SU4 although not new. The lack of loading in of the destination airport even on landing. Blurry I can deal with, but mesh not loading and throwing the plane into an invisible canyon I can’t. Of course it may be my horrific Internet connection (no improvements since 2013) but othered with proper Internet seem to be reporting similar issues. Anyone here experienced that. The airport I mention is Orbx KSEA. It is not streamed on my PC. Anyone? Thanks

I only recently joined SU4 snd i have to say I’m gobsmacked at the improvements in performance. As an example, CYYZ Toronto in 777 LR. W/ FSLTL traffic, photogrammetry, most items on Ultra, @ 2k - in SU3 about 60-65fps DLSS (30-33 real) to SU4 125-130fps (69-65fps)! Its not always double of course. I have 14900kf @ 6GHz 32Gb 6000 MHz RAM RTX 5070 ti graphics card. I think things are really looking up. Just think at the beginning of the year I was on 2020 with my old PC; 11700k, 1080 ti getting 20fps in the same scenario!

But Alaska? surely?

Not sure it will help you but I had an i711700k with an GTX 1080ti, and recently upgraded to 14900k (adding a 5070ti on the way). AMD is also a good choice nowadays as others have said here, and it’s better on power consumption I understand). However, if you do intend to stay with Intel, I saw some very useful improvements across the board. For example I often fly the Fenix A320s from Gatwick across Europe. With my old system I could sometime barely manage 20FPS in cruise. With new system I get around 50 fps (100 with DLSS) and about 30-40+ on finals at most airports with most settings on Ultra - at 2k. Good luck with whatever you choose. Let us all know how your experience improves as a result.

Not sure I agree. I upgraded (not by choice) from RTX4070 ti super to RTX5070 ti, and I can honsetly say I can tell the differernce. It's not dramatic but there is definitely an improvement. I can't say whether upgrading just to a 5070 would be the same... I also since had to upgrade from an 11700k to a 14900k, and that was definitely a positive difference. I can run 2024 on ULTRA settings now (@2k)

Sorry to hear about your issues its a real bummer when that happens. A quick search brought this up from earlier this year: MSFS 2020 Crash To Desktop while loading [SOLVED] - Discussion Hub / General Discussion - Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums Apologies if anyone else has already flagged this, but it seems this guy had a similar sort of problem. They had an issue with their antivirus, where the process remained active and caught the flightsimulator.exe and quarantined it on loading as if it was a virus. In that case I assume you would have to add the simulator to a white list Anyway really hope you solve the problem, and I coudl add it was a really nice to see how members of theis community hhave come to you help from all over the the World.

Yep I can honsetly say now that am running 2024 side by side with 2020 SU16, in many ways the 2020 imagery looks every bit as good as 2024 (not surpising as they are in fact the same). Obviously there are many other differences, but having been a simmer for 20 years, I really feel we've never had it so good. One example is Svalbard (around Longyearbyen - ENSB) which was a mess previously, is now vastly improved and looks amazing. Textures are crisp and sharp and LOD looks like it goes on and on (I'm running at 150).

No, that’s a real bummer! I’m flying 2020 right now and it’s all fine. Could it be a regional server thing? Are you all who are having problems using VPNs? Doubt it’s a global issue though. Hope you get it sorted- even if I’m OK now, who knows next time?

It’s not so much a question which is better, it’s more which is better for you. As others here have said, 2024 has many potential advantages. I have both currently - but 2024 only on trial mode for £1. I’m on my third install and finally got a short flight going. It’s been quite a frustrating transition from 2020 for me. 2020 seems so easy even at the beginning in 2020 when I first started. On the other hand, there maybe some distinct advantages- frames in 2020 Innsbruck to Bolzano test flight - 2020 40-50fps, 2024 - 140-160 fps! I have 14900k RTX 5060 ti running at 2k. So I think it’s all relative. I will persevere with 24 now in parallel to 2020.