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I've seen some folks on FsElite criticizing the exterior model, especially the engines. I don't usually look at previews with a magnifying glass and kind of gloss over them relatively quickly, but I'm wondering if anyone who has seen the exterior modeling previews has any opinions on it.

Is the clown emoji your signature?

Ok, it’s official: they’re saving big changes and upgrades for their next version release. These beta updates are so small that it only makes sense now that they’re saving more ambitious features for future versions. My opinion, at least.

My fear, and I guess what I strangely hope for, is that they're saving major weather updates for the next version of MSFS. Weather, that is in 2028 or 2030. See what I did there? I'll see myself out.

When I read through these update notes, that's the first thing I thought. They're just fixing small, under-the-hood stuff, which is welcomed -- but I think they're saving all these bigger issues we really want fixed for the next version, whether that's 2028 or whichever year. It's not the end of the world so long as the next version really does address these issues. Would be nice to get them sooner than later.

Honestly, I thought the FBW and the Ini Airbus was good enough until I purchased the Fenix. It's on a totally separate level that most other addons don't come close to. Who knows how much longer the NEO's will be and if you've got a spare 50 bucks or so, it is completely worth it.

Water is on ultra and as I mentioned, the tile lines can and still do happen on land, so....

Only 2 things really bug me right now: 1) the giant tile lines that are mostly present in water, but sometime on land -- that you can see through the clouds and 2) the newly added airport lights at all airports are comically huge from far away. They leave little to the imagination of having to try and locate the field when giant white boxes are hanging above the airport.

I honestly agree, too. I know it’s not in the dev update notes, but they don’t always put everything in the notes. Did a flight last night and the way the low level clouds were interacting with the topography looked better than it ever has.

Didn't delete mine. You need to download the Navigraph hub, where you can update nav data, apps inside the sim, 3rd party planes, etc..

Maybe update your drivers?

Anyone who has been to Yosemite remembers the first time they exited that cave to see that view. I think the phrase "it'll take your breath away" came from that experience. Your jaw drops to your lap and EVERYONE has to pull off at the scenic viewing area. It's truly a magical spot in our universe.

I've noticed the same thing. It ran on 2020 flawlessly, but I'm having performance issues with it as well. I have an i7-11000K, with a 3080 and 32gb ram and compared to Fenix and PMDG planes, it's the worst performer, which is a bummer because it's REALLY good. I can have the other planes pegged at 30 fps, which gets me to 60 with frame gen, and I notice my frame gen counter never pegged at 60 and ~%95 vram usage. I'm hoping when they finally release a truly 2024 native version, it'll utilize that platforms software architecture better. Have you tried using Auto FPS app?

I have an i7-1100K, 3080 and 32GB ram and honestly, going from 4K back down to 1080P has changed everything for me. After a few hours I didn't even recognize the lost resolution because I was so happy I could push the sliders and the LOD's MUCH higher than I ever could on 4K. Another drastic change for me was finally switching over to Windows 11 and essentially starting from scratch. Previously, I had years of files of both 2020 and 2024 and I believe doing a fresh start along with dropping in resolution finally gives me the sim experience I've been wanting. No hassles. Any plane. Any city. All the traffic. It just works now.

Thank goodness the A220 will have dual jetway support.