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Yes - MSFS2024 Repair, of course 😀 Keyboard aim malfunction on my part... 🤣

Go onto the XBox App, choose MSFS2020 and do choose their 'Repair' facility?

The default Community Folder for the Microsoft Store version is here, where 'USERNAME' means your own Microsoft user name: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community

Great shots @787flyer

As default (that is, unless you've elected to hold it somewhere else) it is - and try to suspend your feeling of disbelief C:\Users\Your username\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community

As mentioned above - I, too, turned on 'Smooth Motion' for MSFS2024 in the nVidia App last year and it transformed my VR experience. In fact, reflecting over a decade of tweaking of settings from the early VR days of X-plane 11 to MSFS to MSFS2024, it has been the only 'one switch transformation of performance' I can ever remember. Your results may, of course be different but, if so, it is also just one switch to turn it off again...

Personally, I think it is absolutely splendid. Very clever stuff to effectively have an invisible but 'working' engineer if you want for the cold and start but, with some adjustments to the ability to move round the cockpit into each of the flight positions, managing to actually start it from cold and dark was one of the most satisflying thing I've done in years of enjoying the 2020/2024 sims. Took a few goes at it, mind...

@zorro747 I think to avoid confusion, you would be better reposting your question in the "Virtual Reality (VR) for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020/2024)" subsection of this forum. Recommended graphics settings are so, so different between 2D and VR that I think you will get a quicker and more focussed answer there.

I'll have a peep at my settings and make a note of the ones that, especially for VR, may be adversely affecting the performance. I say that because MS have a habit of reverting certain settings back to 'Default' during their major updates...and 'Default' always means the default for 2D. One I can think of straightaway is 'Photogrammetry' - which they seem to always turn back on but which, certainly on my system, creates a stutterfest in VR. I know there are others - I'll have a look when I get a moment and see if there are some obvious ones you might want to check.

No - the -100 'Series' is all three but you can buy the -100 Passenger and -100 Freighter individually

You have a number of options: You can buy the Passenger 100 version which is standalone You can buy the Freighter 100 version which is standalone If you buy either of these above, then you get a discount if you want to subsequently buy the other. AND for the above, you can subsequently buy the Super addon which gives you the 200 series upgrades of engines and avionics - but the Super addon is NOT standalone OR You can buy the Series - which includes Passenger version, Freighter version and the Super addon altogether

Yes - they both suffer with that. I have both headsets. On the Quest I have a battery-pack back strap which adds significant extension to the time between charges as well as balancing the headset which, counterintuitively, makes it feel lighter. On the Crystal Light I have lead weights on the back strap for the same reason. In both cases I have a proprietory face mask add-on (which makes an enormous difference with both headsets - shame on both suppliers for their 'as supplied' face mask specs!). When I first got the two head sets my PC specs were not far off the same as yours. If I boot up the Quest 3 it gives me a very good VR experience. It is only when I then back-to-back boot up the Crystal Light that I get the full 'Wow - even better!!' hit. I think if you watch a few videos and tweak a few settings you should be able to get a pretty decent VR experience with the Quest 3. With higher resolution headsets, you might find that you really are hardware-restricted.

This one is quite old - but still relevant and helpful:

Oh and make sure that you are using the 5GHz channel of your router

It's worth looking at some older videos from folks such as Simhanger where they do some decent Virtual Desktop settings stuff. On of the main/easiest tools you have in the Virtual Desktop is to go into settings and find the list of visual presets (there are around 8 presets from 'Low' to 'Godlike'). I think you will find that at default you are on 'Medium', in the middle level of the resolution options. It is easy to try one better one at a time towards the highest (I think 'Godlike' is still the highest) and then seeing if you still have a stutter-free experience. If you do start getting a few stutters, simply drop back one setting and try that.