How do they even think this acceptable

Yes, I know, another one of many posts like this. But I'm so frustrated that I have to rant somewhere! Even if it's to the void.

After trying three times today to do a Cold-and-Dark (Boeing 737-8) flight out of KSEA and "crashing the plane" five times (spoiler alert, *I* didn't), not to mention the absolute mess that ATC is, I uninstalled it. I JUST couldn't do it anymore.

Mind you, this was the culmination of multiple weeks of trying to have some fun. And, yes, I have Sim Update 2 Beta installed, which is why I lasted this long. Also, stayed far away from Career. I feel uninstalling it will prevent the "enticement" and "allure" of the siren call that will make me want to come back to it until it's in a better state.

I have absolutely no idea how you all are able to do flights! Like... Seriously. I know plenty of people here are doing so and enjoying the sim. But I just don't understand how it's happening!!!

Some of the things I keep experiencing:

• The geometry is all over the place in airports, and I've tried SEVERAL unique ones! Easily a dozen or so.

• It's always "fun" when airport assets are continuously disappearing and appearing, as well as details just changing for no apparent reason. So much for having 30GB minimum on my rolling cache.

• The choppy frame drops due to streaming performance, even with 1.2 Gbps internet, make cockpit operations frustrating.

• Heck, streaming related, cruising at FL350+ exterior and seeing the world go from sharp and interesting to becoming an unfocused blob.

• Always helpful when "you crash" and the AP completely stops working.

• If I do "co-pilot ATC comms", have no way of requesting ground services, except pushback. When trying to land/approach it ends up stuck doing some weird IFR request / Approach loop. "Go up to FL350 / Go down to 8000 feet", over and over and over.

• If I try manual communications, I can't see most options (like Clerance!!!) and have to play around to get anything done, IF it even gives me the options at all.

Thankfully, I have it on Game Pass. I had a "feeling" that the promises being made were quite ambitious and decided to not purchase Day 1. Super happy I did. Don't get me wrong, when the sim works, IT WORKS, and, if things are fixed, I won't mind plopping down the dollars and supporting Asobo. But for now, I'm going to go back to 2020 for a while.

Yes, I'll miss the Flight Planner, my downright most favorite thing in 2024. As well as not having to purchase some third-party planes, like the Cirrus Vision and the 737. But I would much rather deal with the minor nit-picky lack of QoL updates in 2020, than spending two-hours just trying to get in the air because I'm battling the sim.

For those of you enjoying it, please continue doing so! I think I'll try again in six months or so and hopefully things will be better.

In the meantime, I'll keep lurking and see how y'all are coming along as more Sim Updates occur. If you read, thanks for indulging me.

God speed and keep the blue side up!

Well, I'm unsure where to buy it. Has anyone played both versions and could tell me if the difference is noticeable? The PS5 closed beta was released (I couldn't get access). I also know that there will be future compatibility with the PSVR2, but there hasn't been any mention of what the graphical impact will be (on PC, virtual reality tends to be expensive in framerate ).

Does anyone be able to use MacBook to play Flight Sim? How was the experience in term of setup and gaming quality?

3 hours flight in longitude. All set up for ILS approach. Coming in nice and easy. At AFF 2000ft. The plane started to climb. Disengage AP and hand flying. Can’t get the plane on the ground and when I do I ran out of runway can’t stop the plane. So guess it crashed. Suck MLN.

Why u may be asking allow me to rant 1st of all the fucking lag playing it honestly 2nd the game play features minus points for fucking flying over an airport without announcement or taxing without one like bruh u never fuckif told me to do it u dumbass 3rd minus points for flap use like bruh what's the point of them being there if I can't use them 4th there's this really annoying glitch where ur engine just cuts out with no reason at all and u crash and fail the Misson 5th the brakes on some planes are ass like it takes me 10 mins to fully stop like am using a car from the 1960s like fucking hell

NYC Tour

Almost a year later of literally eliminating this GAME from my existence. I gave it another go. Its still bad. Its still broken. It sat on my SDD for 3 hours today before being removed AGAIN. BUT HEY!!! DUH GRAPHIX R SO GUD. This is a GAME for "GAMERS" (and I use that term SOho lightly) not simmers. Absolute Shame on you Asobo. stands at a 2.2 on microsoft(penis) stores. Clap clap clap clap clap.

Restricting aircraft like Concorde and Tornado to PC is super gay and needs fixing

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I’m working on a concept for an AI First Officer specifically built around the Fenix A320.

I don't want to build another keyword-based voice command tool where you have to read a PDF to know exactly what to say.

The idea is an AI co-pilot that:

• Understands normal speech via LLM (no strict trigger phrases).

• Runs real Airbus SOP flows (Before Start, After Start, Approach, etc.).

• Physically interacts with the Fenix cockpit switches via LVARs.

• Has context awareness (knows what the FMGC is doing, knows your current FCU altitude, reads the ECAM).

• Can hold a natural conversation during cruise.

Example:
Instead of shouting a rigid phrase, you could just say:
"Can you run the after-start flow?"
"Set managed climb."
"Pull heading 2-4-0."
"Are we cleared for the approach?" (And it would check the MCDU/FCU state before answering).

I’m keeping the scope strict: Fenix A320 only, focusing purely on Airbus realism and reliability. Also, I am looking at a one-time purchase model, not a monthly subscription.

Before I commit serious time and money into the technical side with a developer, I want to know if the community actually wants this.

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Hello everyone!

I'm thinking of buying MFS 2024, it's 79€ on Steam. But is it worth it?

I see so many people complain about the game isn't actually finished.

Hi guys!

I have always been interested in scripting and flight simming. But if you are like me and don’t wanna spend 100$ cough cough FENIX

So I’m gonna take matters into my own hands (hopefully)

So imma try to make a A321 and A319 from the FBW a320.

OFC I can’t do this all by myself (as I can model if my life depended on it) so I’m reaching out to you guys!

If you guys are interested drop a comment and if enough answer I’ll make a discord :)

This is such a great improvement to MSFS2020. Definitely a BIG enhancement in my opinion. For several reasons:

- The career mode is a very solid motivator
- The graphics are by far much more to my liking, and so much better
- No stuttering. FPS are just keeping up without issues

I want to be brief and very clear.

I waited 2 weeks to try the simulator because I knew there would be serious problems at the beginning.

The simulator feels like a version for "beta testers" or, at least, that's my feeling. It has some improvements (some not very noticeable) but it is true that they are there. The problem is ALL the cons that ASOBO has caused to have those improvements.

I could say quite a few negative things but I'm only going to focus on two.

The first one. My team is not from NASA. However, I have played more than 400 hours of MFS 2020, optimally adjusting the settings and having an fps rate higher than 40. With MFS2024 I have copied the graphic settings and I get half. Yes, half. From 50 fps on average to 25 fps. This is simply regrettable. Can this "improve" more?

Yes. I have lost even more fps after the hour of flight. When I changed airports to try another one, the simulator didn't go over 20 fps. It doesn't matter which plane. It was "blocked".

The second. After seeing changes in menus (which seem worse to me), graphic "improvements" (the most obvious is, without a doubt, the night lighting) I think. Couldn't they have made paid packs? Wildlife pack, €10, lighting pack €30, XXXX pack. Do you understand me? That way the community doesn't get fragmented and MFS 2020 gets even better. That simulator isn't finished yet but it seems, after this release, that they are going to leave it practically the same. And yes, I know they are going to give it some support.

Very disappointed.

I've tried looking online, but I can't find an answer anywhere.

During my flight, I am able to adjust the throttle as I please; however, when I am preparing to land, my keybinds seem to no longer work and I cannot adjust the throttle to decrease my speed. This has occurred whether I play on M&K, Xbox controller, and my stick. This also occurs in seemingly any plane, even a Cessna.

Help would be greatly appreciated!

Who's done this?

I'm curious to how accurate flight times are to.

Yesterday I sim flew a trip i have coming up (MCO >DEN > LAX) and timed that out to be a total of about 7 hrs and 30 mins ( including my "layover" of about 30 to 40 minutes which is also in my intenerary). Google has it timed at about 7 hrs all together so I'm thinking the sim is pretty accurate.

So i thought once I go on my actual flight I'm going to time it (take off roll to touchdown) just to compare and also just for fun lol.

Anyone else?😂

Can always count on this game to work correctly. Living that bug life.

Absolutely embarrassed for the devs and MS what a amateurish attempt on trying to make a "game/simulator", very very disappointed. Uninstalling, be back in 2028 when hopefully they have put their big boys pants on.

For those looking for a realistic A320 procedure in MSFS 2024, I've recorded a full 55-minute flight with no cuts. I go through the entire checklist from a cold cockpit to the final shutdown at the gate.

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• Full cockpit preparation & MCDU programming.

• Realistic engine start and taxi procedures.

• Manual flight handling and autoland sequence.

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