Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020/2024)

Just for fun I've been going through the lessons. So far mostly OK, but the landing one... It starts you out *way* above glideslope and tells you you're on glideslope. Doesn't tell you anything about PAPI lights, which would be useful to the new pilot who could notice the 4 whites and realize they needed to descend. Then when you get on glideslope it tells you you're over the threshold about 5 seconds before you get to the threshold. And when you ignore the instruction to reduce power until you're actually over the threshold, it fusses at you that you're too high. Just for fun I restarted and came in below glideslope (3 red) and it still told me I was too high. Lot…

Well, after several days of running MSFS and realising that my "so called MS medium specs" was not cutting the cake! I purchased a gaming machine according to the medium spec from MS. Alas, NVIDIA inform me through the GeForce Experience panel that my computer does not meet the optimum settings for MSFS! Reading the many forums on MSFS and the issues many are having with FPS, stuttering, etc, I can say that I get between 1-25FPS on low settings:( My computer specs, in my signature, are meant to allow me to run on medium, as per the information provided when I first installed and ran MSFS. Obviously, I have now spoken to HP directly from where my computer was purchase…

I think I just had the most sublime simulated flight of my life, thanks to MSFS. Here's how maybe you can, too: Take your Shock Ultra to CYDF, dial in some low scattered clouds. (I used live weather, which happened to be *perfect*, but low scattered should be just fine.) Depart just before dawn, as soon as it's light enough for you to see the horizon. I left around 5:45; it was still dark enough to make taxiing the tail-dragger without taxi lights a fun challenge. Pick up the highway just south of the field and follow it NW until it forks at Wiltondale, then head roughly west by north and make for the Tablelands, an amazing natural rock formation. As the sun …

... According to 2 non simmers who know nothing about aviation. Boy oh boy do I love seeing the enthusiasm on peoples faces who are unfamiliar with our hobby! And it get's better, haha!!! I love their reaction to imperfections in the game, wish more people would be as reasonable 🙏🏼

Hi, I'm new to glass cockpit flight sims and I've been trying to get a handle on the basic autopilot functions. I noticed that the Beechcraft Baron G58's G1000 avionics does not have an altitude adjustment knob anywhere. It was driving me crazy trying to find it until I realized where it was supposed to be in other airplanes. So why does this plane have the ability to control VS by autopilot, but you can't set an altitude to do a FLC to or to hold at? Thanks!

I set in NCP max frame rate to 40. But if i look inside the sim using developer mode i can see the FPS still going to above it up to 60+ I got V-sync off both in-game and in NCP. Any ideas ?

Hi all i ve been playing FS 2020 since few days now: Downloaded the 1st day ! :) i m a bit confused. i found that the realism is not so ...real. When I use rudder or elevator, the plane just become crazy. Of course I tried to adjust the sensitivity : same problem. If i use rudder, the plan can litteraly change cap by 45° in less than one sec...so it is quite i;possible to play Do you guys have the same problem ? did some one solve it ? thanks david

This might be handy for some people. https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/solution-for-the-time-zone-off/214251/2

You should. Easy to overlook being 1918ft of grass strip but it's one of the additional detailed small strips it's worth giving it a go. Would recommend taking something a bit heavier than you might otherwise and launch from RWY 08. Don't worry too much if you don't quite make it to rotation speed... Enjoy!

So I was flying for the first few times today, I for the life of me could not find a way to get the instrument panel window within my screen like they had in FSX. I would just go to the views tabs up top after pressing “alt” and there would drop down list to bring up different view panels (ex: the throttle area, the altimeter, etc.). I like to have those few panels to drag around when I want to fly from the external camera (like the tail) POV. I see that in the new flight simulator they automatically display the all the readings and altimeter, but no way to adjust them and no throttle. Is there any way to do this? Thanks

OK, for some of us that have been in this hobby since FS98 was the next best thing this entire release is kind of amusing and a whole big bag full of Deja Vu... With every release there are those that complain that their 10 year old sim with all it's add-ons is SOOO much better than a band new vanilla unmodified sim. How many remember "i'm not giving up my heavies in FS9" or "FSX is a VFR sim only" or all the complaints of FSX add-ons not working with the first version of P3D, or the arguments everytime a new version of P3D was released, it's just the grand circle of FS repeating itself. NOW, this is where FS20 is different in my opinion. I have NEVER …

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6537ri820ctggmi/issue.png?dl=0 Pay attention to the area of the fuel gauge. Its all fuzzy and blurry from some conflict of shadows and the reflection. BTW its also happening on the cockpit reflection at night on the windshield. Any ideas ? In general cockpit shadows looks good. Its only when when the shadows meeting gauges. I hope the link to the image opens up.

I don't see many actively flying planes in MSFS. I was under the impression that FlightAware was part of this program. Is there a control somewhere in MSFS that controls the FlightAware activity in the sim? I do see some activity, but nothing like what I was expecting to see. Stan

Just a quick question here, I want to install MSFS but I don’t want to uninstall P3D. Anyone got any issues with having both installed? Thanks

for example UGMS shows in the VFR map as UGME.

I am running it maxed out 4k with that resolution setting (forgot what its called) at 80%. In GA its fine. In airliners its fine out of the major cities. So I was looking at improving performance and reflections came to mind. They have always been a performance hog in flight sims and I am not sure its worthwhile in this sim. For one , it restricts the view out of the cockpit when its bright and the effect on the windscreen looks pixilated sometimes even on ultra. It also hampers the view of the gorgeous scenery.The night reflections of the cockpit instrumentation is nice but hardly something I really need. I turned it off completely since it looks ugly on low setting…

loving the sim and am so excited for the level it is now at release however, the preview videos seemed to have realistic sounds and one preliminary video microsoft released showed painstaking realism in sounds, recorded and used..... bah! the jets have terrible sound, the engines sound like a tornado.... no high speed fan, no whine, no buzzsaw ! Nothing like P3d nor XP11 payware jets.... or yes, famous zibo where sound is so word not allowed real.... I am anxious for the first real sound set release ! I am sure somebody will do this soon as it can't get much worse. At least the GA stuff isn't too bad.... but as of now we need better engines, roll, wi…

I am stuck at the "Press any key" looks like the sim is about to start up, but the it "falls back" to the "Press any key" page, I have tried many times now, restarted my PC etc, but no luck. And this ocurred today, I have flewn since day one with no problem getting started, what could be the problem? Any tips? Best regards Per

After landing I was cruising around a nearby town with the drone camera. I was shocked to see that some store fronts actually had window displays with mannequins and this seasons latest fashions (well the last part might be a stretch). But window displays at street level?! This is maybe just a cheap texture to apply, but it seems odd in light of the fact that many elements as actually viewed from the air are missing, flat or even screwed up (FUBAR). We have buildings that are completely missing (just an image of their impression is on the ground), coastal objects are under water, many beaches are covered in a flat green shrub texture, some waterways are anti-gravity …

Hi All, I tried triple screen with the new sim but as expected it cratered my frames. now when returning back to single screen and selecting an item from the above menu when in the cockpit neither the camera or weather window appears from the dropdown. All other menu items appear as expected any thoughts? thanks as always

Yesterday, I was a little tired of seeing the "Player[insert long random number]" ID that Microsoft had assigned to me. I wanted to rename my ID to March Hare. So I did, within my Microsoft Xbox account (although I don't have an Xbox), via a web browser. Great (although it's still attached a random number to the end, which displays within the sim, because there must be thousands of imitators out there - how dare they!) Anyhow, I thought the sim might pick up on the name change when I reloaded it. No. Okay, not an issue. Log out of my Microsoft account within the sim then log back in. Logged out, check. It automatically takes me to the start-up screen and says, "Let's…

My inflight refuelling skills in DCS are rubbish, but in MSFS refuelling the C172 in flight is a piece of cake. I thought I would try and adjust the fuel using the 'weight' icon to see what happens and to my surprise the fuel gauge increased - how naff is that, takes all the panic away from a low fuel situation.

Can someone peak in their Steam\steamapps\common\MicrosoftFlightSimulator\Packages\fs-base-onboarding\logos folder and let me know what the Xbox Logo's filename is I accidentally had it renamed and now without it named correctly FS wont start. Argh! Was poking around after computer reset on flight loading and on next run, I think cfg file and logbook got wiped too. Logbook was empty and at startup in asked config questions like when game was first installed. 😢

Hi all I would like to start at an area of the airport but it does not have any parking bays like the real airport, is that possible. I know I can select a custom point but it starts in the air and I know I can slew but I'm wanting to select this area from world map,maybe I need to use SDK and add the new parking spot

anyone else unable to click on the Marketplace within the game? Its not working for me just now.