Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020/2024)

I have been watching with interest the development of Beyond ATC, but whilst t it seems very good it is more geared to IFR and is quite expensive both for the initial purchase and ongoing premium use. However, after following this, I get the impression that Pilot2ATCmight be more appropriate for me as I mainly fly GA VFR. I don't have a headset or microphone yet so presumably will need to purchase these at the same time, but can anyone who uses it provide a bit of info to help me to understand how it works and it's pros, cons and limitations. E.g. how good is the voice recognition. I was considering using the basic version with out the subscription service.…

When I just went to fire up the sim I got a just under 1G mandatory download. Anyone know what that was about? Russ

You will see a small update in Microsoft Flight Simulator today which contain some fixes for the World Update 16 water masks in the Caribbean area. From msfs forums. I just had a 915mb upate.

Bought this on the sale and love it so far, a few questions for a newbie to radials...saw the one at the Smithsonian museum at Dulles (VERY recommended) and wanted this since. 1) Why is the GPS screen only a portion of the normal size, can I re-size this to the proper size somehow? 2) I seem to keep getting engine fires (or at least white smoke followed by black), even if I don't keep the throttle full nor the RPM levers all the way? What's the best way to fly this beautiful bird without incident? Thanks, Steve

Dear Pilots! For the last few weeks I have been experiencing regular crashes to the desktop with MSFS in the FNX A320, but interestingly these only occur in DX11. In DX12, there is no CTD. The crashes always happen after having loaded into the plane, mostly a few seconds or, at the longest, 2 or 3 minutes after having loaded into the cockpit. The sim directly crashes to the desktop, no error message on screen, only a crash dump is present (parts of this: see below). When starting the sim in the safe mode, it runs smoothly, no crashes regardless if I am using DX11 or DX12. Only when having all add-ons (see below as well) active, does the crash happen. I deactiv…

This caught me by surprise. I thought the World Hub was still undergoing alpha/beta testing. But FSElite is saying the first batch of changes from the World Hub are live already: https://fselite.net/content/first-batch-of-world-hub-airports-updated-on-msfs/

Looks like a nice little RV https://flightsim.to/file/70930/van-s-rv-4 (Uses default CAP10 sound) Nice little avionics setup, AP, GNS530 etc. Nice analog gauges Dynamic registration system rvext by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr rvint by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

Quite a long technical video, but very interesting, and just shows how much development work is going into this programme. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVYukUNUujQ sorry, could not get a direct link, so will have to copy and paste

Co-ordinates are 52.14053N, 13.30582E , halfway between EDAZ ( Schonhagen Airport ) and the KLF VOR. Take off from RW 07 at EDAZ and head 130 degs for about a minute. The airfield even has a control tower buried in the trees. A fairly long runway, I put the 787 down there after i had some controllability issues after taking off from Berlin Brandenberg. From the air it looked like a good spot to land. Doesn't show up on the inflight microsoft map but you can find it on google. Took me most of today to find it again. Fairly long runway and the taxi experience is surreal through the trees.

Greetings fellow simmers! There's no lack of discussion and opinions on how to improve stuff to get stellar performance in MSFS. Heck, I've been guilty of that too many times on this forum. I'd like to think that most of us to some extent are chasing that ever-elusive Holy Grail: excellent performance combined with excellent image quality. I'd also like to hope that not too many poor souls find themselves as deep down the rabbit hole as I do. Believe me, that hole goes very deep. A tell-tale sign of this chronic, deteriorating affliction is tampering with Nvidia profile inspector, registry editor, NDU and SysMain. Maybe I should have taken the blue pill? Contrar…

FlightFX have been well and truly outed, first couple of minutes: Can't wait for that pair! G

I run the store version of MSFS. I am about to set up a second copy, via Steam (I bought a second copy way back when I was having issues with the store update process but never got to install it) on a separate PC. This second PC is the one I used as my SimPC until I upgraded my PC last year, so it has a copy of the Store MSFS version hard drive on it. The reason I want to do this is that firstly there is no real worthwhile resale value on my "old" PC, and anyway, selling a used PC involves opening several cans of worms, so I figured I'd just use it. I've bought a decent-ish 2k monitor for it, and I plan to use it with my Honeycomb Alpha and Bravo controller…

just got a 2.47 GB update, incl. several minor airport updates: KLAX SEATAC Pilatus PC-6 O'Hare Amsterdam Paro Orlando Cairo HECA Tokyo Heliport plus workingtitle GNS update https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/sim-update-15-beta-release-notes-1-37-8-0-march-12th-2024/633902 RELEASE NOTES 1.37.8.0 If you are playing on PC, outdated packages in your community folder may have an unexpected impact on the title’s performance and behavior. If you suffer from stability issues or long loading times, move your community package(s) to another folder before relaunching the title. How to install a new update safely…

Just got an email from Just Flight that says they have updated the Steam Gauge Overhaul: Analog King Air to version 0.1.2.

I'm making a flight right now in another window using the Citation Longitude. I hadn't set anything to fail, but immediately after takeoff I got a red warning that my autothrottle had failed. I'm not complaining, I was just surprosed and wondered if anyone else had experienced such things.

Hi folks, I just upgraded my video card and now a number of my aircraft are missing textures. In the case of the Horizon B787, I tried re-downloading the plane but that didn't help. Any idea how to fix it? https://imgur.com/a/Ck8F6JR

Is there an easy way to disable runways for AI aircraft? ... or is it possible with some tweaking with the SDK? Getting really annoyed with 07/08 arrivals/departures at ini KLAX. I'm aware in SU14 there is the option to have your own flight to land at the runway of your choosing but the AI airplanes doe their own thing.

MARCH 7TH, 2024 – DEVELOPMENT UPDATE Posted by: Microsoft Flight Simulator Team This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Twitter user @tsujiKa_air! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below! Earlier today, we released a new beta build (1.37.7.0) for all players enrolled in the Sim Update 15 (SU_15) beta test. You can see the release notes on our forums here. As always, we’d like to thank the players who continually provide invaluable feedback during these beta tests. Be sure to share your feedback on our forums here. Also today, we released up…

Is anyone getting any traffic with FSLTL today, I launch it , and don't see any traffic?

Of all MSFS airports -- default, freeware, and payware -- which has the best interior views inside the terminal and other airport buildings and structures?

Following on from their other Mesh series; https://orbxdirect.com/product/sa-mesh-msfs It's lacking a Map of the whole area like with their Himalayan Mesh, if anyone finds one please post (I'll ask in their discord).

My sim is fluid , with good fps, but my gsx objects ( fuel truck , stairs and even my plane when pushed back is really stuttery ) any body else has this problem? Not using any Frame generation now at LIRN RD presets 52 FPS DX11 GPU limited .

FYI GSX integration: All FS2Crew's for MSFS have been updated to include fully integration with GSX (Voice and Button Control). The "Preflight events" routine now makes full automatic use of GSX ground services. You can even control GSX via voice'

Hi, I don't fly Airbus very often. but since V2 I have had big problems with Fenix. 1. The Thrustmaster joystick is extremely sensitive. Every small movement causes the machine to move too violently. Of course I adjusted the sensitivity and tried a few things. According to Fenix HP I should even set the sensitivity to 0... but that is extremely direct.. I tried -55 -60% and the machine still reacts very unnaturally. Yesterday I made a landing with Honeycomb Alpha and it was much, much better than with Thrustmaster Joystick... But you want to load an Airbus with a joystick 🙂 But the difference was huge... with Honeycomb I foun…

Taxi2Gate released version 1.1 of KMCO at Simmarket. This fixes the PG issues with the bridges along with other fixes and cleanup items. No change log seen but I can glean the above from previous comments from them on FB. I held off until this version but now it’s time to buy it.