Hi all,

I'm making a video investigating turbulence in heavy/dense clouds. I've searched the globe for bad weather, using the windy.com thunderstorm overlay, and badbadweather.com. So far I haven't found any significant increase in turbulence or up-/downdrafts when flying through clouds. 

I remember a while back, Seb was talking about cloud turbulence being significantly improved in 2024. He does talk about it very briefly in the September Dev Q&A stream. But I think he goes more in-depth in an interview. So if someone can help me find that particular video, I'll be happy 🙂

this??
 

I honestly feel that since wake turbulence simulation is also disabled, they must have for whatever reason disabled the "improved turbulence" on the release version as well. Its gotta be...surely...

Edited December 1, 20241 yr by FedDriver

53 minutes ago, FedDriver said:

this??

That's the one - thanks!

1 hour ago, FedDriver said:

I honestly feel that since wake turbulence simulation is also disabled, they must have for whatever reason disabled the "improved turbulence" on the release version as well.

Hm... that would be disappointing.

Are you sure wake turbulence is disabled? I thought I saw someone commenting here that they had hit their own wake on a steep turn. (Haven't tried myself.) 

1 hour ago, Cpt_Piett said:

Hi all,

I'm making a video investigating turbulence in heavy/dense clouds. I've searched the globe for bad weather, using the windy.com thunderstorm overlay, and badbadweather.com. So far I haven't found any significant increase in turbulence or up-/downdrafts when flying through clouds. 

I remember a while back, Seb was talking about cloud turbulence being significantly improved in 2024. He does talk about it very briefly in the September Dev Q&A stream. But I think he goes more in-depth in an interview. So if someone can help me find that particular video, I'll be happy 🙂

Looking fwd into your vid ... I had posted about that at another thread :

 

 

8 minutes ago, martinboehme said:

I thought I saw someone commenting here that they had hit their own wake on a steep turn.

Maybe that true then. Ive just heard multiple people complain of not getting wake so assumed as much. Maybe just AI traffic doesnt have wake

Edited December 1, 20241 yr by FedDriver

Asobo’s whole MO is to downgrade and remove features. Especially when it comes to weather. Not surprising if they removed it. 

11 minutes ago, UAL4life said:

Asobo’s whole MO is to downgrade and remove features.

Hear hear. That's why MSFS 2024 has downgraded ground detail, downgraded ground handling, and has removed the flight planner, LIDO charts, and 24-hour historical weather. Not to mention all the default planes they've cut, including the solid A330 and A400M.

I do have that right, right?

Or might the situation be more nuanced?

The specific features we're talking about here were newly developed for 2024; if they're apparently not present now, they must have been removed at a late stage. What the reason might be, we can only speculate - but to call this an "MO" of downgrading and removing is grossly oversimplified.

 

3 hours ago, martinboehme said:

Hm... that would be disappointing.

Are you sure wake turbulence is disabled? I thought I saw someone commenting here that they had hit their own wake on a steep turn. (Haven't tried myself.) 

That was me. It was probably perfectly timed turbulence I hit. I never turned turbulence down to "low".

3 hours ago, FedDriver said:

Maybe that true then. Ive just heard multiple people complain of not getting wake so assumed as much. Maybe just AI traffic doesnt have wake

Well so what *does* have wake turb then? Some multiplayer 747s flying underneath the Golden Gate bridge while you're on final to KSFO?