Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 announced.

r22snapper · 14 Oct 2024 at 20:31

Certainly seems to be making better use of the hardware. My CPU was running between 40-60 percent, pretty well split across threads. I could fully load it moving the free camera around which suggests a decent amount of heavy lifting with the scenery. I'd be interested to see if it scales with more cores. My biggest frustration with 2020 is seeing my GPU snoozing while I'm getting 40fps so it is good to see that has been cured.

freebooter · 15 Oct 2024 at 10:54

Having the seen the alpha and the recent info released about 2024 I am now much more interested in it than I was. There are some questions I will need answering before I buy though so I won't be pre ordering.

Kelt · 15 Oct 2024 at 12:13

freebooter said:
Having the seen the alpha and the recent info released about 2024 I am now much more interested in it than I was. There are some questions I will need answering before I buy though so I won't be pre ordering.

What questions?

freebooter · 16 Oct 2024 at 11:47

Mostly to do with which version to buy. I have 2020 pd and was assuming I would get the same in 2024 but I may now just get the standard edition. It isn't clear exactly how the 2024 versions will work for people who already own 2020.

Also my 2020 is on MS store and I haven't decided whether to stick with that or get Steam this time instead.

imtoooldforthis · 19 Oct 2024 at 09:58

freebooter · 19 Oct 2024 at 10:58

I know a lot of people just want to fly from A to B but I think the mission system is sounding very promising. Also the changes to training sound interesting. It has always been a weak point of flight sims.

Benaforce · 21 Oct 2024 at 10:48

my partner is getting this for xmas for me. just hope lots of my purchases from msfs2020 will work on it.

beany_bot · 21 Oct 2024 at 11:28

Im upgrading my RAM for this. Very excited. Will be playing in VR mostly. Wondering if its worth upgrading my Oculus 2 to 3?

Benaforce · 21 Oct 2024 at 11:47

going for 64gb?! is that really needed?

danoliver1 · 21 Oct 2024 at 15:44

beany_bot said:
Wondering if its worth upgrading my Oculus 2 to 3?

It's worth it just for the pancake lenses alone.

beany_bot · 21 Oct 2024 at 18:36

Benaforce said:
going for 64gb?! is that really needed?

I genuinely think it is. seems to make an FPS difference. There was a youtube comparison video I now cant find. About +5FPS average but huge difference to 1% lows and stutters.

rodders · 21 Oct 2024 at 21:45

beany_bot said:
Im upgrading my RAM for this. Very excited. Will be playing in VR mostly. Wondering if its worth upgrading my Oculus 2 to 3?

Been thinking of replacing my G2 with a Q3, been reading the Q3 is a lot better than the Q2, so I'd say go for it.

Dano · 21 Oct 2024 at 21:57

danoliver1 said:
It's worth it just for the pancake lenses alone.

Absolutely this.

FBi7 · 21 Oct 2024 at 22:18

Think I've mentioned this previously, I don't do VR as I usually fly with mates and we're on video on Discord.

And £200+ to upgrade to 2 x 32GB RAM sticks, I think not, for now anyway. I'll wait and see.

beany_bot · 22 Oct 2024 at 07:44

Found it -

When the camera pans round the plane it stutters significantly on the 32GB system

Blackvault · 23 Oct 2024 at 08:23

I used to play Flight Simulator 98 and FS2002, and I've not played since. However, this is tempting me to get back into the genre.
I see that it relies on a good Internet connection, however, I live in a pretty rural place and only get around 16-18Mbps. Do we think this is fast enough?

Brun · 23 Oct 2024 at 09:03

No one knows yet. It's above the minimum spec, but remains to be seen what that means in practice.

Once it's released you should be able to get a better idea from other people in similar situations, or get a one month game pass subscription and find out for yourself.

Blackvault · 23 Oct 2024 at 09:36

Brun said:
No one knows yet. It's above the minimum spec, but remains to be seen what that means in practice.

Once it's released you should be able to get a better idea from other people in similar situations, or get a one month game pass subscription and find out for yourself.

Cheers. I dread to think how long it will take me to download the game on my slow connection

picnic · 23 Oct 2024 at 11:59

Dano said:
Absolutely this.

And the Q3 has far better video pass through, there's lots happening in the MR scene at the mo and this will, IMHO, become quite a thing.

Brun · 23 Oct 2024 at 15:10

Blackvault said:
Cheers. I dread to think how long it will take me to download the game on my slow connection

The base install is much smaller this time round. Supposedly 50GB, so 6-7 hours for you.