Airport life / ground crew and static aircraft not spawning correctly after SU5 on Xbox Series X

Sim Update 5.1 Beta | MSFS 2024 Scenery & Airports
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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:

After SU5, I’m noticing inconsistent airport object loading on Xbox Series X.

Ground crew, airport workers and static aircraft often do not appear anymore, even with settings enabled.

My settings:

  • Characters Quantity: Medium

  • Airport services enabled

  • Parked aircraft quantity: Medium

  • Online services enabled

  • Xbox Series X

  • Tested on both public SU5 and SU5 beta

Before SU5, with similar settings, ground crew and static aircraft were normally visible at airports. Now they appear inconsistently: now they don’t even anymore show at departure airport, not just at arrival airport.

This seems connected to the broader post-SU5 memory/streaming issues, because I am also seeing:

  • blurry terrain after landing

  • stutters near touchdown

  • degraded airport loading

  • occasional memory warnings / avionics black screens

It feels like the simulator is failing to properly load or keep airport life objects during the session, especially after arrival.

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FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?

always after SU5

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

  1. Start a flight on Xbox Series X with Characters Quantity and Parked Aircraft set to Medium.

  2. Load at departure airport and complete a normal flight.

  3. On departure and arrival, observe that ground crew/static aircraft/airport life may be missing or inconsistently loaded despite the settings being enabled.

YOUR SETTINGS

If the issue still occurs with no mods and add-ons, please continue to report your issue. If not, please move this post to the User Support Hub.

What peripherals are you using:

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?

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MEDIA

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