MSFS 'thermals' do not exist, but Asobo think they do?

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Glider, sailplane, soaring, please! [Feature Requests]

The Kinetic assistant is a good workaround to make gliding possible at all. The only way to gain altitude without that is ridge soaring, but only with strong wind settings. And because the up/down drafts are currently limited it’s no fun at all. In the latest Q&A they stated that they have to improve the up and down drafts and thermals (which I never noticed anywhere) before giving us a realism slider, but that is not even started yet/ there is no timeline for that. so if we want native gli…