That does not make total sense. Your SIM knows, and ATC is part of your sim. So of course ATC “COULD” know where you are in the SIM (as ATC knows where you are in the RW with Radar).
Much of ATC is knowing where you are to know what to do next .
ie It know when you have taxied to a Hold Short point, and its time to talk to tower.
In the video example, at one point I still had an active leg (magenta line), but ATC, clearly knew where I was, and vectored me onto the next leg, as I was off course, and closer to the next leg, than the previous “active Leg”.
Maybe the issue is, there is no USER documentation, that lays out what MSFS is Trying to do, so it is all Guesswork from the Users, based on what they
- have seen in other sims
- have seen in the RW
- have seen in MSFS
but there is no written description of what MSFS is meant to do (ie has been “Designed” to do")
– Its all Guesses and assumptions, so how can a user really comment on what is a bug, or is by design, without such information ?
Maybe the GAME side of MSFS, in reality, is trying to figure out what is happening in the “MSFS World” , as opposed to a Flight Simulator, aiming to simulate the real world.
MFFS QUEST
“you are flying in a plane at 4000ft, 10 miles for your destination – what do you do next” ?