Starting about 3 weeks ago, I noticed that I didn’t have the drive to go into the FS room, which I have done at least every other day for 1-2 hours since Aug 2020 … wondering if this will change … anyone else experience something like this ? … 
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Can you tell me what ‘the FS room’ is?
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It’s happened to me yes. I’m back again now, but have recently spent a few weeks of far lower usage, with other priorities “getting in the way”.
Your enthusiasm will almost definitely reappear soon. 
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“Fright Slim” maybe? 
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I don’t know what kind of flying you do but the thought of all the time and preparation required to do a flight realistically can be a bit daunting.
Sometimes it is very satisfying to do a really short session in the sim. Maybe just plan to takeoff, remain in the pattern and land.
Or try something new. Different aircraft (helicopter? glider? fighter?). Different flight scenario (IFR? VFR? aerobatics? carrier landing?!)
Totally understand occasionally wanting to put the hobby on pause. I do the same but am always drawn back to it at some point and in some variant 
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Perhaps taking a short break to recharge the batteries is good. I’m spending a lot of time VR fishing at the moment. I can sense my ‘batteries’ recharging as the days pass.
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I have been so busy with work it seems I have no time for FS2020. I want to get back to flying but…I also want to stay in business. I guess the old adage “make hay while the sun shines” applies.
I’ve been a pilot and simpilot for over 20 years now. Frustrated with the flying snowballs within seconds and many other annoying bugs I dropped MSFS and civil flight sim almost completely in January 2022 and started flying in DCS, joined a squadron and learned a whole lot new stuff. Currently I’m entirely annoyed by the direction of DCS and found back to the old pleasure of flying around in my DC6 or in aircraft like the Sting UL or the JP C152.
Maybe in a couple of months I’ll take another break and… no idea.. play Zelda?
It’s normal. You’ll get back to clean up and use your FS room again.
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I get it but my reasons are when things just keep not working the right way it kind of makes the joy of the Sim a little less for me
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Flight Simulator room …
I am thinking this is a weather related issue. I am have the same problem. Did you file a bug report. lol
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Everybody feels burnout now and then. Take a break and do something else. I’ll give you 10:1 odds you’ll come back after not too long. I only fly on weekends due to work, but even then there are times I’d just rather go out and get some fresh air.
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I mostly do VFR in Asobo Top Rudder 103 ultralight around my top 10 favorite cities, but always exploring new areas and picking POI’s off the world map … thanks for the comments ! 
Just got Zelda
The amazing thing about this kind of sim is that there is always something new to do, to learn or to try. It’s as deep as you want it to be.
I don’t know if this will help but some ideas of things you may not have tried which might reignite the drive or at least give you another angle to see if it sticks.
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Try one of the “career” type addons. I like The SkyPark as it’s so slick (but it is simple and quite shallow currently) but there are many similar things with different focus and features (NeoFly, A Pilots Life, Air Hauler and a few others I can’t remember now but you get the idea - I’m not mentioning everything). They can give you a nice reason to fly or long term goals.
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Do some racing. There are some online leagues (in fact I have recently started hosting 2 different events every-other weekend if you’re interested in joining). Not only is it a different way to play, meet some people with similar interests etc. but if you wanted to take it more seriously (we don’t) you could practice the track before the event so there is always something new.
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Learn the SDK and start modding. Make things you want to see. It’s not that complex to get into (I had some tuition last weekend and already made a couple of sceneries) — it is a big time sink if you want it to be! Takes hours from your life to make anything even quite small in the scenery hehe. Or just make some nice flight plans / bush trips and share them on fs.to.
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Start a round the world tour in your favourite plane.
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Visit every photogrammetry city in a slow sightseeing plane and explore! Tick them off as you visit. I’m doing this.
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Helicopters! Again a totally new way to fly and fun learning experience to improve skills if you’ve never done so before. The HPG Action Pack has some nice mission type stuff for the H145 which is quite unique.
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Pick one detailed plane and learn it inside out. Every system - all navigation. Make it YOUR plane.
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Download a single new free or paid scenery a day and check it out.
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Or like me just buy a ton of stuff (planes / scenery) you hardly ever use as I still have a growing list of things I want to do in the world but no time for it
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Is there a way to identify which cities are photogrammetry cities in the sim? Or is there a list somewhere?
I’m sure NYC is, but it still looks like a melted blob to me. Lol same as London, Paris, Toronto, etc.
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I’ve noticed more and less blobby or wavy or post-apocalyptic appearing buildings at times in NYC, London, Paris, Vancouver, SanFran, Seattle, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Venice, Rome, (on my 32 inch 4K DLDSR/DLSS mostly ULTRA I79700k RTX2070) but generally good quality, but I think there are definitely variables that fluctuate with time. My best quality gauge is Las Vegas.
Thank you!