Currently, the A320 Neo and the 747-8 are not really doing what I say to do in the Autopilot. A few weeks ago, things worked fine, but every now and again, the A320 Neo (I use this most often), would just go off the rails and fly in a circle (to the left).
I had looked at the chart (VFR window), and it seemed like it was following lines on the chart - like airspace in a circle.
I am not sure this is the issue.
Yesterday, I flew the A320 Neo and the 747, and they continued to fail in following my instructions on the instrument panel.
The Setup: I do NOT plan a flight, I take off like VFR, with only a departure set up. I normally fly out, take off, and set altitude, heading, and speed. Sometimes, I’d be on the runway before takeoff and set all of that up, and other times I do it after take off.
This is frustrating, because the Autopilot on a long haul flight is kind of mandatory, and if I was going to hand fly aircraft all day long, I can do that in Google Earth Flight Simulator for free (the download version, not the online version), and the scenery updates very well, and the skies are very clear.
Being able to USE autopilot, see an actual aircraft from the outside, and have weather is the reason to USE MSFS 2020.
Again, a few weeks ago, I was pretty happy with it, but now, it is like when I was Beta Testing it… and because those problems did not get fixed, I put off buying the BASIC version until Jul 2022. I normally had purchased a “best” possible version of the game since they offered those options.
I have been using Flight Simulator since it was a black and white screen, with no real visual references, and landing on a “runaway” was a stroke of luck more than skill.
