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ISSUE DESCRIPTION
Description of the issue:
After creating a flight plan on the official Flight Planner website (https://planner.flightsimulator.com/) and importing it into Career Mode, the route received by ATC is fully correct and matches the original plan when selecting “Send to ATC”.
However, the actual active flight route in the game is simplified: every flight leg only retains its final waypoint, and all intermediate turning waypoints are removed.
For straight-line legs the impact is minimal, but for legs with heading changes the route is forced into a straight line. This causes the actual flight path to deviate severely from the filed flight plan, triggers off-route detection, and directly results in career mission failure.
FREQUENCY OF ISSUE
How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?
Every time (100% reproduction rate). The route simplification occurs whenever a flight plan is imported.
REPRODUCTION STEPS
Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:
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Go to the official Flight Planner website https://planner.flightsimulator.com/ and create a complete IFR flight plan with multiple turning legs and intermediate waypoints.
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Launch Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and enter Career Mode.
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Import the created flight plan into the career mission.
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Select “Send to ATC” and start the flight.
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Observe that intermediate turning waypoints are missing and turning legs are straightened into direct segments.
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, if relevant:
- Peripherals: Xbox controller
- Developer Mode: No, no changes have been made
- Graphics API: DX12
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU (6GB)
- Other PC specs:
- CPU: Intel 11th Gen Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz 8-Core
- RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200MHz
- Chipset: Intel HM570
- Note: The issue persists with no third-party mods installed, on a clean game installation.
MEDIA
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