Unfortunately, our dear and beloved Christ the Redeemer appears completely wrong in the MSFS 2020 1.38.2 version. Could it be an altimetry problem? I hope Asobo and Microsoft take steps to correct this error.
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Hello @wgcl1976,
Do you have any third-party scenery add-ons installed, for example the South America Mesh by Orbx? This add-on is known to cause issues with World Update 19, including showing the Christ the Redeemer statue incorrectly.
If you are using this add-on, please try temporarily disabling it to see if that resolves the issue.
Thanks,
MSFS Team
That issue has been reported and was fixed with WU19: New install - christ the redeemer melted
Make sure you have installed World Update 19 from the marketplace.
No external altimetric sceneries.
It’s a great shame for me! Sorry…
Just tested and no issue in #msfs-2020:
Could you double check your Marketplace and content manager if you see the same ?:
Also, if you are using the rolling cache, delete or disable it.
Restart the sim.
Interesting indeed.
I still did not see any update on W19 in my area in Europe(for US Eng, language setting)?
And I launch after visit in the Forum at least 6days out of seven the MSFS 40th anniversary edition V1.38.2.0 on my PC.
I experienced incompatibility between ORBX SA Mesh and WU19(also Rolling Cache deleted as Restart):
I just can hope someone might be working on it
, I believe this will take some time, but would like to see a Term of Guarantee for something I purchased a month ago. And where I am there are legal rules to this indeed.
Now same screenshot without ORBX SA Mesh installed(Rolling cache deleted):
I do run MSFS 1.38.2.0 on PC as Xbox X(same language settings: US Eng), same results.
A friend of mine has different language settings in same country, same store, identic failure together with ORBX and W19. Also Updates are mostly same in time frame.
Other things do happen when different MS Store is chosen, also depends where is licensed the OS, in my case W11.
All issues caused by or involving third-party addons/mods should be reported to the third-party developer. Assure that no addons/mods are used when reporting issues in Bug Reports.
Hi,
I did !!!, ORBX send me following to my request a couple of days later after a couple of mails:
Imagine, I will not spend a single Dollar anymore on ORBX after this kind of a reply.
This is a general conversation to my sense.
With the bug.
If you are on PC, could you try to start the sim in safe mode to discard that a 3rd party addon is not causing a conflict ? (it will disable your community folder and Marketplace addons): to achieve that, once into the sim, go to your Windows Task manager, terminate msfs.exe and restart the sim. You’ll get the safe mode prompt option.
I am having the same problem in June 2025, with a new PC and new installation of MSFS 2020. No third party apps that would pertain to scenery in South America. Very disappointing to have a new VR headset and go for a flight around Rio only to see the most famous landmark there in the wrong place, stuck on the side of the hill below its proper location. This needs to be fixed!
I’m having this problem after installing SU 16 beta and I can’t get it back to normal. I’ve already uninstalled the beta, removed all addons, deleted all caches, nothing works. Only happens with photogrammetry turned on.
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I have exactly this problem, my FS20 has an empty Community, I just installed the World Update XIX Brazil
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ISSUE DESCRIPTION
Description of the issue: Sloppy job done in Rio Landmarks. The photogrammetry in Rio de Janeiro, specifically in the Christ the Redeemer is a chaos.
Coordinate or location of issue:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ¿Do you know where it is?
FREQUENY OF ISSUE
Always if you have photogrammetry enabled.
REPRODUCTION STEPS
Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:
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Launch the game
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Go to Rio de Janeiro
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Go to the Christ the Redeemer
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:
[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?
NO
[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?
PC MSFS2020 DX11
[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?
Not of interest the problem is on Asobo, for being careless with this landmark. If you disable the photogrammetry which I am not going to do at all just to have this fixed, then the problem is solved.
[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
MEDIA
Photogrammetry enabled
Photogrammetry disabled
I’m not going to sacrifice the Photogrammetry worldwide just to cover the lack of care.
Please address this issue, thanks.
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Same issue here as the previous commentary, the statue is duplicated.
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Same issue for me. It would be nice to properly test the updates which influence most of the WU before releasing them. Just a brave thought.
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Same issue here.
Are there any news about this?
Is it possible to mask the Corcovado from photogrammetry? How?
Thx
Hi folks,
I just tested this in both MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024, and the Christ the Redeemer statue appears properly in both sims. For those of you who are experiencing issues with this landmark, please try temporarily disabling your mods/add-ons (even ones that seem unrelated to Brazil) as these can sometimes cause problems with the default scenery.
MSFS 2020
MSFS 2024
Thanks,
SeedyL, MSFS Community Manager