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ISSUE DESCRIPTION
Description of the issue: The cloud performance when cruising through high level clouds has never been amazing, but with the most recent update, the performance has regressed. At cruise, I’m getting mostly 95/100+ FPS, but when flying through thin layered clouds at cruise, my FPS drop to the 50s. A 40+ FPS loss is crazy! I do have my clouds on ultra, but I refuse to sacrifice their limited quality for that and we shouldn’t see such a drop. Previous versions in 2024 were not this bad. Not seeing this when climbing through a cloud layer. Only happening at high levels and through the thin layer clouds.
[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue? No
FREQUENCY OF ISSUE
How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)? Constant at high level thin clouds
REPRODUCTION STEPS
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- Fly through high level thin clouds
YOUR SETTINGS
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[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? DX12
[PC Only] Many issues may be due to an outdated graphics card. Please state your Graphics Card Driver Manufacturer (NVIDIA, Intel, AMD) and Version:
[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
13900K, 64GB RAM, 4090
MEDIA
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In the clouds from external view (FPS in the 60s)
In the clouds from cockpit (FPS in the 50s)
Out of the thin cloud layer with performance improved (FPS in high 90s)
Out of thin cloud layer with performance improved from cockpit (FPS in high 90s)
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