Cockpit freelook causes lockups / freezes

Are you on Steam or Microsoft Store version? Microsoft Store version

Are you using Developer Mode or made changes in it? No

Brief description of the issue: Using cockpit freelook often causes the game to freeze.

Provide Screenshot(s)/video(s) of the issue encountered: No

Detail steps to reproduce the issue encountered: Use cockpit freelook (default MMB), or a custom controller bind.

PC specs and/or peripheral set up of relevant: Xbox One Controller

Build Version # when you first started experiencing this issue: Frequency increased with the current release

I have 4 out of 5 flights ended in a freeze since the last game update. And one CTD. I didn’t try GOTY during the release. When I played during the June-July period, I never had a single issue like these are right now. Did 5h flights, VR, no problems, experienced bugs which, for me, still seemed gamebreaking at the time. I guess I was wrong then. This is stupid!

Hi, +1, I have the same issue, to recap:

Issue: Click MMB to activate FreeLook inside the cockpit causes the entire application to freeze. The title goes into a hard lock and the only way to exit is to end the application via Task Manager. AltTabbing out of the application is possible, but Tabbing back in is not. Sound is constant, image is clear, but title is frozen. I am able to activate FreeLook outside the craft, and otherwise the title runs perfectly smoothly. The frequency of the cockpit FreeLook freeze is 100%, but it can occur after 5 minutes, 30 minutes, or 2 seconds. It seems to be aircraft agnostic.

Are you on Steam or Microsoft Store version? Game Pass. Standard Game of the Year

Are you using Developer Mode or made changes in it? No

PC specs and/or peripheral set up of relevant:`Thrustmaster T.Flight Hotas X