Again, the creator of this topic (the OP) has said he SOLVED his problem and no longer has CTDs. In his specific case, the problem was OVERCLOCKING.
It is illogical then, to state that it’s “definitely the game” when in fact there is proof that it was not the “game”, it was overclocking.
When you make an absolute statement like that, then if there is ONE proven case that contradicts it, your statement is false.
You guys get so mad when someone posts, “It runs fine on my rig.” I happen to agree with you if that person is saying that since it runs okay for him, it can’t be the sim. In most cases, I don’t think that’s what they mean. I think they’re saying that it must be something specific to your environment and use of the sim.
Right now, there is a known, acknowledged bug with Little Nav Map and any other external application / tool that uses the sim’s SimConnect interface to get AI traffic data. It will cause a CTD. That IS a problem with the sim and Asobo is aware of it, acknowledges it, and is fixing it as we speak.
That means that the sim might be the cause of a CTD for anyone using LNM, FSUIPC, Navigraph, and other tools. No one can logically say that the sim cannot be the cause of a CTD. And no one is.
By the same token, you cannot say that overclocking cannot be the cause of a sim crash. Look up “CTD” and read the many threads that say they solved the CTD by getting rid of overclocking. In one interesting case, it was flicker caused by a portable heater periodically turning on, causing the power to drop too low for just a millisecond. This had the equivalent effect of an unstable overclock for that millisecond. CTD.
Why did removing the overclock fix it? Because it brought the system back down into a range of power and timing where it had the headroom to withstand the brief oscillation.
Conclusion? Overclocks are ONE variable that MIGHT cause a CTD. Since that is a proven fact, and someone has already eliminated all the sim-related variables such as mods and external tools and so on, overclocking is the last variable and should be eliminated. What have you got to lose?