Well done for tesing:
At least today with Driver 546.29 NVIDIA, W11 23H2, latest MS Updates and FS 1.35.21.0 i came to the MENU screen (What a XMAS advance wonder…)
You proofed that the problem is related 100% to the NVIDIA driver, Nvidia GFX power usage or FS 2020+NVIDIA. The fact that the game runs perfect with the Itel GFX says it all.
My resolution is too 2560x1440
I personal never had any other crash even with high load settings GFX where other games where so slow for testing. All my memory, CPU, GFX settings are to 100% factory and no overtuning.
I switched to W11 23H2 > NO effect
I have MS 11/2023 Updates and preview installed > NO
I re-installed Nvidia Drivers from A-Z, Deleted all files, registry etc. > NO
Nvidia released another driver 546.29 due to release of COD MW3 lets see if this help and also i am currently running the last FS 2020 update just now 1.35.21.0
I have, in the last 30 years, since i play games got all running on all systems from C-64, Amiage, PC’s that other people did not get running and also sold self built gaming PC’s and hardware trough my store.
There is something really buggy here…
Concerning Asobo/FS i also have to say that i spent so much time in optimizing/tuning XPLANE for VR (Oculus) and waiting and hoping for every update that i hoped that would not be the same with Asobo…