Yep. And they just released an update with DX12.
No one is mad that they managed to fit the sim into a $300 console. But they knew exactly how it would run on $5000 PCs before shoving it down the pipeline. And it was wrong to force the update for PC users.
I did say also say. If Asobo can integrate a PC port into the tech stack. That could allow Asobo to add rendering sliders with code to that. To fully optimize the tech stack.. This is pure speculation on my behalf. Cause I’m no tech whiz. Apparently the tech stack is first. So maybe there’s more R&D needed to evolve the tech stack to full potential..
Microsoft’s MO. “We have a Windows update…force it on people around the globe.”…then…bluescreen.
We know. It’s covered in detail. Give them a chance to improve with the next patch. This isnt the end of the line. I also dont like some things about SU5.
Who cares if it was the first or last resort? They promised it wouldn’t be done and then did it. The speculation is not speculation and it’s 100% accurate.
That will benefit also people with PCs not very powerfull !!!
I’m sure in the future they’ll make changes to profit of systems with more memory. I have 32GB.
Also sucks for folks like us who just run regular gpus like a 2060super.
Was easily able to bump visuals up in SU4 without a huge fps hit.Now Su5 took me straight to manually increasing the LOD.
Agreed my GPU is a Radeon 570 8gb. By far not top end. With SU4 I’d get drops in FPS around big airports or cities. Though with upgrade both my CPU and Ram. Along with constant tweaks. I found a sweet spot with very good visuals and maintaining decent FPS.. Problem is now no matter what you to try and increase graphics quality, its limited due to lower rendering Asobo has created… I think some are missing that point. It’s like PC users your hardware no matter how good it is will be matched to X box X or S as a standard.
No doubt there has been an obvious downgrade to accommodate Xbox capabilities and these words just reinforce that belief. However, there has been significant redistribution and resource optimization as a result of this exercise so I believe it leaves some headroom for Asobo to integrate more visual enhancements and features especially for high end PCs that may not necessarily be available for Xbox. This would pave the way for a planned weather system overhaul and beyond ultra project which I’m excited about.
Good point. The weather will be improved with Dx12, seb said. How this will look like we’re yet to see, but I have no doubt we will get there.
Did you read the context? I’m guessing no?
We’ve made the decision long ago that we will never dumb down the sim. That was a no-no. Instead we went on the path of giving assists, so if you’re not familiar or don’t have any idea of what IFR even is, you press a bunch of buttons and it helps you, very similar to how a flight instructor would help you.
On Xbox we anticipated that many people have flat-out never flown a plane. Maybe they’ve flown planes in action games, but it’s not really the same at all. So we’re going to try to make it as elegant as possible.
Again, we’ll never dumb down the sim but there are some onboarding parts that we can do better. We look at the tutorials quite a bit.
They’re saying they decided early on that you’d get the full simulation, not some throttle-and-yoke-only arcade game.
I’ll be glad if they do, but I would assume these improvements would not relate to accuracy of the weather, as that shouldn’t require an API change.
You mean they would answer questions like all politicians do here in America and the news media would give them cover and tell everyone how great a job they are doing?!?
No way to tell. Personally, I can’t wait for the next patch, and I have a feeling it’s gonna land sooner than we think.
Running at light speed to patch before the forum burst into flame ^^ ?
The thing is. All this animosity and speculation could be quelled with a simple paragraph of a statement from Asobo. However, they have been eerily quiet which only stokes the fire and does nothing to settle the community. It isn’t rocket science stuff here.
The forum is on fire for days already😂 Not sure we can yell any louder than we did? A reaction should come.
At list just an acknowledgement on their part of the situation would be great.
Rushing to U a broken U itself rushed could turn the forum into a supernova ^^
I agree on that and said it early on as well. Communication is very important right now, as is reassurance.