A few minutes ago I tested the new update. VFR flight with the PA28 Arrow from North to South over Paris. Marvelous. Very immersive. Perfectly optimized for my 3Gb of video-RAM. Excellent work, Asobo.
It looks like you have not yet installed the basic sim update. You need to download about 1Gb from MS Store (or Steam), then run the sim which should download a further 20+Gb, then update your content (as you were trying), and “buy” (for free) the WU4 from the marketplace.
It certainly is quite a trek to get the update nowadays, and tbh I’m not sure it’s all worth the effort. Not any obvious improvement, but at least one extra bug introduced for me (mouse panning not working after Cntrl-#).
well, just did my first flight in the modded neo from LSZH to Nice, performance at FSD’s LSZH was dreadful, like a slide show. Once away from the airport performance got smooth. While I was approaching ILS 4R at LFMN I wanted to go into the options (to double check whether BING data is still enabled) and after I hit ESC then MSFS crashed to desktop. First time ever since SU3…
Download and install went smooth. Did a few VFR flights around Paris and it looks amazing. Performance is stable! Thank you for the update.
Same to me. all around the world, sometimes it seems like youre just above the Chernobyl area…
Sometimes I really wonder if different branches at Asobo talk to each other… Otherwise it is not understandable how they can release AGAIN a trailer for this very World Update showing AGAIN watermasks that are not included in the actual simulator. Unbelievable, sorry…
I have the exact same issue. Live Traffic and All_Players activated. As soon as there are players in the area, i get huge freezes that can last up to 2 seconds. Changing to another server solves the issue. It could come back on this server if more traffic comes in sight. Changing to another server solves it again. Strange issue
First impressions: Shame to see only France got a lot of love with this update. Personally I hoped the Benelux overall would have gotten some more photogrammetry for cities other than just Amsterdam. Why not Rotterdam (Erasmus Bridge looks really odd since no other buildings around it are accurate), The Hague, Utrecht, Brussels, and Antwerp as well?
Hoping you will update this in the near future
Has anyone else seen this issue ? The settings are Live Traffic ON, and All_Players . EDIT: Just submitted to Zendesk as well
I will post a link to my Youtube live stream from yesterday. Please check the issue at the 1 hour 15 minutes mark.
Basically, the sim starts freezing a LOT ! and does that every few seconds. This is entirely unplayable. From there I went into the menu, changed from West Europe to South-East Asia, and the sim was butter smooth again.
We had this several times during the Group Flight. Not only me, but everyone on the Group Flight had this same issue pretty much at the same time. You can also hear this in the video when we are talking about it.
Here is the link:
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/MVdRAzY2sqA
This morning I tried it again at LFMN with the West Europe server. All those freezes are back. There was a lot of traffic around however.
Then I switched to South-East Asia where there are less players, and all was good again. I got around 40 FPS with the FBW Experimental.
Then I switched from All-Players to Group ONLY, and even on West Europe, all is good now. So it seems that too much traffic causes those terrible freezes.
Again, check at the 1 hour 15 minutes mark and you’ll see what I mean.
But when this happens, even in the menu you cannot simply switch servers. i have to click several times to get the drop down to switch servers. It’s like the UI is freezing as well. Once I switch servers, the UI is smooth again.
I will certainly send a Zendesk ticket. But maybe someone else has encountered this as well. I didn’t see these issues before the update. Even with a lot of traffic.
Luxembourg predictably got a bit of the short stick in POI and update matters (pleeeeaaase somebody do a good ELLX!). The POIs are good! But far and few between
But to be honest it doesn’t matter at all, because the DEM is fantastic!! It appears A LOT more detailled than before, it’s great!
I just landed in my street in the wine region, and every little hill and slope is exactly like IRL
I love it, THANK YOU!!!
Now on to flying around France and Mont Blanc where I fly and ski a lot, should be awesome 
Asobo has French roots - I guess that sums up the issue…
No real problems here. The only issue I did have was a crash on start-up which was caused by a mod in my community folder. Still not sure which one but I’ve moved the mods I don’t use out of the community folder and now it’s all good. Must be a conflict somewhere
This means that the photogrammetry hasn’t downloaded yet. You have to fly a few times over the area to cache it.
To others: what’s your experience with this. How many times do you fly over an area to get the gramms crisp and clear?
I read that Brussels has photogrammetry already? Is there still a problem with Brussels?
les gouts et les couleurs… me personally i find this update really superb, they did a really good job. after doing by hand, 5880 km of coastline, it still takes time. there are some nice point of view of the coast, maybe not enough, but there are nice corner.
-dune du pilat
-Etretat
-pont de Normandie
-Viaduc de Millau
-Fort boyard
-Bassin d’arcachon
-Paris
some examples
I have only flown and tested the new setup over the Netherlands in a flight from EHRD over EHAM to amsterdam. Although the photogrammetry looks good from a distance it morphs into apocalyptic when up close even with the Terrain LOD set to 200. Near cities and airports the performance is significantly lower than it was with the previous patch/update. The result of the previous update was a lot smoother on my rig. I will see if I can make a few adjustments to get some smoothness back.
Cheers, Marc
any takers?
Anyone else disappointed that we got 2 PG cities only?
Not so much, much more disappointed with the bugs introduced regarding WASM and joystick/throttles going to idle.
I had a quick potter around LFPG, and Paris yesterday.
The first things I noticed that I could not communicate with tower anywhere. None in the vicinity offered anything other than CTAF. I was in a different part of the country when I re-installed my Navigraph data, but the airport at Nice had functioning Tower, and ground.
The other thing I noticed while taxiing at LFPG was the underpasses for cars are often not lined up properly, and in one instance my 172 was upended leading to a prop strike. Not all of them were like this, but the majority of them on my route were.