If I opt-in to the public testing opportunity, will I be able to opt-out and go back if I need to (due to inability to load the Sim or fly)?
I do have my Sim installed with all content in a custom path.
You can always OPT out, and worst case, uninstall the beta, and then do a clean Install of the Current Release version.
Easily ? Depends on what Internet Download speed you have to do a fresh Install, and how impatient you are, feeling the need to watch over every byte download !!
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Thank you! I see zero color banding there, great job.
This looks so good, how the weather used to be in MFS.
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Just a reminder to all that the F/A-18 will happily fly above FL450, as will its third-party cousins. 
Would be nice if they have fixed that fully.
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The game looks the same, what do you want to see?
I wanted to show loyality and bought it via MS Store, even twice, once the download and once the DVDs, to support development.
I’ll spare you the details of the 3-pages report I submitted to Zendesk. My failure seems to have been installing in a place different from default. Maybe, it conflicted with the pre-installation and/or rests of the earlier alpha installation, despite I had deinstalled that. The end was, I returned it and got money back.
Others may have better experience but for me it’s never MS Store again, whatever benefits I will get.
OK great! I was keeping mum waiting for the feedback section to open on the forums for fear of the NDA. 
I’ve been running the coldfix beta since Fri. Did extensive testing yesterday. 12 hrs of flying yesterday, hence I also spent a fair amount of time on the boards. I flew multiple legs and refueled at the gate. Basically, MSFS did not have a moment to take a break.
For my specific use case, this was the best release yet. Not a single stutter, no CTD, smoother weather transitions, no ubiquitous smog, Temps at various altitudes made sense. No reset of the settings.
The only thing that bugged out was the ATC at one point, but what else is new? Before your hopes go up, also recognize that my experience is often different than others. I have sim stability when others complain of CTD and vice versa. Before SU5 I had 5 CTDs PER DAY. Now I haven’t had one in months.
Hope this helps.
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Thank you!
Am I correct in thinking that a fresh install is just the smaller part (launcher) and not the huge part (content) that is on a custom path?
I had some crazy winds aloft in excess of 100 kts. Maybe I hit the jetstream? Definitely hit turb and gained/lost some height while on altitude hold.
Are there specific use cases you want me to check out?
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Thank you! I’ll stay with it unless I absolutely have to revert.
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I would not want to give you incorrect information, as my only experience is with MSFS installed on the default OS drive, in the default folder.
But I will tell you, I have found in many case, its better to do a full re-install of MSFS when the SU comes out, rather than the “update” only.
While this may not always be 100% necessary, it always (for me) ended up being a better option, than suffering from potential Download loops etc, when just doing the update.
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The release notes say that the clouds at ground level were caused by incorrectly parsing “AMSL” and “AGL.”
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exactly, this is fixed now, and now fog/mist looks like actual mist/fog instead of clouds sticking to the ground.
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I think the clouds also look beautiful. Less pixelated. There will always be those who say the weather looks terrible. That might be true for their eyes, but I believe this is a step in the right direction.
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any fps improvement?
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How about wind gusts? Do gusts work in live weather?
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