Been having issues with every update on Xbox Series X. I have a 1Gbp fibre connection with British Telecom with the console connected via ethernet. Carribbean update XVI stuck at a pathetic 2 Mbps. It occasionally speeds up to about 300 Mbps then drops straight back down to 2Mbps. Pathetic. Nobody seems to care though!
Youāre suggesting that the mighty Microsoft canāt build enough lift to carry the download traffic? All my other large downloads proceed at full speed or nearly so, especially late at night.
A structural problem with their installation manager or the backbone on which it rides seems more likely. But given the resources, it sure seems like it should be fixable.
Download speeds are Terrible
< 1 Mbps 
Thought I was the only one who had this deteriorating download speeds. Sometimes it wonāt even download completely and has to be restarted and that with a 100 MBit/s internet speed with German telecom provider that works fine, except for MSFS. Had a few times a disconnect during flights. It has developed into a real pain.
Kind regards
Same here, only happen with fs2020
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just a element for comparison on how things should workā¦
Count yourself lucky. Iāve tried on 3 different computers, the last two of which are 100 Mbps or way more. ALL have had this extremely slow download problem. Netlimiter at least stopped it from being frequently paused.
It will take over DAYS to install at this rate.
It is not FS2020 It is Gakiin launcherā¦
My fs 2020 is at 2.2Mbits/secā¦ 'cause ā¦ idk
I also get around 2Mbit/s in Switzerlandā¦ I have 1Gbit connectionā¦
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Iām looking at upgrading my PC in the near future, and in all likelihood Iāll probably just go for a brand new rig. The thoughts of having to install MSFS from scratch genuinely scares the hell out of me. This shouldnāt be the case in this day and age.
you could make a backup on a USB drive and copy it back to your new rig.
If itās a new computer you can just plug it in and leave it until itās finished. Took mine a couple of days when I did it last year. Unfortunately not the several hours it should have been.
Would that work? Is it not a bit more complex than that?
Yeah, this is what Iām thinking will be the only option. Infuriating having a brand new PC and not being able to run flight sim on it though lol
Donāt want to derail the thread though, the point is that we shouldnāt need to be worrying about stuff like this, this is an Asobo/MS issue and they need to fix it. Itās been going on a year now
If you donāt care for the drives in it, you can remove them and swap your current ones into it. Otherwise you can use cloning software to transfer the contents (which Iāve done without issue). If you go either of those routes, thereās some concern over Windows activating on such a new system, but that is generally a non-issue if you prep beforehand. I suggest you read up on that and consider linking it to your Microsoft account if you havenāt already. I think detecting a new motherboard is the most common trigger.
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No it is not to complex. You only have to download and install the core MSFS file from the xbox app again on your new system. That one is only 1,4 Gig.
Then copy back the package files from your backup into the new package folder ( >120 gig). You can also change the directory from the package path if you want. Search the forum. it is multiply described how to do it.
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I donāt know if it will work for everyone but this helped me.
I have a 300mbps fibre line and am connected via an ethernet cable.
My download speeds were around 2mbps and would occasionally fluctuate to around 200mbps, once reaching the peak of 200mbps it would come back down to 2mbps within seconds. It has been horrible as Iāve reinstalled MSFS2020, the internal downloads (marketplace content) are the worst.
I read about others using a VPN as it helped them. I tried the free version of Proton, that only allowed me to use the servers in the Netherlands. It didnāt help at all.
I was hesitant to purchase anything because of conflicting reports on whether using a VPN fixes this or not. Eventually, out of desperation, I purchased the cheapest package I could get from Proton.
I initiatally connected to the US server, that helped but I was only getting around 6mbps now instead of the usual 2mbps. I checked multiple servers (Japan also gave me around 6mbps).
Eventually I found a server in Canada that allowed my speeds to go up to around 100mbps, this is not the full bandwidth, it is 200mbps below that, but this was a massive improvement over 2mbps. The best part is it was very consistent and stable around 100mbps.
I think which server is best is different depending on a number of things, others said the US and Japan had the fastest speeds, this is likely true depending on server loads and a bunch of other factors.
To summarize it, the use of a VPN for me - cannot guarantee it will work for you - helped me go from 2mbps to +/-100mbps consistently during marketplace downloads. This was only once I found the correct server for that period of time. I hope this information helps others, it is truly horrible when you can download over 100GB in less than 40 minutes yet MSFS takes a full day to download 80GB.
Hopefully this gets fixed as having to use a VPN is far from an ideal fix.
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Here we are again. Another update, another miserable and frustrating download experience
Please fix this issue.
Yep. Been like this since June 2023ā¦500mbps fiber to premises connection and 2.5mbps ONLY on MSFS content download. Before June I had 100mbps+ downloads consistently even downloading content. Same ISP, same router, etc. Iāve actually given up expecting Asobo to fix this and just walk away from my PC till its complete in a few hours time. Like being back in 2004 nevermind 2024!
