Lately I’ve been enjoying flyovers of Tibet…but it raises the question of the fidelity of the simulator?
I wanted to test it out with an airplane with a rather low ceiling, Cessna is a little too low, and the ceilings aren’t performance based they seem to be “glass ceilings”.
Regardless.
How are the atmospheric fidelity? Apparently actual Tibet is a beast to fly over because of massive wind sheers and speeds…so I would expect major problems. In the 747 it’s rather smooth.
I don’t know about Tibet, but trying to fly through or over the Rocky Mountains, even at FL altitudes, is a pretty rough ride in game. Massive wind gusts, turbulence, and just horrible conditions to fly in. Did it twice now in a TBM and not likely to try it again. That was WAY too rough. I’m not sure I would have survived that same flight in real life.
Yhh the effects next to mountains are totally over-powered. And it seems it has no actual connection to the wind speed/direction. If the wind is 0 or even 10kt it shouldn’t be as aggressive as it is now. especially not when you are 10,000 feet above the highest peak. They should defiantly address it.
Very interesting, I would have thought the ride was “less” true to roughness. But then as Crunchmeister71 mentions, probably wouldn’t have survived the roughness of his sim-flight.
I don’t have enough reference to how rough the flights would actually be.
Winds were constantly shifting and blowing me around. There was wind up to 70kts bouncing me around all over the place. Even in a sim, it wasn’t an enjoyable flight. I doubt a real life plane would have survived the beating I took.
Are you an actual pilot? If you aren’t, I can’t take you seriously if your only time behind the controls is in a consumer sim as you have nothing to base your judgement on.
MSFS models wind turbulence resulting from air bouncing around mountains. How accurate they are is anyone’s best guess. But they are true in representing a generally turbulent flight near mountainous terrain.
Regarding the turbulence being reflected 10,000 ft above the highest peak, maybe that’s something to look into.
“Mountain Wave” is a thing, and has been apparently reported by an SR71 pilot at ~70,000 feet and 100 miles off the New Zealand coast.
But… obviously that’s a very extreme case, and while mountains can cause strong turbulence at cruising altitudes, it’s not as certain a thing as it is in-sim.
citation: I have been in planes flying over mountains, and sometimes felt turbulance. 
I am a PPL with an instrument rating. So ? am i or my opinion are worthy enough for you now ?
Would you require a proof ?
And i suggest you read my comment again. You do not need to hold a pilot license or to pass an exam in meteorology to understand, that to have such a turbulence effect (on the verge of uncontrollable), early morning with 0 wind is wrong.