I decided to restart machine after installing SU5 and on launch MSFS is stuck on checking for updates. CPU and GPU are idle. looks to be frozen. i tried restarting again to no avail. Please dont tell me i have to reinstall this again? thx

Yeah if you wait 3-5 mins it will pass the “checking for updates.” I think the servers are running slow because of the influx of downloads going on right now.

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Game stuck on checking for updates after restarting machine w/SU5

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