ISSUE DESCRIPTION
Description of the issue: Landing Challenge week 5/5 (27th May 2026 - Broome) all peripherals become unresponsive a few seconds after connecting my Warthog HOTAS Throttle!
FREQUENCY OF ISSUE
How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)? Every time!
REPRODUCTION STEPS
Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:
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Start Sim,
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Enter Challenge League,
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Start Landing Challenge “Broome”,
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Connect Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS throttle,
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PC becomes unresponsive via any peripheral.
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Even when doing the same Landing Challenge via the Activities Menu, the pc becomes unresponsive when I connect my Thrustmaster HOTAS throttle. The only way to get control of my PC is to gain access to the Task Manager using Control+Alt+Delete and to then ending MSFS 2024.
[PC ONLY] FAULT BUCKET ID
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YOUR SETTINGS
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What peripherals are you using, if relevant: Not dependent on a single or multiple peripherals, but the freeze always happens whenever I connect my Warthog HOTAS throttle (on its own or with other peripherals). At which point my PC freezes a few seconds later and specifically only when attempting the same landing challenge - “Broome”.
[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it? No
[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use? RTX 5090
[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share? ASUS ROG Strix X670E-E, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 64Gb Crucial Pro DDR5.
MEDIA
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