I’m not sure what you mean here. As far as I can tell it has nothing to do with my OP at all.
I’m a team of 1 (didn’t you read my joke?) and I have no affiliation with either Microsoft or Asobo in the aircraft production line.
I’m a solo independent developer and don’t produce aircraft, I’m focused on usability improvements for using available aircraft to explore and learn about this digital twin of Earth, whether it’s the 2020 or 2024 version.
I tested extensively against many of the 2024 standard edition aircraft and while some crashed there are more than enough for great flight experiences, even with the sim in its current state.
And that’s coming from someone who has been experiencing 3 or 4 CTD’s or total system freezes while A DAY for a month+ develop a working addon for MSFS 2024.
Location Manager 2 is the next generation of my MSFS 2020 addon, which is referenced here: Aircraft Manager Pro + Location Manager Pro now available - #158 by Sonicviz
You’re also not that much older than me, I started programming on punched cards and COBOL, which are ancient computing history now. Computing has come a long way, and over that same timeframe MSFS has always pushed technical boundaries. Could they have done the 2024 release better? Sure. Should they have? Double sure. But it is what it is now, so you have to roll with the punches, and find what works for now. And I assure you, it does, in some spots.
As to time left, none of us know how long we have left, no matter what age you are. Sadly, a lot of people have unfortunately found that out the last few years, especially since the advent of covid and the newest generation of highly lethal kinetic warfare afflicting the globe.
So, a matter of perspective. You have options. MSFS 2020 isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, and MSFS 2024 will improve as time goes on.
Enjoy either one, for however long you can, in the best way possible, is my advice.
Flightsimming is a great activity to participate in for many reasons, from relaxation to real world reinforcement learning (procedural, mainly) to education about the history and bleeding edge of aviation. Many people don’t even have that opportunity, so I advise focusing on the aspects that work (and many do, if you make the right choices) and avoid (for now) the aspects which are not quite there yet.
Location Manager 2 is designed to help you do that, whichever version you wish to use.
Blues Skies and Happy Flying.
PS: I’m also still using an RTX 2060, so on that we agree! A great workhorse of a GPU, and can still run MSFS 2024 on medium if you can find the magic NVidia driver settings combination😉