MSFS 2024: Afterburner Effects Too Slow And Too Dim

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:
Afterburner effects, like on the F-18 and third-party content, react far too slowly to throttle changes and are not bright enough.

If applicable, which aircraft is experiencing this issue:
F-18 Super Hornet

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?
Yes.

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:

  1. Load up the F-18 Super Hornet on a flight.
  2. Throttle to max (and turn afterburner on if it isn’t already).
  3. Notice the very slow fade as it kicks in, and the dim light it produces in the engines when active.
  4. Reduce throttle below afterburner threshold. You should notice the afterburner stays active for quite a while afterwards before it dims out to nothing, which is not accurate. The response times should be almost instant as it was in 2020.

Note that these issues affect other aircraft (i.e. third party content) with afterburners as well.

YOUR SETTINGS

If the issue still occurs with no mods and add-ons, please continue to report your issue. If not, please move this post to the User Support Hub.

What peripherals are you using, if relevant:
Thrustmaster T.16000M FCS.

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?
No.

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?
DX12.

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?
NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti SUPER.

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, 64GB RAM.

MEDIA

MSFS 2024 Afterburner Bug Demo.mp4 - Google Drive - A video demonstrating the bug. Notice how slow the effects are, and how dim the light from the afterburner is. Compare this to 2020. Third party aircraft have a slightly brighter afterburner light, but the effect being far too slow is the same.

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