MSFS 24 memory leak

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue: MSFS 24 has a cache RAM memory leak

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue? Don’t have mods

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)? Always

REPRODUCTION STEPS

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1.If I clear t’he cache myself With RAMMap doesnt happens, otherwise the game eventually crashes
2.Asked on Discord and happens to many people
3.Every software and driver is updated.

YOUR SETTINGS

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What peripherals are you using, if relevant:

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?
PC on Steam

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?
MSFS 24. Havent configured any DX. The one by default on Steam, which is usually DX12

[PC Only] Many issues may be due to an outdated graphics card. Please state your Graphics Card Driver Manufacturer (NVIDIA, Intel, AMD) and Version:I have NVIDIA With RTX 3080

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
Inte i9 12900k and 64 GB RAM
RTX 3080

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This is the same as the VRAM bug thread. Asobo doesn’t think this is a problem of the game, rather than our hardware, it is so uninportant for them that a fix for it is only coming in SU2 so in around another 3-4 months… Memory leaks are extremely game breaking and they do not care

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Ya it’s such a joke, I had just hard documented said memory leak the day before they said that too… they will just spout bs to save face it seems even if it’s not true.

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Problem of our hardware than only happens in their game?? Such a coincidence…

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
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Provide extra information to complete the original description of the issue:
• My RAM usage is double what it was in MSFS2020 often going over Retail Budget. I have 32gb of RAM however usage has gone as high as 47gb. RTX 4080 Super, i9-14900KF, 32gb MT5600 RAM.

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Well, I have good FPS and performance. It just crashes after a while (about an hour) … trying multiple things but so far nothing besides clearing the cache myself.

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This has been discussed in another thread as mentioned here already. You can try the following to try avoid the issue:

Texture Resolution = MED
FG = OFF
Raytraced Shadows = OFF
NVIDIA APP: if installed try with it uninstalled, some have reported that this could cause issues.

Other than that - wait for SU2 unfortunately

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I have done what u said. NVIDIA app just not running. I get 55-70 FPS and have managed 2h flights. CPU and GPU are underperforming but seems to be stable.
For now antialiasing is on. Resolution set to high aside the ones that u told me to put on medium and deactivating ray tracing. Cache remains below 10GB. No need to clear cache myself.
Nothing else running on computer aside the Antivirus.
I would say is decent !!

Have to test it more…

Thanks.
Hopefully Asobo take optimization more seriously…

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