Big problem with what you wrote. There are already several themes about the landscape, barren mountains, poor quality trees, poor water texture, “spotted” mountains.
Please check out the topics:
https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/lod-problems-trees-water/276055/819
I think that the explanation for this is that not that many people feel as strongly as you about it. I have to be honest, I think the graphics are great, and I have no complaints in that regard. Are they perfect? No of course not - but given MS need to be able to cater to different setups and different internet connections as well as balancing server loads (and that latter one is definitely being messed about with at their end at the moment) I suspect they are trying to find the right balance of…