Sim Update 5 Beta (1.7.9.0) Forum Surveys

[SeedyL3205]

Please use this thread to provide general feedback and impressions about the latest Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 5 Beta build. Do not post bug reports in this thread.

If you would like to report a bug, please create a new topic (or upvote an existing topic) in the appropriate sub category of the Sim Update 5 Beta | MSFS 2024 section of the forums. Please use the full bug report template when creating a new bug report.

On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being best), what is your Overall Rating of this Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 5 beta build?

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On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being best), how do you rate the flight model, avionics, and aviation realism in this build?

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On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being best), how do you rate the quality of the World Scenery in this build?

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On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being best), how do you rate the quality of the weather depiction, including Live Weather in this build?

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On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being best), how do you rate Career Mode in this build?

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On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being best), how do you rate World Photographer Mode in this build?

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On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being smoothest), how do you rate the Performance of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 in this build on PC?

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On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being most stable), how do you rate the Stability of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 in this build on PC?

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On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being smoothest), how do you rate the Performance of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 in this build on Xbox Series X|S?

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On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being most stable), how do you rate the Stability of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 in this build on Xbox Series X|S?

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On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being smoothest), how do you rate the Performance of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 in this build in Virtual Reality mode?

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On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being most stable), how do you rate the Stability of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 in this build in Virtual Reality mode?

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Thanks,
MSFS Team

[harrisond]

In my short time with this build so far, I do have to say that it appears to be delivering some remarkably impressive visuals and performance on Xbox Series X - Maybe too early to say, but my initial impressions are that this is the best I’ve seen the sim look/perform on Xbox to date.

If they can keep it running like this, continue to resolve some of the remaining annoying bugs (cockpit interaction in freelook, etc.) and not introduce any regressions, I would be VERY pleased! Keep it up!

Update: Spent some time with PMDG’s 736 and 738, and completed a couple ~2 hour flights. Flawless from start to finish! They performed marvellously, and I’ll re-iterate that the visual fidelity I’m seeing is by far the best it has ever been on Xbox. Truly impressive so far!

[BearsAreCool510]

Best build since the MSFS rebirth! Excellent performance and frametime smoothness.

[GimbalAxis]

Yet to vote, but good performance - at expense of lower resolution ground scenery it seems.

But, bugs and regressions reported since the beginning of SU5 still not addressed. Specifically

• Frame Generation is not being applied to additional windows without having to toggle the settings off, then save, then on, then save, every time you launch MSFS.
• Cockpit interaction system is locking on even when the white dot is disabled and “Legacy” is selected
• A lot of Settings don’t seem to “apply” even though they show as being set.

[mbraortns]

Weather depiction: I don’t know what has been done but it only looks marginally better and it seems to come at great expense to the scenery (PG LOD).

Asobo - you cannot create all weather with clouds that appear to be convective cumulus clouds. Live weather is entirely missing stratus layers that are perhaps even more common than cumulus clouds. They are at least as common.

I went today to the KPHL area where I think it should have looked like what is in this video

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/J29xeLgGDtk

but instead it was just the same as always

Please get serious about weather. Find new ways of doing things if needed. It looks bad. It performs bad. It is very very unrealistic.

and in case my video link doesnt work, heres some screenshots to show what I think should be a goal for cooler temperature non convective layers - its low few with higher broken and/or overcast.

I’m not asking or expecting exact matches but if you guys can make realistic looking and behaving rope and balloons and aircraft and trees and (some) animals then please put more effort into the weather’s appearance and effects.