Strange high (>95%) GPU usage on welcome page

Before spawning on an airport to start a flight, my GPU usage already exceeds 95% at the welcome page. This is just after loading the MSFS program and before input anything. When in VR flight, the GPU usage drops below 60%. If during VR flight I go to desktop, i.e. move the mouse out of MSFS window, GPU usage again exceeds 95%. This is very counterintuitive. I am not sure whether it is a bug or related to my setup. Thoughts?

My HW: 10700k OC’d @5.1 GHz, RTX 2080, Rift S, MS version MSFS.

6 posts were merged into an existing topic: Lower Resources in the Menu, Downloading, and Minimized. FPS cap?

Hi there,
Yes, to @CasualClick 's point, it is a known issue. I have moved your post into a votable Wishlist topic that already exists on the subject. Feel free to continue the conversation there.