Super Bright Contrails!


ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue: Every contrails is always so bright at night it makes no sense. Doesn’t matter what lighting settings you use it’s gonna be very bright even on moonless nights. Thought it was maybe raytracing but no. Every plane has this issue and goes to show it’s the default contrails that are broken. Night is worse but day is also very bad and has a strange hue.

[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; it’s literally default in the sim

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

  1. take any jet
  2. fly high
  3. put night and even moonless night and observe

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:
not relevant

[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?
msfs 2024

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?
rtx 4070 super

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
32gb ram

MEDIA

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The exact same happens to me with no mods or addons. Contrails at night are super bright.


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