Also a rl glider pilot and sim pilot for many years and do no agree with this capitulation to mediocrity. Even Condor with their tiny team managed more realistic thermal modeling for soaring. It’s not a stretch to expect a monster budgeted flagship project like this with dedicated teams can manage something comparable to what 2-3 guys did 20 years ago in their spare time. As is, soaring weather, particularly thermals in MSFS are far below the standard set even by Condor 1. Condor 2 has even better thermals than that plus wave and ridge and came out 2 years before MSFS