Things that you like with MSFS 2024

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Let us have thread with the improvements/good things in MSFS 2024 that you like (there are plenty of other threads for the issues!)

Just been flying for a couple of hours but there are definitely some huge improvements!

  • Ground handling feels much better and more natural
  • Loading times are much faster, I like the seamless world map!
  • Lighting is much improved, ranging from night to various stages of daylight, feels more realistic now
  • Love the ability to walk around and inspect the plane
  • I personally think the UI is better, but I understand that’s very subject, it feels more modern and crisp
  • Seasons makes a big difference, I didn’t realize how much of a difference it makes until now
  • The built-in flight planner and maps are leaps above any default system I ever seen in a flight sim
  • Vegetation gives a more natural feeling than before, it feels more organic

Just some noticeable things I already enjoy!

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The TV towers I use in my area for local VFR flights are stock now. (Have to load VFR Towers package in MSFS2020).

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Trees, rocks, etc.

New aerials

Faster loading times

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I really like the new theme music !

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Seems someone misread the title of this thread to be “things that you hate” instead of “things that you like”.

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It’s got a nice loading screen…

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Id like to contribute to this post but 2 days in now and still cant get in.

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Loading screen and music is quite nice so far. Enjoyed it for nearly 10 hours now.

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I like the concept of Career Mode and the concept of the detailed Flight Training.
Once they are functional, I’ll be very happy.

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I am waiting to grab the 2TB SSD this weekend and will see if the servers are doing better to buy and install it. But I am certain it is full of great values for the years to come (not mentioning the free content updates and goodies we will see)…

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Honestly, there’s a lot to love here.

A lot of this is probably repeated:

  • The walkarounds. OMG, the walk arounds. I’ve been wanting this since FS95.
  • Get out of the plane and walk to the terminal. So nice. Really good for the feel of the game.
  • Hot air balloon. It’s kitschy and silly and I love it. The very first aircraft I was ever in was a hot air balloon. It’s what made me first fall in love with aviation.
  • wake turbulence. I was flying formation with friends last night and got right in behind them and the buffeting was real
  • The transition from map to flight. It’s a little thing to have the zoom in instead of “pop, here you are” but it makes the whole thing feel more polished than 2020
  • Career mode shows promise
  • That I’m in what appears to be a very exclusive club of people who don’t hate it.

And I just got update that my collectors edition has shipped, so soon I’ll be moving off gamepass and into the full pack. Looking forward to it.

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the roads and bridges have been improved! I like!

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So far:

Lighting and shadows
Ground handling
Ground scenery dynamics and interaction
Walkaround mode
The presence of the Grumman Albatross
Overall performance

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Not sure it’s the case everywhere, but I saw a bunch of road that no longer had the green tint they had in 2020!

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Things I like:

  • Nothing
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Celestial objects and their motion is way more accurate, no more inaccurate solar eclipses. Better atmospheric scattering.

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Lots of VFR details everywhere.

Speaking about walkaround: i like it but i’d like having the option to skip it at all (simulating my buddy doing the task for me).

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We do after all have a copilot… whether we put one in the weight and balance or not…

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I’m thrilled to have 2024. 2020, without a yoke, pedals, … was a challenge and I faded away from it. Now I’m on a MASSIVE computer with 3 AMD Radeon Pro W6700s and 18 32" 4K monitors.

I quickly found out this sim only supports 8 monitors currently, but if you’re interested, here’s a short video of my 6 monitors currently working. Tweaking them to be perfect is tedious.

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The two killer features for me are the new ground elements (grass, flowers, vegetation, snow, etc.) and the high-resolution mountains. This is so much better than in 2020 which was looking quite horrible on ground or close to mountains.

I also really like the first-person walk-around mode; it provides a sense of scale that wasn’t there before. Walking around a small airfield, surrounded by flowers with the towering Mount Fuji in the background, was stunning.

Other good features: seasons and missions (although on the later, there is clearly room for improvements).

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