Hi folks. Unfortunately, this update ruins the game for me too
i7 7770k
MSI 2080
32GB
Oculus Rift CV1
MS Store version of the game.
I’m fully aware that my PC is not a beast it used to be and it’s in the lowest specs for MSF2020 VR. But I’m using it only for work and this, I switched to PS5 for gaming in general. I fell in love with MSF day 1 and I’m no sim pilot, just a casual player learning the experience. Had a cheap HOTAS from Elite Dangerous days so I’m using that. And I already had Rift. When the VR update came out, this game blew my mind for the second time. I’m 40 and gaming since 1986. MSF2020 VR in my opinion is the pinnacle of video games (so far). You can go literally anywhere in the world and it looks real and you’re IN the freaking plane. I’ve been dreaming about something like this since I was a little kid, it was sci-fi back then. “Old” people like me might know what I mean :).
Anyway, sorry for the bio, the performance was obviously not great, but with the help of some good folks on this forum, I managed to tweak my setup to the point that I was comfortably flying my beloved bush trips in VR and it was smooth and looked good. Not great but totally acceptable. And I already decided that once the GFX prices come back to normal, I’m getting a freaking beast PC with Valve Index and some crazy ■■■ HOTAS that my wife will want to divorce me if she finds out. But until then I’m flying with what I got, it really was a decent experience with all the tweaks and commands and the whole VR mantra before flying :).
But it’s not anymore. FPS makes me sick, the world looks bad, clouds look like they reverted back a few generations. I have to make myself remember not to move my head too quick and avoid big cities :(. I actually don’t want to play anymore. I looked through the forums, none of the fixes people mentioned worked for me. Wasted a week trying to make it better somehow. Just feels like my gear just fell out of minimum requirements. And I wasn’t aware of that update either, all was good, I had tons of new content to check out with Nordics update, didn’t read the news or forums… Then a full day update (with 300mb internet…) with exciting high hopes aftear reading up on it. And then, after I was freaking staring at the download % for the last 30 minutes of it, almost in a pilot outfit, with snacks and drinks and family locked down in a basement, I tried to play it and I was so let down that almost wanted to cry.
I have the game on Game Pass which I paid monthly only because of MSF2020. I already stopped the autorenewal and I will not renew until I read here that it’s been actually fixed. I plan on upgrading my PC by the end of the year either way so I guess I’ll try again then if nothing changes
Sorry for the rant, I was looking for some new posts that might help but frustration won…
Good luck with the game.