Common Feedback
I just thought with all the Updates, Improvements and additional Scenery MSFS2020 worked great. Also from what I understood there were limits regarding performance based on architecture and design of the code. The Xbox is capable of way more than we experienced in MS2020.
So I expected that they would keep what’s already great, improve the code to enfold the whole potential, improve graphics and features and transform the settings for the peripherals.
- I think they went too far regarding online only. You should have at least basic features without connection.
- They did not transform the settings, which took hours. (see below)
- The graphics are not that great from what I saw, because there is only great if full bandwidth and performance is given and in each other case its worse.
- If it runs, it’s stable and there are way less glitches in the graphics and performance, but way less quality in the graphics.
See here:
Specific Feedback
Installation
- Download very fast, Install very fast
Interface & User-friendly
- Interface looks fresh and well thought
- Very difficult and complex getting used to the new handling of the menus, settings, cockpits and in flight
Settings
No migration of the settings - this resulted in being mandatory to reconfigure all peripherals that I used in MSFS2020. Controller, Keyboard, Thrustmaster Hottas, Velocity One. This was a nightmare. First there are a lot of settings, so you need to find them and also figure if it’s the right one or created the desired effect. Also there are new ones that makes more sense for buttons you were using differently before. So if you change one thing like cursor mode, this destroys several other features. Also therefore this was only possible to find out in a flight. Flights would crash to the menu or even crash the sim. This resulted in the settings not be saved or whole profiles gone. So my process was everything from making photos from settings in MSFS2020, changing to MSFS2024, then checking them in a flight, while adding notes and then just leaving the flight and finally apply them trough the settings in the main menu, so they are saved.
Free Flight
- Took forever to launch. Takes a lot of time and patience to get used to the new inputs for the menus and the usage of the controller.
- The cursor mode should not be changed. It messes up other features. Also getting used to that combination Left Stick / RB takes time.
- The ATC window cannot be scaled higher in size and won’t show all information. You have to permanently switch between cursor mode and back.
- ATC is not that great
- Scenary is not that great, if the external streaming and bandwidth performance is a just a little less than epic.
- Tab Feature is amazing!
Landing Challenges
- No details on how you did
- No improvement in user experience and gamification
These are my bug reports
Settings
ATC Window
Landing Challenges
My wish for more gamification for landing challenges