Unexpected surprise fix in Patch 5

I have an RTX 2080. For the most part in game (@ 3440 x 1440, mix of high and ultra), I rarely see my GPU go over 75% usage in flight, as I’m “limited by main thread” like most people with higher tier GPUs.

However, while sitting at the main screen, it would basically cook my GPU. Just sitting in the menu doing nothing, my GPU used to spike to 100% usage, temperature would go up to 85ºC and the fans would sound like a TBM at takeoff power.

Just removed my headset after a flight to realize that is was quiet in here. I realized my GPU fans weren’t screaming bloody murder at me any more. I’m now sitting at 40% GPU use. Still seems a bit steep for just sitting in a menu, but I’ll take it.

Thank you for FINALLY doing something about that!

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Yeah something has definitely changed. My FPS has gone from 45 to 35-ish. But, even when I was at 45 I had these constant microstutters. With the latest patch, even though I’m at 35, the microstutters seem to be gone. I still get the occasional long pause, but I’d offer up that for me, performance overall is slightly better.

I’m not sure it’s fixed, my GPU (RTX 2070) still sitting at 97% usage in the main menu, pushing 95/100 fps.

I wish they’d just used some static 2D type menus like FSX or X-Plane. This way it wouldn’t take 4 minutes to load the main menu and our GPUs would get a break.

But what do I know.

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