Re: streaming scenery.
I have owned every single version of MSFS since I bought an Atari 130XE that came with the MSFS cartridge as a bonus. Since then I have bought it for every PC platform I’ve owned. (Unfortunately, they didn’t have a version for the DEC Alpha.) From MS-DOS all the way to Windows 10. I still have copies of FS 2000, 2004, (Century Of Flight), and FS-X. Each and every time I have purchased the “Premium, Super-Deluxe” version so that there would be no limitations on what I could do or where I could go.
So it is with FS 2020 - I planked down the serious coin for the God-Level edition, with all the updates, scenery packs, aircraft, bells and whistles.
In each previous version I was able to get recognizable scenery. OK, I couldn’t see the moss on the trees, or the car parked out in front of my house, but I saw recognizable landmarks even in a backwater like Worcester, Ma. Holden was there, the water-towers were there, even the small grass-strip airfield in Leicester was there, right off of interstate 190, just like real life. Shopping centers, buildings, (though not always accurate), and other landmarks were present and accounted for.
I haven’t flown over Worcester in FS 2020, but if it’s anything like Long Island, it will be atrocious.