so, the ZULU settings become even weirder.
wind direction and strength does not change, verified by looking at a windsock and pressing the keys bound to SET ZULU. this is despite years passing in the blink of an eye and in some cases cosmetic weather (overcast, rain) spawning in on some ZULU settings but not others.
even more strangely and bizarrely, if you turn on the weather overlay on the C172’s Garmin 1000 map, completely different weather patterns load in for each press of ZULU SET – and yet the windsock never budges.
EDIT: needless to say, the wind displayed by the windsock does not match the current METAR. it seems to be pulled out of a hat, or some other, darker orifice.
there’s some serious BS going on here.