Comparison to MFS2020...just a couple questions..

[Slapdaddy]

I haven't purchased this yet and may not for a while or even at all...

Is MFS2024 more "online only" than MFS2020? Meaning is there just completely no option whatsoever to play offline?

Is there any option at all to download a local cache of a location like in MFS2020?

Is there VR support?

For anybody who managed to make it into the game and have done this, how was the performance in comparison to MFS2020 flying over the same areas in the same aircraft at the same speed?

Any visual quality improvements at all? Sharper textures? More detailed textures?

Thanks guys.

[Shabamalam]

right now it looks like crap---VR is supported but the game is so bugged that it looks like total crap. When the game is up and running properly someone will be able to give you an assessment and what was PROMISED certainly looks good....but its not what we are getting right now.

[⭐alb3530]

Originally posted by Slapdaddy:

Is MFS2024 more "online only" than MFS2020? Meaning is there just completely no option whatsoever to play offline?

It requires internet to start. No internet, you simply can't launch it.

Don't know what happens if internet goes down after you're playing though.

[MugHug]

Appears to be no realistic option to play offline. It seems you need to complete a online login before you can do anything. MSFS2040 also seems to NOT install locally the same type of low-res terrain that MSFS2020 seems to install.

There seems to be a local (non-rolling) cache, but I imagine it would need to be massive to hold a reasonably sized area in decent quality. Not played with it but suspect it could have issues in practical use. And still trying to work out how the aircraft are streamed or stored locally.

Have both sims and comparing flying around St. Petersburg, AK in the default C172, it seems for me that MSFS2024 is a few frames slower while some of the area looks better and some looks just the same. Not a vast improvement for me.

Trees look better and more detailed. Lighting is better.

[♀⛤WitchyWoman⛤♀]

Its simply a sham like every new train sim version. Call something new when its simply an update to FS2020. Made everyone start over and rebuy everything again. The only way MS is going to learn is if people put their foot down and hurt the company in its pocket book rather than just submitting and buying into it. There was no reason that MSFS 2020 needed to be retired. Aside from the connection issues. Curse MS for that alone

[Slapdaddy]

Great so it's pretty much a resounding "nope I won't buy this now" then lol. Oh well... I was hesitant to buy it and pretty upset when they announced this sim and that it would be replacing MFS2020, because its only a few years old now. If this isn't a worthy upgrade, I see no real reason to buy it. Unless they begin limiting MFS2020 arbitrarily to force people onto the new game, which would be....not surprising.

[Dominian]

MFS2020 did acutally load into the world. So it was already skies ahead.

[OperationDx]

Originally posted by Slapdaddy:

Great so it's pretty much a resounding "nope I won't buy this now" then lol. Oh well... I was hesitant to buy it and pretty upset when they announced this sim and that it would be replacing MFS2020, because its only a few years old now. If this isn't a worthy upgrade, I see no real reason to buy it. Unless they begin limiting MFS2020 arbitrarily to force people onto the new game, which would be....not surprising.

They had better not limit FS2020 after that 10 years of support bull crap.

[SSV670]

the graphics are horrible lol

[MugHug]

This has so many issues it should be classed as Early Access. It needs so much work.

It felt really nice to go back to MSFS 2020 and play it. While the trees may not look at good it was just a much better overall experience.

Unlikely to move over to 2024 for at least 6 monthsm if even then.

And what are the 'Rented' planes in the menus?