Is Microsoft Flight Simulator ready to be your primary sim?

[@aviationengine6701]

Honestly, I have been playing msfs2020 for a year now and the only issue I have is the taxiing. My game has never crashed, I have stable 30fps (could go to 60 up in the air) and I have no complaints about the camera system. Before msfs2020 my primary sim was XP11. If you use the sim from steam put -FastLaunch in the launch options. (that will save about 1 minute of loading time) If you have Nvidia go to the control panel and go to manage 3d settings and then program settings and find msfs2020 now look for max frame rate and set it to 29, in the sim options set v-sync to off. Now you should have stable 29 fps which is more than enough (especially when they are stable). Great vid !

[@_al1k_]

I'll try the out in a bit

[@hochmaniac]

Thanks for the suggestions!

[@buffysaviation]

MSFS has been my primary sim since I got my computer that can finally run it and especially since the likes of PMDG and Fenix I think the only reason I would go back is for the nice planes I bought that still aren’t in MSFS yet (especially the QualityWings 787)

[@adamr7958]

Cameras and Ground handling are my two big hang-ups with the sim, hoping they open the camera SDK in the future for 3rd parties to make camera add-ons.

[@MattyAviation]

FSDreamTeam will be here to rescue us when they release GSX

[@hochmaniac]

I thought I read the camera system wont be opened up for devs, which is why Chase Cam wont be developing any products for MFS. But that's just something I heard on the internet, so who knows. Thanks for watching!

[@adamr7958]

@@hochmaniac In a recent Q&A Asobo mentioned that the demand for camera apps has them reconsidering opening up the camera API however they have not done so at this time. Hopefully if more people post on the forum they will prioritize opening the camera API for third party devs.

[@hochmaniac]

@@adamr7958 Good info, I wasn't aware of it. Thank you!

[@martijnnvt6949]

I can enjoy both MSFS and X Plane, they both have their own unique feeling to it.

[@50Hz]

Great video quality for a youtuber with 261 subs.. You will go really well. I've subbed.

[@hochmaniac]

Thank you, I really appreciate it! Trying to get to 1k subs

[@rigger41]

I still use XPlane. I fly helos, so it's just an aircraft selection and implementation delay mostly. Once they get some solid helos, I'll be switching most likely

[@hochmaniac]

I'd imagine MFS in helo would be amazing given the low altitude

[@rigger41]

@@hochmaniac. First off, I really liked your no nonsense approach in the video. As to MSFS, I agree. Just the clouds and scenery will make it worth it. Although, I do give X-Plane massive respect, because their mesh does mountainous areas wonderfully and I spend most of my time in sim flying the Orbx SoCal/NorCal mountains.

[@hochmaniac]

@@rigger41 Thank you!

[@johanjacobs9240]

MSFS on my machine is fine tuned to the extent that I get very good frames without any stutters. And that is with the Fenix A320. Never had a crash and is very enjoyable to fly. I caught myself out many times stopping short of deleting X-Plane 11. I think that day is approaching very fast.

[@hochmaniac]

Good stuff. Thank you for watching!

[@Verbal100]

I agree with the points you made. The switches can be very annoying trying to find the exact point of contact. Also the crashes can be super frustrating. I was 10ft from parking at a gate after a 4 hour flight and the sim crashed, arrrghhhhhhh!!!!!!! It does seem they have overcomplicated things, like the camera. But I must say overall I'm enjoying my first flight sim. I've never tried any other sims so I can't compare them. Anyway, another great video, keep up the good work.

[@hochmaniac]

Thanks for watching!

[@jawad4573]

My problem with msfs is the constant updates, I'm not really in a situation where I can update the sim anytime there is an update due to personal things even though I do understand that the updates are to fix the sim

[@BlueLineAv]

Personally I feel a simulators main focus is to replicate the systems I take visuals as a pleasant surprise, I still enjoyed the video!

[@psaunier10]

I love the flight dynamics and IFR features in X-Plane 11, especially the Zibo Mod B738, but the eye candy is amazing in MSFS. I wish we could merge the scenery and graphics from MSFS into X-plane and make the perfect sim. Lol

[@StephenC050]

I suppose technically MSFS is now my primary spending most of my time in the fenix and maddog…but i still have p3d and xplane installed, primarily for the dash8 and PMDG long haulers that I occasionally fly and in xp the inibuilds airbusses. DCS will never leave as MSFS is not designed for military operations. Agree with many of your points, but think you missed the weather system. WX radar coming soon I believe. But when it updates the weather you can get some violent changes during flights.

[@hochmaniac]

Yes, thanks for reminding me about the weather radar!

[@britfrog]

there is no doubt thatmsfs will be a force worth considering if and when it comes out of beta, the new update this month giving mulit-monitor support is a major step in the right direction , however they must stop dumming it down as the scenery now is a pale shadow of what we saw when it was released 2 years ago

[@stephenbrown2367]

I have both flight sims but MSFS looks amazing with some tweaks to LOD and Google mod streaming at LOD 19 incredible realism.

[@hochmaniac]

I've tried the google thing (MSFS2020 map enhancement) but I dont see a difference. Any suggestions?

[@stephenbrown2367]

@@hochmaniac I am using the experimental Version which has the High LOD Setting.Turn off rolling cache for me i I don’t use SS anymore it made textures blurry and yes it makes big difference in picture quality much sharper Textures in VFR Flying and so much more enjoyable

[@hochmaniac]

@@stephenbrown2367 That's great! I'm just trying to see the difference when I spawn in and look around just with the drone cam.

[@Trex531]

I think flight experience in Xplane 11 is more realistic than MSFS, but the stunning graphics and the excellent job done on the Fenix A320 makes you ignore some of those issues exception made when it crashes! I’m an airline pilot, nice video!

[@hochmaniac]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching!

[@tvflight7858]

I have one more issue with msfs2020. It's great that the devs keep updating the game and fixing bugs etc. but I hate how those updates are forced and you don't have the option to delay the update because you don't have the time and patience to download a huge update and then wait for some of your mods to be updated and then reinstall them all. Sometimes smaller updates don't break your mods and it's only a matter of 10 extra minutes in the loading screen but still. Sometimes you just want to start up your sim and fly somewhere but then - surprise! An update. And then you just quit.

[@hochmaniac]

I agree the updates breaking features is awful, but hopefully as the sim matures that becomes less frequent. Thanks for watching!

[@gin1826]

Guys, I‘m coming from XP11 and wow.. alone the Graphics in MSFS.. just stunning there is no competition in the Market since MSFS did this just awesome! The Community in MSFS is since Day 1 so nice and everyone is helping each other. So many Addons already there and ASOBO is doing what they can, they listen to the Community. I‘m proud to be Part of the MSFS Community and there is more to come, even more and more dev‘s are leaning into MSFS what a wonderful time to be alive guys! :D

[@hochmaniac]

The visuals between XP11 and MFS are truly amazing. I thought I would flip between the two, but I cant bring myself to go back to XP now. Thanks for watching!

[@hansloyalitat9774]

Except the physics of mfs are crap, I cant force myself to switch just because of this

[@whammo11224]

This is the sim that I fly. The scenery cannot be stated enough as the reason. I have a flight log of flights that I have flown since FS9, redoing those flights is a blast with the scenery in MSFS! I have also saved a ton of money by not buying additional scenery. There is no need for me to buy additional sceneries. This is the only sim that I have ever flown while NEVER using time compression because of the scenery! Did I say how much I love the scenery? BTW, I subscribed!

[@hochmaniac]

Thank you for subscribing!

[@kennethd2643]

I bought when it first came out, after a month of trying to fly it I uninstalled it. But in Jan I saw chatter that said it was greatly improved. I was a Xplane pilot now MSFS is my primary.

[@hochmaniac]

Your comment may as well have been written by me. Thanks for watching!

[@tedyi8588]

I have it but the camera settings are too complex so I endded up with sticking to xp11.

[@hochmaniac]

I'll have to make a video about how to get XP-style cameras in MSFS. It's not perfect, but workable

[@tedyi8588]

@@hochmaniac Yeah I need it

[@BelicTransporter]

I see the Gotham Ultra font

[@flo4401]

Concerning the zooming issue with click spots I suggest you to go into the keybinding settings for you mouse and changing the zoom with midclick and scroll instead of just scroll the problem will be solved

[@hochmaniac]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@offtheice]

The flight model of the Fenix a320 is the most realistic to date according to many irl pilots but yeah I agree the ground handling is quite bad

[@hochmaniac]

That definitely seems to be the consensus. Thanks for watching!

[@andrewwatson5380]

I will be going toX-Plane 12 when it is released. MSFS2020 has some good features but development is way too slow for my liking. The Sim wasn't ready when it was released.

[@ericveschi4904]

I have it since 1 month, and I'm very impressed by the smooth VR I have, even with a gtx1070. If I compare to X-plane. I can fly with bad weather without any FPS drops. But ok, I'm using OpenXR and OpenXR toolkit, and it helps me a lot to have more smoother. I noticed to that VOR are more realistic. Because it respect this formula D=1.23*(squareroot Altitude-high of the VOR) It's a theoretical calculation, but the results is very close that I have on MSFS2020. For the same flight on X-plane, I was able to catch the VOR on the taxiway. But on MSFS2020 the calcul gave me 4200 Ft. And yes I was able to catch the VOR at 4000Ft. It means that the Altitude profile is important now when you want to flight with VOR system

[@hochmaniac]

Thanks for sharing your experience, and thank you for watching!

[@carterpaulson2257]

IDK what I did to mine but somehow I changed the click zones for the a32nx and I no longer get the arrows when I hover over them, however I can change the position of the switch by scrolling the mouse wheel, I find this a lot better.

[@love.ly.]

You probably switched the Cockpit interaction system from "Legacy" to "Lock" in General > Accessibility.

[@stephenmckinnell7791]

Personally I’m not too bothered about very accurate flight dynamics where airliners are concerned, after all, most real world flights are with A/P engaged for 99% of the time. I have now deleted x-plane and have only MSFS & DCS. I agree with most of your downside points about MSFS, my computer never used to crash but has started doing so recently - I don’t know why that might be. Taxiing is painful at times, and surely Asobo could get rid of those lights that stick up in places they’d never be in real life - as well as the people & vehicles committing suicide frequently! 🥴. Cameras are perhaps my biggest bugbear. Your comments are spot on - for me DCS has far better camera views that are much easier to attain, so had x-plane. I am sure all these issues will be dealt with sooner of later, but for me the real clincher is the scenery - world wide! It’s really awesome! My current fantasy would be to have a clean Mirage or F18 from DCS to fly in MSFS. I’m not really interested in bombing things, but the planes themselves are amazing. The PMDG 737 is good enough for me, visually & in cockpit - yeah, the Airbus guys seem to go on about the Fenix A320 being the ‘best’ - that’s just natural bias - they’re both great imo. Respect for all developers. Good content & video. Subscribed. 👍

[@hochmaniac]

The only time the flight model really bothers me is on final approach. I find it too easy to get a good landing, even with bad weather. Thanks for watching!

[@aarnjer]

Nope not moving MSFS until there is good study level Longhaulers

[@NookaNifty]

Sorry to say, but we have plenty of Airbus pilots here in KZbin, who attest the "flight model" of Fenix is the most realistic they have experienced in a sim. I can't think of anything more obnoxious than sim only pilots in the forums and here in youtube making claims how this or that plane is not doing what it should in real life.

[@hochmaniac]

Good point about the pilot buy-in. I believe I mentioned in this or another video about the Fenix the first-hand Airbus pilots who vouched for the Fenix. Thanks for watching

[@pilot_evan]

X-Plane at the moment, mostly for IFR proficiency. Haven't made the jump to try out MSFS, but it does look stunning! Can't wait to see what XP12 brings to the table.

[@johngoncalves4738]

Very true words. I 100% agree with you. The best-ever simulation, but the way it works, it's like a PC game, not a flight sim. It has scenes never seen before. Graphics are second to none. But the camera stuff is short of pathetic and all people I talk to agree. Also, the airliners are very weak with lots of INOP buttons, if one is used to PMDG, Aerosoft, and the like. In fact, I take a plane and go flying to enjoy the scenery which is so real and beautiful. They should keep to FSX style way of playing the sim and cameras. I'm a bit disappointed in what concerns the way it plays. this is a game, not a simulation. And yes, this is the most advanced game ever. The developers can feel proud about what they have created. Perhaps later, some other developer will introduce a simpler camera control. Well, i have a problem with these cams.

[@jeremiahderosas9355]

It is my primary sim

[@hochmaniac]

Nice! Thanks for watching

[@jamesd6952]

The way I look at it, the flight model for those of us who have never flown any of the planes in MSFS IRL, is not that big an issue, after all it is a simulation and there is a lot of stuff missing that you get when you fly planes IRL. That being said, what can be simulated in a flight sim are the visuals, and the sound, and that is where MSFS shines and where all flight simulations should be striving to be good at. Let's just get something straight, those people who think Xplane flight model is spot on are just fooling themselves, I have spoken to many Real life pilots who have flown xplane and have said the flight model is way off of how the planes fly IRL.

[@Purely-Flight]

POV your primary sim is rfs

[@noahmarcoux2696]

Yes, it’s ready. No longer a scam!

[@hochmaniac]

The world is safe from halliscams

[@matt6548]

@@hochmaniac i think this video serves as proof it was never a scam to begin with

[@matt6548]

also good job on nailing the trifecta: like, sub, bell.

[@noahmarcoux2696]

@@matt6548 Lets not get crazy now

[@hochmaniac]

@@matt6548 Thumbnail should have said "Is it STILL a SCAM?"

[@robburgundy9539]

General aviation flight mechanics are the best out of any sim…s

[@42LGK]

to be honest, if I had xp11 and all the addons I have for msfs, I wouldnt touch msfs anymore for now

[@dirtycasper]

Not until they fix the crash issues

[@tomkatsu51]

Is battlefield ready?

[@hochmaniac]

Serious questions only, please

[@epictetus9766]

Shame your video is in 720p. Looked terrible on my 4K monitor, so I only got 26 seconds in before deciding not to watch any further. But, yes, FS2020 has pretty much become my primary sim. I don't even have XP11 installed anymore. I'll definitely get XP12 when it comes out, and use it for certain types of flying, but the Fenix is just phenomenal!

[@hochmaniac]

Thanks for watching!

[@jeffhuggins64]

It's better then any other Flight Sim.....................................

[@hochmaniac]

Bold statement. Thanks for watching!

[@wiebe-piercnossen6419]

I sitll prefer X-plane, especially with otho it looks good and the flying is so much better, even compared to the PMDG 737. I sometimes fly it for sight seeing, but when it comes to the flying bit, as a real world (private) pilot I feel X-plane feels better. That said the Cessna 152 and 172, feel really good in MSFS2020. THe few times I flew in a motion sim of a 737 compare best to X-plane's Zibo

[@hochmaniac]

Thanks for watching!

[@quantumac]

What's holding me back from switching to M$FS? Mainly the fact it comes from Micro$oft. I understand Micro$oft has dominated the software industry for quite some time, but I view it as an abusive company, so I look for other solutions. I don't even run a Micro$oft operating system. I run Ubuntu/Linux. XP11 is a very stable platform and it runs natively under Linux, including with the Valve Index headset in VR. I appreciate XP11's true multi-platform nature, since it runs on more than just Micro$oft operating systems. XP11 performs very smoothly and pays a lot of attention to the flight model.

[@hochmaniac]

Thanks for sharing and for watching!

[@skypiratez]

Potato PC owners - no. All others - Hell YEAH!

[@kosys5338]

People talk a lot about immersion killers in a flightsim, well for me nothing is an immersion killer like poor visuals. If you take P3D or X-plane and compare the visuals to MSFS 2020 it is hands down night and day. When it comes to visuals the older platforms look like old out dated platforms when it comes to visuals. Every single sim ever created has had to go through it's growing pains and MSFS is no different. The more time that goes by the more the sim gets better and better. At this point in the game you can instantly tell when watching a video from X-Plane, the visuals just jump up and slap you in the face. After seeing the visuals in MSFS I just couldn't go back to X-Plane. That doesn't bother me because MSFS is only getting better and better with each update and that my friends is what matters. As for the visuals in P3D or X-Plane, they just are not getting any better and there is a reason for that. Comparing X-Plane to Microsoft Flight Simulator is like comparing an old tube television to a new gen LCD Flat screen television, it's night and day.

[@atcmick]

Yes, yes you should

[@hochmaniac]

You're partially to blame for my decision

[@nomadaviator_1]

You are most welcome 😁

[@MattyAviation]

My PC isn’t powerful enough. I own it though

[@hochmaniac]

Next time you upgrade your PC, might be worth trying it back out again. Thanks for watching!

[@Howrider65]

Crashes to much still and has been out how long. I hate it every time there is an update it messes something up. And everything cost too much if you get all of the DLCs it would cost you $8,000.. No thanks I pass X Plane 12 will be for me.

[@hochmaniac]

Thanks for watching!

[@tomstravels520]

No. Cannot fly more than 4 hours without the sim crashing randomly

[@hochmaniac]

My crashes have always been limited to the loading screen. Still frustrating. Thanks for watching!

[@tomstravels520]

@@hochmaniac I could be flying along with a steady 30fps (almost never get 60fps no problems in either standard or add on aircraft then it’s just freeze and CTD. Only ever got one complete flight with the Fenix so far and one CTD occurred just 50ft from touchdown. So I’m definitely keeping X-Plane and upgrading it

[@CaptainAbir]

The more updates are being launched for the MSFS , the more unpredictable the sim is becoming….. multiple Crashes, non responsive mouse, it is a complete nightmare to use the MSFS even with the best specs !!!

[@pilotaryan5616]

xp11>msfs

[@oreoproblems]

Ima be straight up. P3D and X-Plane is better in everyway except graphics wise (generally). If I were to switch to MSFS, it would be because of PMDG.

[@hochmaniac]

I hope/think/expect MFS to close the gap in performance over next few months

[@BotanistOnDuna]

In my opinion, no x-plane 12 is around the corner, and both pmdg and fenix are payware. x-plane's physics are extremely superior to fs2020, and with x-plane 12 physics will almost perfectly be real life. in the latest dev blogs they have written about them using irl checklists and not using artificial plane maker values and planes fly like they would in real life. thats not the case for fs2020 with most planes. and in x-plane 12 all planes fly like real life, not just 2 famous regional jets. plus the bugs and crashes are horrible, its like they released a pre closed alpha to us.

[@hochmaniac]

I'm very interested to see how Xplane stacks up. Their weather engine looks to be equal, but I'm not sure about the scenery on the ground.

[@kinnymonster]

No, no, no. MSFS was perfect out of the box. Just ask the streamers & KZbinrs who got paid by Microsoft to say it. ;) LOL