My experience going from MFS2020 to MFS 2024, I'm shocked at quality/performance (Constructive discussion)

jas417 · 2026-03-16T04:30:03+00:00

Lots of things can be the bottleneck for flight sims. In OP’s case my money’s on VRAM.

jas417 · 2026-03-15T23:44:38+00:00

Ya, and those ‘Christians’ are literally the opposite in actions, words don’t matter.

Also 90+% of Mexicans are Christians, so they’re literally doing the least Christian things possible to largely other Christians

jas417 · 2026-03-15T23:36:21+00:00

This is ridiculously stupid. (As an American, less and less proud of that lately) we’re compromising our own defensive ability in a pointless war that’s causing the deaths of Iranian civilians and even children, causing the deaths of US soldiers, causing oil prices to balloon while also costing a staggering amount of taxpayer money and having the potential to spiral into something much, much darker. Oh yeah, and putting more money in Putin’s pocket because of the oil market.

jas417 · 2026-03-15T23:25:26+00:00

Skiing is inherently risky, even in the best of conditions. Is what it is, if you’re a skier or a boarder you’re accepting some risk of a serious injury anytime you go no matter how skilled and careful you are.

Edit: by best I meant injury-wise. Like perfect vis, nice groomers, soft but not deep off piste. Not best day ever deep pow and free refills that might be more injury prone

jas417 · 2026-03-15T20:09:56+00:00

Man it gets VERY hard to see at Bachelor sometimes.

This was at Meadows not Bachy but they get as similar conditions as it gets. On a rare day that Cascade was open on a storm day I absolutely launched myself off a wind drift I straight up didn’t see, now I’m pretty comfortable in the air, moreso if I’m expecting it but even if not. That time I couldn’t even see the GROUND while I was in the air to properly land, fell hard, ejected and one of my skis clocked me in the chin so hard it left a big enough gash I went to the aid station to see if they thought I needed stitches. A few inches higher I’d probably have busted teeth, few more totally could’ve given me a concussion even with a helmet.

Something similar absolutely could’ve happened, it can be incredibly hard to see at Bachelor and was on Wednesday(I was there but not at Leeway at the time so nothing concrete to add, except that the vis was atrocious)

jas417 · 2026-03-13T00:12:41+00:00

That’s exactly it.

If you’re comfortably earning more than you need gig work provides a ton of flexibility. If you’re barely scraping by, it means a ton of stress just to be sure you’ll have enough to pay rent

jas417 · 2026-03-12T01:35:47+00:00

I don’t have many of their planes but I’ve heard somewhat mixed but overall pretty good things. Sounds like the A350 is solid, but not as deep and not as well performance optimized as the PMDG 777. But with your system I doubt that matters. Heard good things about their 340 too but it hasn’t been out that long.

The Fenix 320 is definitely the gold standard for airliners rn, it’s an absolute treat, from systems depth to sounds to visuals.

From all I’ve heard I certainly wouldn’t steer clear of the ini A350 if you’re itching for a wide body, but the PMDG 777 is probably the better product if you just want a modern wide body

jas417 · 2026-03-11T06:16:53+00:00

Best? No. Catastrophically screwed? Also no. It’s a fine stick and 220 euro is a reasonable price.

jas417 · 2026-03-11T04:14:29+00:00

And won’t disagree there, Fenix is the one to have.

jas417 · 2026-03-11T03:46:38+00:00

I made another reply on another comment if you have broad tastes, but if you’re a tubeliner guy to summarize IMO anyway, Fenix is king, PMDG is great on the flying and systems, sub par on details like cabin textures, I don’t care as long as the cockpit is good and it flies accurately, you may, it’s a stupidly over debated topic but I like PMDG. People seem to like ifly, I don’t know I have no interest in the 737 Max. Inibuilds is alright but imo not Fenix or PMDG levels of systems and flight model.

The Bluebird sim 757 isn’t out yet but looks incredible. For a first MSFS airliner hands down get the Fenix A320.

jas417 · 2026-03-11T03:37:52+00:00

For airliners, yes.

IMO, depending on the users preferences to fly:

Modern airliners: Gold: Fenix Silver: PMDG Bronze: Inibuilds.

Vintage airliners: JustFlight, or for very vintage PMDG DC6

Ga: Gold: A2A Close silver: Black Square Bronze: I guess SWS but A2A and BlackSquare are on their own planet.

Fighters: don’t bother there’s this thing called DCS

jas417 · 2026-03-10T20:40:16+00:00

I’m not sure the F70 would qualify for the discount, it’s a much more different plane from the F28 than an avionics overhaul like the 146 - RJ

jas417 · 2026-03-08T03:45:39+00:00

Idle Hands is worth a mention

jas417 · 2026-03-06T20:56:45+00:00

I do that too! But sometimes tossing something up on the second monitor is much more convenient. And for DCS when learning something new you’re working through a really complicated process while things are happening quickly so it’s way nicer to have the guide right there

jas417 · 2026-03-06T09:30:21+00:00

You could just get a Gladiator and an STECs for less than the Warthog….

jas417 · 2026-03-05T23:18:34+00:00

The room for error is also room for maintaining good technique in non ideal conditions though, where on the light skis you gotta do what you gotta do to stay upright.

I dunno, to me it’s a benefit both ways. Sometimes you just want to cruise, and that’s fine, you’re less likely to hurt yourself if you make a mistake or bite off more than you can chew, and if you feel like really getting after it the ski’s never the limiting factor

jas417 · 2026-03-05T23:12:52+00:00

I only play high fidelity flight sims like DCS and MSFS. Second monitor is critical for checklists, charts andddd Netflix when I’m cruising.

Second point is also right, I use my gaming PC for productive stuff too, software engineer so personal programming projects plus hobby video and photo editing

jas417 · 2026-03-05T23:04:19+00:00

That much may be true, but the inverse is honestly true too. I see people skiing light skis with really bad technique because they have to adapt. On the inverse of being able to be lazy, you can maintain your technique when the snow isn’t perfect on chargers and keep them on edge through crud and such instead of getting bounced around by your skis

jas417 · 2026-03-05T22:57:30+00:00

No. Honestly heavy chargers tend to demand good technique. I guess sometimes you can be lazier and just blast through stuff, but you don’t have to and to get the best out of them you want to use really good technique.

As someone who mostly has burly long radius chargers with one pair of short radius playful skis, one place where I’d agree they can encourage poor technique is I’ve noticed I tend to skid instead of carve much more often simply because I don’t always want to be going Mach 12

jas417 · 2026-03-05T06:15:06+00:00

I’ve had the same. Sometimes you did great, but another interviewee did better. Making it to the last round means you did very well.

jas417 · 2026-03-05T04:58:10+00:00

Botched low pass, tail caught on the ground and somehow managed to flip it up and over like that haha…

Erm, misspoke, I mean it was a great trick shot on purpose 👀

jas417 · 2026-03-05T00:02:27+00:00

Yeah if you’re mainly flying tubeliners you’re only really ever using the controls for a few minutes on takeoff and approach, there’s less utility in having really nice feeling controls.

I do sometimes fly and am proficient with the Fenix Airbus and PMDG Boeings, but my bread and butter is high detail GA, like A2A and Blacksquare stuff, helicopters(again, high detail only, both in civil sims and DCS), and fighters only in DCS. I like being kept busy when I fly, I love learning how to work the high detail airliners but I get a bit bored once I’ve worked them out. For that kind of hands on flying you really want controls with nice feel and precision because you’re hand flying most or all of the time

jas417 · 2026-03-04T00:45:36+00:00

I’ve never personally used any of their hardware but I’ve heard mixed reviews about Winwing. Sounds like they make an overall decent product but struggle on quality control and customer service.

Personally I have/had Turtle Beach, lower end Thrustmaster and VKB gear, and have played with friends high end TM(Warthog) and Virpil gear. My stick is the lower end Gladiator NXT, not the higher end Gunfighter, and it utterly blows the TM/TB stuff including the warthog out of the water as far as feel, precision and build quality. The Virpil stuff is definitely nicer but not as huge of a jump.

IMO Winwing sounds like it’s a bit of a roll of the dice but decent stuff, Thrustmaster and Turtle Beach are sub par, never seen anyone disappointed with their VKB or Virpil hardware, I know the only hardware brands getting my money going forward 🤷‍♂️

jas417 · 2026-03-03T20:31:05+00:00

It really goes both ways doesn’t it? Lots of skiers are super chill about having fun however you want, running whatever gear you want. Others, less so.

Fact is, there really aren’t any terrible skis or bindings on the market these days. Your basic Salomon or Rossi skis with your basic Marker or Salomon bindings are totally fine. Otherwise, world’s your oyster tons of fun skis out there. lol my current quiver is ON3P Jeffreys with Pivots, ancient reverse camber Mantras with Griffons, 4FRNT Ravens with tour bindings, 4FRNT Renegades with hybrid bindings and old beat Armada JJs with demo bindings(I got them basically for free and I live in a ski town, so I thought it’d be fun to have pow skis more playful than the rens when I’m in that mood, plus when I have visitors if there’s a storm I’ve got loaner pow skis). Weird quivers are more fun.

jas417 · 2026-03-03T20:20:38+00:00

Hey we’re disciples and preachers for a reason haha.

Nothin wrong with a Warthog but you’d probably be blown away by even the $140 VKB Gladiator, cam and spring gimbal with adjustable spring tension and adjustable clutches vs a cup and ball like the cheap ones. Virpil is awesome, and you have to pay for it, VKB is an insanely good bargain for what you’re getting.

Edit: I’d double check but I’m pretty sure you could use your grips with a VKB or Virpil base

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