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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024's launch has been marred by long load times, server issues and now it has overwhelmingly negative reviews (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

God I love having a future where my ability to play a fucking flight simulator depends on both internet access and server reliability.

Completely unnecessary to boot. Store a low res copy locally, offer the high res as regional packs. 0 reason to stream this data in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Wouldn't that end up being hundreds of gigabytes per region file?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 hours ago

For low res, no.

Hi res, sure. Make it optional, or let players download the region they like. Or just the airports with much lower res landscapes, etc etc.

Or just, let them have it all and make these choices. Memory is CHEAP nowadays. If you're a flight sim enthusiast, a few terabytes for the map data is the least expensive part of your setup by far.