Recently Released Microsoft Flight Simulator has taken over the PC Gaming Community. The game is fantastic, and so far it has received tremendous feedback. Nearly all Journalists and Sites have given it a 10/10 Rating. On top of that, it has 92 Metascore. These ratings look good, however, when you look at the user reviews, they are mostly negative and mixed. Here is the user review rating on Steam.
I’ve tested Microsoft Flight Simulator on the following PC specifications:
- CPU: Core-i5 12400f
- GPU: RTX 4070
- RAM: 16GB DDR4
- Storage: 2.5TB SSD
- Operating System: Windows 10
You’ll at least need an Intel i5-4460 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 CPU, Nvidia GTX 770 or AMD Radeon RX 570 CPU, and 8 GB RAM to run this Flight Simulator.
The following settings put a major strain on your game’s performance:
- Trees
- Texture Supersampling
- Water Waves
- Reflections
- Tesselation Quality
Microsoft’s latest Flight Simulator is one of the most demanding games on PC. Last gen Nvidia GPUs (30-series) had trouble pushing the 60 FPS mark. However, I ran the game on my RTX 4070 and was comfortable pushing over 80 FPS on 1440p resolution with DLSS and Frame Generation. Besides performance, the game’s stability is just fine as I haven’t encountered any crashes or bugs.
Best Graphics Settings For Microsoft Flight Simulator
The settings I am about to show are very balanced. They will get you good graphics, and the FPS will be high. Not only that, but you also won’t experience FPS Drops and crazy stutters anymore. I’ve tried numerous settings, but these ones are the best. They are very balanced, and the performance you get is crazy.
Summary of Best Settings
| Display Mode | Fullscreen |
| Full-Screen Resolution | Highest Possible |
| Global Rendering Quality | Custom |
| V-Sync | Off |
| Render Scaling | 100 |
| Anti-Aliasing | TAA |
| Terrain Level Of Detail | 100 |
| Tessellation Quality | Ultra |
| Buildings | High |
| Trees | Medium |
| Grass and Bushes | High |
| Objects Level of Detail | 100 |
| Volumetric Clouds | High |
| Texture Resolution | High |
| Anisotropic Filtering | 8x / 16x |
| Texture Supersampling | Off |
| Texture Synthesis | High |
| Water Waves | Medium |
| Shadow Maps | 1536 |
| Terrain Shadows | Ultra |
| Windshield Effects | Ultra |
| Ambient Occlusion | High |
| Reflections | Medium |
| Light Shafts | Ultra |
| Bloom | Off |
| Depth of Field | Ultra |
| Lens Correction | Off |
| Lens Flare | On |
| Use Generic Plane Models (AI Traffic) | On |
| Use Generic Plane Models (Multiplayer) | Off |
Here are some graphics settings compared visually:
Reflections
Windows Optimization Tips
Now that you’ve configured the in-game graphics settings, it’s time to configure your Windows. There are several tweaks that you can use to boost your PC’s general performance which also translates to better in-game FPS. Here are some of the most effective Window optimization tweaks you should try:
- Clear Temp Files & System Cache
- Disable Hardware Acceleration
- Enable Game Mode
- Use Ultimate Performance Power Plan
- Disable Full-Screen Optimization
- Disable Useless Background Applications
Tip: It’s essential that you also tweak your Nvidia Control Panel settings or AMD Radeon settings to gain additional boost in gaming performance.
Wrapping
In my opinion, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is fairly new, and with the passage of time. The game will become more optimized, and we’ll be seeing better frames. Right now, all you can do is find the right balance as shown in this guide. Other than this, if you have low-spec hardware. It’s maybe time you start to spend more money and get better hardware, not because of this game. But in the future, all games will be like this.
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Good information thanks!
It worths!
New PC with upgraded GPU and processor. Stuttering. This has helped.
I7 10700k paired with egva 1070ti ftw2 , will it does the job after this settings?
Very thorough guidance. Some options don\'t see recognisable so have to find other help by searching the web or guess whether the option I can see is relevant.
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