So you've got your new machine, but how do you set the MFS's graphics? There is a fantastic guide at https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/how-to-graphics-settings-and-performance-guide-su12-update-7-26-2023/132407 where every graphics option is explained with images of each setting at each level, plus the likely framerate hit in both CPU and GPU bottlenecked situations.

See if you're GPU or CPU limited by looking at Windows Task Manager whilst using MFS and seeing which is hitting 100%

The big performance hitters are (FPS gains/drops based on a starting point of about 60 fps):

• Terrain level of detail, beyond 100 you start to get quite big performance drops relative to quality increase. This setting adjusts the detail of distant objects, the effects of going much beyond 150 are mostly only noticeable in photogrammetry (PG) areas. PG hits performance hard and looks terrible on lower tLoD settings so if you've got a slower system, go into the Data settings and turn off Photogrammetry (PG areas such as London will become autogen buildings on top of aerial photography like everywhere else)
• Grass and bushes at ultra you'll lose 2 FPS vs using high, and high looks nice anyway
• Object level of detail (LOD) doesn't seem very linear in terms of improvement, upto 100 you get big detail gains zooming into distant objects, beyond that things only sharpen a bit, so 100 is definitely a sweet spot. This only really affects the CPU though, so if you've got CPU headroom you can turn it up 200 without much FPS hit
• Volumetric clouds, there's a big GPU impact from High to Ultra (we're talking 7 FPS!) without that much improvement visually. You want to run High clouds if possible though as they look awful on medium!
• Water Waves look nice on High but you pay for them big time with framerate, you can easily gain 3 FPS in GPU limited scenarios by switching to Medium waves although there is a big drop in quality too
• Terrain Shadows stick to 1024 or lower, going to 2048 in a GPU limited scenario could cost 4 FPS but it's hard to spot the visual improvement
• Windshield effects Ultra looks gorgeous as it adds SSRT reflections to the windscreen (e.g. cockpit screens get reflected in the side windows), if you drop down to medium and lose the reflection plus some raindrops, you could gain 3 fps if GPU limited
• Ambient occlusion Use high if you can, otherwise medium. Ultra costs 3 FPS for a subtle upgrade, the visual difference between high and medium is quite significant though
• Raymarched reflections the difference between Medium and Ultra is a huge 6 FPS along coasts in a GPU bottleneck situation
• Depth of field basically a blurring of distant items this is very much a taste thing but you are paying for it with performance too. Low will give you much of the effect of Ultra but save you 1 FPS

Outwith graphics, the other heavy hitter is traffic, so keep those sliders to the left if you're struggling with framerate.

Most hours logged during May:
1st Richard Cuthbert, 1573 ( 7.6 )
2nd Jose Luis Anton, 1851 ( 1.4 )

Most online hours logged during May:

1st Richard Cuthbert, 1573 ( 7.6 )
2nd Jose Luis Anton, 1851 ( 1.4 )

Congratulations to all of Mays award winners! And as always, thanks to everyone whos logged flights this month.

Most hours logged during April:
1st Richard Cuthbert, 1573 ( 9.8 )
2nd Gary Anderson, 1204 ( 1.9 )
3rd Jose Luis Anton, 1851 ( 1.2 )

Most online hours logged during April:

1st Richard Cuthbert, 1573 ( 9.8 )
2nd Jose Luis Anton, 1851 ( 1.2 )

Congratulations to all of Aprils award winners! And as always, thanks to everyone whos logged flights this month.

Aloha,

   As usual, looks wonderful! Thanks for your continued support, just need our JS41 now in MSFS, lol.

Gary
ICX1204

Most hours logged during March:
1st Richard Cuthbert, 1573 ( 14.1 )
2nd Gary Anderson, 1204 ( 3.2 )
3rd Jose Luis Anton, 1851 ( 2 )

Most online hours logged during March:

1st Richard Cuthbert, 1573 ( 14.1 )
2nd Jose Luis Anton, 1851 ( 2 )
3rd Michael Reincken, 1705 ( 0.9 )

Congratulations to all of Marchs award winners! And as always, thanks to everyone whos logged flights this month.

Last month Fenix released version 2, block 2 of their A320 for MFS, including a new visual model that isn't compatible with old repaints. The Intercity repaint has now been redone and can be downloaded at http://viaintercity.com/forums/downloads/?sa=downfile&id=12

All done, get it at http://viaintercity.com/forums/downloads/?sa=downfile&id=12

Hopefully there's no issues with it, but let me know if you find anything

Cheers Gary, I'm on it! They just updated the external model again in the latest patch (2.0.378 to 2.0.392) so I need to check compatbility with this kit.

Most hours logged during February:
1st Richard Cuthbert, 1573 ( 6.1 )
2nd Jose Luis Anton, 1851 ( 3.4 )
3rd Elijah Hoyt, 1021 ( 2.5 )

Most online hours logged during February:

1st Richard Cuthbert, 1573 ( 6.1 )
2nd Jose Luis Anton, 1851 ( 3.4 )

Congratulations to all of Februarys award winners! And as always, thanks to everyone whos logged flights this month.

Aloha Guys,

 **V2 Paintkit?**
Available to download here: https://download-new.fenixsim.com/a320/paintkit/27272727272727272727272727272727/FenixSimA320-PaintKit-2.0.0.7z
V1 liveries will need updating for V2.


Gary Anderson