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Original story (published on November 19, 2021) follows:

Microsoft Flight Simulator is undoubtedly one of the largest and most beautiful video games of all time. Published by Microsoft, Dovetail Games, and Xbox Game Studios, it was released in August of 2020.

Despite the stunning visuals mapping the entirety of planet Earth, the game has had a number of issues such as the recent update causing the game to crash for many.

Thrustmaster HOTAS sensitivity save issue

Having said that, players are now reporting a bunch of new issues with the game. Flight Simulator players say that they are unable to save HOTAS sensitivity.

This is really frustrating since those affected have to adjust the sensitivity every time they boot up the game. A few months ago, the Thrustmaster T.Flight HOTAS One users on Xbox said they were having mapping issues.

Thankfully, MSFS Support has acknowledged the Flight Simulator HOTAS sensitivity issue and said it is under investigation. However, they did not share any ETA on when it will be fixed.

Mouse users unable to rotate world map

Some Flight Simulator players who use a mouse to play are experiencing an issue where they are unable to rotate the world map, while some report that the game is freezing for them.

Microsoft has again acknowledged the issue and has come up with a workaround so players can continue playing in the meantime.

Track IR not working

Last but not the least, Flight Simulator players are reporting that Track IR is not working at all. Many say that Track IR is resetting itself. Players say even though the game shows its working with two greens, there is no movement in-game.

Turns out, it is already on the list of known issues. It looks like the issue was acknowledged after the last update was released. Moreover, the suggested workaround of pressing F12 do not seem to be working either.

If and when Microsoft fixes the aforementioned issues with Flight Simulator, we will update this article so stay tuned.

Update 1 (November 26)

IST 1:21 pm: A ‘Trusted Forum 3rd Party Developer’ on the Microsoft community has since come out to share a workaround for users facing issues with the Track IR feature.

Update 2 (December 06)

IST 5:53 pm: The latest optional development build that was announced on December 2 apparently fixes the issues with Track IR and VR controls. A few users (1, 2) confirmed the same as well.

Here’s a snippet from the announcement:

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Featured image source: Flight Simulator

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