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Original story (published on January 3, 2021) follows:
Microsoft Flight Simulator is one of the most visually stunning game that in recent times. With a map spanning the entirety of globe, the game allows players to fly airplanes anywhere they want.
Players and critiques have praised the game for its photorealistic graphics and vast open world gameplay. But issues like the game crashing or mouse cursor randomly disappearing have affected the gameplay experience for many.
It also features a Live Weather system that synchronizes the weather of a place with the in-game weather.
But according to recent user reports, it looks like the Microsoft Flight Simulator Live Weather is causing performance issues or causing crashes.
Players say that whenever they enable live weather, the game randomly crashes to desktop with some saying that it is causing severe fps drop, lag and stutter.
Many thought that the problem was with their copy of the game, but soon realized that the issue was widespread and affecting several players.
Fortunately, MSFS Support has acknowledged the issue and said that they are aware of Live weather causing performance degradation and crashes. They also shared a temporary workaround that involves using the pre-set weather.
But since there was no timeframe mentioned on when the bug will be fixed, it is still unclear how long it will take for Live Weather to start working as intended.
If you are waiting for a fix, make sure to keep checking this space for more information, since we will be updating this article when Asobo patches the Flight Simulator Live Weather issue.
Update 1 (January 5)
05:00 pm (IST): Microsoft Flight Simulator support confirmed that the issue with Live Weather has been addressed.
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