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LCD monitors were capped at 60Hz from their introduction and, other than ones typically aimed at gaming, most still are. This is why you will often still see 60Hz in the display settings. The variable refresh rate support is more recent. With a 60Hz monitor it is still useful to try and match the frame rate from the sim or game to a multiple of the monitor's refresh rate to avoid tearing as defaid describes above. Note that LCD monitors do work differently than CRTs. An LCD can basically draw the entire image at once as there is no electron gun scanning from top left to bottom right. The term "refresh rate", while commonly used, doesn't really apply to an LCD. Refresh rate referred to how fast CRTs would redraw the image on the screen. An LCD doesn't have to redraw and could just display the same image as it is told to. What does matter, however, is the response time of the liquid crystals that make up the screen and how fast each one can respond. This is why reviews of LCD monitors look at things like ghosting. For a fun fact, the game Duck Hunt on the original Nintendo NES doesn't work on LCD TVs do to the differences in the way they work. https://www.howtogeek.com/181303/htg-explains-how-the-nintendo-zapper-worked-and-why-it-doesnt-work-on-new-tvs/

Many, if not all, monitors with a high refresh rate these days also support variable refresh rates. In other words, the refresh rate of the monitor can change to match the incoming video signal. Nvidia's implementation is called G-Sync and AMD calls theirs FreeSync. Both the GPU and monitor have to support it though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_refresh_rate?useskin=vector

It's related to the MSFS disc set available in some regions. The licence validation isn't working somewhere, and the sim seems to fall back to looking for a disc. Not very a very clear error message.

Microsoft has some tips to try in the help article below. https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015985699--Please-insert-the-Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-Game-Disc-Error-message

The big factor is whether they have photogrammetry data for the area or not, and whether or not they have hand built scenery. Larger cities in Western countries are more likely to, while smaller towns and other countries are more hit and miss. If they don't have the photogrammetry data for an area, they have an AI process for generating buildings. For places that aren't covered well with the default scenery, look for an add-on. Don't see Wheeling, but there are others for West Virginia. https://flightsim.to/discover/Wheeling?s=West+Virginia&category=0&sorting=0&page=1&filter=

That does depend on where you live and whether they have the data for it. I was able to find my place quite easily. Yep, the default aircraft missing opening doors is a bit of a miss, though third party aircraft have them.

Umm, that's not what I said at all. I was responding to the idea that MSFS doesn't have any vintage aircraft available, and never will. If your current sim works well for you, enjoy and have fun! And if you ever do want to check out MSFS, know that there are plenty of older aircraft available, including a B-25, with more on the way. https://flightsim.to/file/54276/north-american-b25-mitchell/419903

Why would you have doubts when there are more and more historical aircraft coming out for MSFS all the time? https://wing42.com/product/bleriot-xi/?v=3e8d115eb4b3 https://msfsaddons.com/2023/11/08/our-updated-list-of-aircraft-currently-available-for-microsoft-flight-simulator/ On a different tangent, how about a cardboard Spitfire? Plenty of different add-ons for MSFS out there. Do FS9 and FSX have more add-ons available? Sure they do, but that's because they've had a bit of a head start.

Firefox worked fine but Edge blocked a file for me. Something about the site triggered Microsoft's Defender SmartScreen. While it is possible for those of us downloading to file a report through Edge to say the file is safe, the best solution is for the owners to file a report with Microsoft to get the site cleared. Telling people to simply ignore the warnings isn't a great long term solution as sooner or later someone will ignore a legitimate warning. Microsoft Defender SmartScreen Frequently Asked Questions

Sure, everyone has a budget and it is relative. However, to characterize MSFS as requiring a supercomputer costing many thousands of dollars to run well is far from accurate. $1,500 would get you a very decent system for the sim. MSFS has never required the Lamborgini of PCs to get good performance. https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/2PTwrH/enthusiast-intel-gamingstreaming-build Or, as I mentioned above, an Xbox Series X for $500 and a set of Thrustmaster controls would work quite well too for under $1,000. The minimum internet connection speed for the sim is 5mbps, though I wouldn't realistically want to run it on anything below 20mbps. This is certainly one of the biggest limits to the sim, and anyone with a slow connection, or no connection at all, would want to look elsewhere.

I think you missed my point. MSFS only needs about a 50Mbps connection to run well, and those 200Mbps or faster options would be more than enough for the sim. My comment about fiber was in response to the claim one needs the fastest internet connection possible.

The point is that you don't need to spend a lot to run MSFS 2020. And Xboxes are basically specialized PCs these days too, and not like Nintendos or Ataris of ages past. If you want to run the sim on a desktop PC, you also don't need to spend a lot either.

A $500 Xbox and a 50Mbps internet connection can run MSFS2020 quite well. You don't need a Cray super computer to run the sim at reasonable rates or a 1GBps fibre internet connection.

I don't believe content purchased through the Marketplace can be transferred. https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017706059-Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-FAQ

32 bit apps, like FS9, are capped at using 2GB of memory by default. When you start loading up more detailed scenery, aircraft etc. in the sim, it can quickly fill up this 2GB, leading to the OOM error you got. The 4GB patch lets the sim use up to 4GB of memory, the max for a 32 bit app.