I have not used P3D since the day MSFS 2020 came out. The last time I used it was for a beta product with Milviz. It worked just fine. Since then I have been going thought the learning curve of MSFS.
Well today, I loaded up a new beta product to test. P3D loaded up through the splash screen then told me my brand new RTX 2070 GPS wasn't working for UNKNOWN reasons. Nothing has changed with my P3D setup since I last used it. I didn't even get to try and load the new beta.This happens way too often with P3D. Now, I will have to go through the trouble shooting process of deleting files and allowing P3D to rebuild them. I may have to run Repair and generally throw my hands up in frustration before I get it to work again.
I have been using MSFS daily since August 18th. Not once, has it crashed or balked. It just runs. Now, many of the planes suck, in my opinion, but that will be rectified when 3rd party aircraft hit the sim. I never flew FS9, FSX, or P3D default aircraft either.
If MSFS continues to work with all the hassle of P3D, that in my opinion will be the defining factor, not the pretty graphics. P3D will become the sim of the commercial outfits and military who can hire people to keep it running. The rest of us will migrate back into the loving arms of MS. Well, "loving" might be pushing it.
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