Microsoft Flight Simulator has finally been released on steam, dating August 17, 2020. So far, it is getting mixed reactions from the players who tried it. That has to do somewhere, with the graphics being too heavy for most systems to handle.
In this guide, we aim to help in that section, by providing the best graphics settings for the game. It will hopefully increase the performance, and Framerates at the same time. If you wish to purchase the game, you can get it from here: Steam Link. Alternatively, you can also try it out, if you own an XBOX game pass.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Best PC Graphics Settings
Display Mode – Fullscreen
Fullscreen Resolution – Native
Global-Rendering Quality – Low end
V-Sync – Off
Render Scaling – 100
Anti-Aliasing – TAA
Terrain Level of Detail – 25
Terrain Vector Data – Off
Buildings – Low
Trees – Low
Grass and Bushes – Off
Objects Level of Detail – 25
Volumetric Clouds – Low
Texture Resolution – Low
Anisotropic Filtering – Off
Texture Supersampling – Off
Texture Synthesis – Low
Water waves – Low
Shadow Maps – 768
Terrain Shadows – Off
Contact Shadows – Off
Windshield Effects – Low
Ambient Occlusion – Off
Reflections – Off
Light Shafts – Off
Bloom – On
Depth of Field – Low
Lens Correction – Off
Lens Flare – On
Use Generic Plane Models (AI TRAFFIC) – On
Use Generic Plane Models (MULTIPLAYER) – Off
System Requirements for Microsoft Flight Simulator
MINIMUM:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel i5-4460 | AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 770 | AMD Radeon RX 570
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 150 GB available space
RECOMMENDED:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel i5-8400 | AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 | AMD Radeon RX 590
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 150 GB available space
source: steam
Our System Specifications used to test
OS: Windows 10 64-Bit
Processor: Ryzen 5 3600
Memory: 16 GB RAM DDR4
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1050 TI 4GB
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 1TB HDD 7200RPM
Results and Conclusion
To start off with, the game is very heavy, so it was tested on 1050 TI OC 4GB. That is because this has become the entry-level card for most recent games. We managed an average of 28-30 FPS with the above settings.
For anyone who has a higher-end rig (e.g an RTX 2060 or above), you can try the medium to high preset. For the players who have a lower GPU Memory, we highly recommend using our given preset, or anything lower than medium.
Play around with the settings and find your sweet spot, if the above settings were not enough. With that being said, we will conclude this guide. Any questions/suggestions are welcome in the comments below. We will see you in the next guide!
Last Updated on October 25, 2022
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Hello!
Where is the graphics file located?
Cause i have changed some graphics settings in game but when i restarted i can not access to the game now, may be i have to delete the graphics file.
TY!
Try either of these: 32 bit: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight simulator
64 bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\
Or
instead of Microsoft games, find Steam.
You can also check here: C:\Users\
or
FSX.cfg files are located as follows:
FSX SP2 and FSX Acceleration in Windows 7, 8.1, and 10:
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX
FSX:SE:
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX-SE
or
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX
or in some rare occasions
Steam\Steamapps\Common\FSX\Config
(where Steam is your main Steam folder)