Flight Simulator 2020 Performance / Appearance Settings

02 August 2024

In windows:

-Enable high performance graphics for flight simulator.

-Enable game mode

-Disable hardware accelerated GPUscheduling


In Nvidia Control Panel:

Select for Microsoft Flight Simulator next settings:

-Image scaling: on
-ansiostropic filtering: 16x
-Power management: maximun performance


Backup and edit config file usercfg.opt (in flight sim folder). In PostProcess section select this settings:

-Enabled 1

-EyeAdaptation 1

-ColorGrading 1

-Sharpen 1

-Fringe 1

-LensDistortion 0

-Dirt 1

-Lensflare 0

-FilmGrain 0

-Vignette 1


In flight Simulator Graphic Settings choose as follow:

-Display Mode: 1920x1090

-Anti-aliasing: TAA

-Render Scaling: 120

-AMD Fidelity: 170

-Vsync: off

-Nvidia reflex: off

-Directx version: DX11

-Global rendering Quality: custom (is set when changin any next options)

-Terrain level detail: 100

-Off screen terrain pre-caching: ultra

-Terrain vector data: ultra

-Buildings: high

-Trees: ultra

-Grass and Bushes: medium

-Objects level of detail: 100

-Volumetric clouds: ultra

-Texture Resolution: ultra

-Ansiostropic filtering: off

-Texture supersamplig: 6x6

-Texture Synthesis: ultra

-Water waves: medium

-Shadow maps: 1024

-Terrain shadows: 128

-Contact shadows: medium

-Winshield effects: medium

-Ambient Occlusion: high

-Cubemap reflections: 128

-Raymarched reflections: medium

-Light shafts: medium

-Bloom: on

-Depth of field: off

-Motion blur: off

-Lens correction: off

-Lens flare: off

-Glass cockpit refresh rate: high


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