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		Sohcahtoa82 on Sept 27, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The ambition of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Differently, though. MSFS 2020 only streams terrain data from the cloud. It sounds like MSFS 2024 will stream the entire rendered video feed, similar to other cloud gaming services.

TiredOfLife on Sept 28, 2024 [–]

No video streaming.

"When users load into the sim, only the textures, meshes, and map data that they need will be downloaded to avoid unnecessary bandwidth and disk space usage. "

Sohcahtoa82 on Sept 29, 2024 | [–]

Where do you see that quote? It's certainly not in TFA.

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