Xatolos@reddthat.com to Gaming@beehaw.org · 11 hours agoMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2024 sucks up to 180 Mb/s of internet bandwidth while in flight — equivalent to 81GB of data per hourwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down11cross-posted to: games@lemmy.worldgaming@lemmy.zip
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2024 sucks up to 180 Mb/s of internet bandwidth while in flight — equivalent to 81GB of data per hourwww.tomshardware.comXatolos@reddthat.com to Gaming@beehaw.org · 11 hours agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: games@lemmy.worldgaming@lemmy.zip
minus-squareB0raxlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·5 hours agoAt this point, streaming the game (just the screen content) would be less of a bandwidth hog.
minus-squareHirom@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 hours agoThis shows they’re not trying very hard to optimize the simulator, but instead throw hardware and bandwidth at it, and expect users do the same. Open world games like GTA allow flying over dense areas without using 180Mbps of bandwidth.
At this point, streaming the game (just the screen content) would be less of a bandwidth hog.
This shows they’re not trying very hard to optimize the simulator, but instead throw hardware and bandwidth at it, and expect users do the same.
Open world games like GTA allow flying over dense areas without using 180Mbps of bandwidth.