After Win 10 update my FS 2020 became dysfunctional, only 2 planes, no more trainning and...

My planes wont take off at their normal takeoff speeds, and generally have trouble climbing, but only when I select the location and aircraft. The challenge works just fine, so I know it's not my joystick or anything.

In FS 2020 I can configure the Force Feedback 2 Jouystick according to the YouTube guide (link from StefanMostert).
But I can´t set the sensitivity in FS 2020.
After cklicking the button Sensitivity I got only "Ready", no settings available.

In consequence the FF2 performs very poor in FS 2020.
However the calibration performs well in Windows 10.
In Windows 10 I opened the Control Panel, then I accessed "View devices and printers". In the window that popped open, "SideWinder Force Feedback 2 Joystick" appeared. To access the calibration functions right-click the icon & select "Game controller settings".
In the sub-window that opens, select "Advanced".

In FS 2020 I can configure the Force Feedback 2 Jouystick according to the YouTube guide (link from StefanMostert).
But I can´t set the sensitivity in FS 2020.
After cklicking the button Sensitivity I got only "Ready", no settings available.

In consequence the FF2 performs very poor in FS 2020.
However the calibration performs well in Windows 10.
In Windows 10 I opened the Control Panel, then I accessed "View devices and printers". In the window that popped open, "SideWinder Force Feedback 2 Joystick" appeared. To access the calibration functions right-click the icon & select "Game controller settings".
In the sub-window that opens, select "Advanced".

The sensitivity tab is gone after the last patch. It it not a problem with the FF2. It is a problem with Asobo. Everyone lost the sensitivity adjustment. Some say it is a bug, some say it was intentional. Nobody really knows what's going on. This last patch
was disastrous.

Go check on the official MFS website. The bug section is frantic.

Same problem here. My configuration is:

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700K 3.60 GHz

32 GB RAM

NVIDIA RTX 3080-Ti

Win 11 Pro Version 22H2 OS build 22621.819

MS FS 2020 1.27.21

All system/windows updates applied (as usual)

NEVER had any problem getting the MAX out of my MS FS 2020 configuration.

Nov 7, I did the last Win 11 Pro update 22H2. May be this has something to do with it.

The last couple of days I got CTD's as soon as I hit Ready to Fly in World Map.

Using standard aircraft etc.

All Add-on's (Navigraph, Pilot2ATC, FSUIPC, SpadNext) up-to-date and never causing problems.

The weird thing is that Training Lessons are working perfect, even after hitting the Ready to Fly key.

Reinstalling MS FS 2020 is definitely not the way to go. We really need to find out what causes the CTD's.

Otherwise we have no guarantee and we will be playing trial-and-error.

One hour after I posted this problem, I noticed the following.

In my MS FS 2020 General Options > Graphics (DLSS setting Quality), I saw that quite a few settings that I had put to ULTRA (because of my RTX 3080-Ti card) were put back to default. I put them back to ULTRA and saved the new settings. Then I quit MS FS2020.

I did not immediately did not start up FS2020 but first upgraded my GeForce Game Ready driver to 526.86.

Hereafter I restarted MS FS 2020, tried my default flight with an A320 from EHAM to EHRD (live weather, realtime) and I could not believe my eyes: it just worked as usual. Bite me!

I really don't know what made it working again. I must be the extreme graphics settings and/or the new GeForce Game Ready Driver.

Hopefully somebody can comment on this. I sincerely hope that other simmers can profit from this.

Kind regards,

-gw

public match combat training only gives you 1/2 the normal xp and a 10 point achievement if you win 10 matches no other challenge or stats count