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Visuals, performance, and realism

You have a great deal of flexibility in choosing how you want Flight Simulator to look and perform. Depending on your computer, there is often a tradeoff between graphics display and system performance. These articles will help you understand how to get the most out of Flight Simulator on your computer.

You can make broad, overall changes quickly. See the articles below for more specific changes to features.

To make quick, overall changes to display settings

Note: Moving display sliders to the right increases graphic quality but may decrease performance on some computers.

  1. On the main screen, click Settings
  2. In the Settings dialog box, drag the sliders to change overall display settings.

Advanced Display Settings

Other Settings