MAKE YOUR SIM LOOK *ULTRA REALSTIC*! ► BEST NVIDIA COLOUR SETTINGS! ► ULTIMATE SETTINGS! ► MSFS 2020

Around a week ago, I made a video showcasing a detailed settings guide, highlighting my in-sim graphics settings, my Nvidia Control Panel settings, my PC settings and much more to help your installations of Microsoft Flight Simulator both look and perform as well as possible. Having received many comments and questions, in this video, we tackle those questions and recommend fixes, while also showcasing 3 distinct Nvidia Freestyle Colour Filter settings to make your MSFS 2020 installations look spectacular. As usual, if you enjoyed the video, please leave a like, subscribe to the channel and get involved in the comments to let me know your thoughts on everything flightsim and aviation related. Thanks for Flying By!

Where to find your MSFS root directory:-

For the Microsoft Store Edition and/or the Game-pass Edition:

For the Steam Edition (as explained in the video):
C:/Users/[Your Username]/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft Flight Simulator

For the Physical (Boxed) Edition:
C:/Users/[Your Username]/AppData/Local/Microsoft Flight Simulator

Chapters:
Introduction: 0:00
Errors/Discrepancies in Settings Guide Video: 1:25
Performance/FPS Impact from Settings Video: 1:40
Image Scaling 'On' vs 'Off' Debate from Settings Video: 2:00
UserCfg.Opt File Amendments from Settings Video: 2:50
Nvidia GeForce Experience Set Up: 4:38
Colour Filter 1 [Favoured]: 6:13
Colour Filter 2: 9:33
Colour Filter 3: 10:27
Concluding Remarks: 11:12

Flight Simulator:
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 by Asobo Studios

Editing Application:
Adobe Premiere Pro 2022

Machine Specifications:
CPU- i7-9700K (undervolted and clocked to 4.4ghz)
GPU- RTX 2080 (undervolted and clocked to 1750mhz)
RAM - 32GB (16*2) at 2400mhz
Storage - 2TB SSD, 2TB HDD

Music:
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[willymak]

Dude thank you so much. Ive recently discovered msfs. Even bought a 4070 ti for it. And your tips here have the game looking exactly how i wanted it. Its perfect. Thanks so much for putting this together, you are really good at what you do!

[Starglance]

OMG. I have tried it, and I wasn't aware of how you could make the sim look even more realistic... thank you for that

[edward]

Great video. Unfortunately, there are virtual pilots here on Youtube who prefer to hide even this kind of information and when you ask what the secret of the realistic colors of their msfs is, they simply say: If you see it, it's my secret (as if the merit was theirs and the not from the Nvidia tool).

Thanks for sharing, without people like you the world of virtual simulation and tutorials on Youtube would not be the same

[monte]

Sir you've done it again! You are an artist with these tweaks. Not only is my sim running smoother than before, but your color tweaks make it look so much more realistic! Thank you... The Nvidia GeForce overlay doesn't seem to make it any less smooth on my system by the way..

[pilottech]

This was very helpful! My personnel favorite was Color Profile 2, and I just added Sharpen+ with the Tint intensity at 20 and the tint at 20 aswell and I think it makes it even better! In my opinion, Profile 1 is just a bit too bright for me

[McBrunesky]

Again!!! FAN-TAS-TIC video, gentleman 👏👏👏👏👏

[themtoniraniremaxbroker]

I Have AMD Chip and not NVIDIA, but in-spite of that, the Changes which you Recommended Inside the MSFS Settings, made a Huge Difference on My Two Year Old Mid Range Allienware Desktop!! What a Hugh Change when I fly & Many Many thanks !!!

[simaviationnexus]

You favorite is 110% more realistic than the one I was using for the last 6 mos. from "Major Tom",
absolutely stunning...! 💯

[DEATHMEAT]

Man AGAIN you make my Sim Beautiful with the sharp fix Thanks a lot buddy really appreciated😊🎉

[Pyroshep]

You are incredible my friend !! I followed the advice from your 1st vid ( graphics settings ) my game now runs smooth like butter . I have the same cpu as you with a 2070 super so very similar hardware . And my colours are now insanely realistic … thankyou !!!!’

[zanyt]

Thanks for another great video tutorial! 😃
I'm the one that made that "clever" comment about the UserCfg.opt file! 😅
In that file you can do a bunch of stuff, also break alot of stuff, so a backup of that file is highly recomended.
One thing i like to do, is in the {Shadows} section....set the MaxSliceCount to 4 and Size from the default 1536 to ie 2048 or 4096, then you won't have those "jagged" flickering shadows in the cockpit! 🙂

[JJay-mx]

As you already said it depends on the monitor settings u use. I tried your settings but reverted back to using no profile as it turned out i had my colour settings pretty dialed in within my monitor itself. Just wanted to see if i could get the little extra but turned out i was already there :) but thank you for putting these vids out as they will help others a lot

[DodgerBlue]

Didn't even know that Nvidia had the in-game overlaying. I'll be trying it out. Thanks for doing the work for us, otherwise I wouldn't have known where to begin.

[marcuse]

Great video, and I'm loving the color recommendations.

[randomuserxd]

Hey there! Great Video! Really helped reshape my sim- just a little bit of general feedback from the user.cg. If anyone wanted to change their settings again and had the user.cg set to read only, this would not be possible and the settings wouldn't get changed/ Just wanted to put it out there if anyone had experienced the same issue as me, so if you prefer to leave the User.cfg file as it is with read only just remember to change it from read only before you change setttings! Once again, great vid and hope to see more

[Neal_White_III]

It might seem strange, but setting your Nvidia Control Panel / Power management mode to "Prefer maximum performance" can REDUCE your framerate and introduce stuttering. This can happen when thermal throttling kicks in. It's best to actually test changes to the power management setting, especially if you're overclocking your GPU. Personally, I've found that "Optimum power" gives me the best result, but the best setting depends on your graphics card and case cooling. If you have a water-cooled graphics card, use the max performance setting, otherwise you should try a different setting, especially if you experience stuttering in games.

[andymilonakis]

I had a lot of issues with my color settings.. this really helped me out a lot!

[Antares]

Thank you for clarifying the bit about image scaling. I was utterly confused when you said to turn it on, and then your program settings for MSFS showed it set to off.

[majorbuddyoeb]

Thank you ❤ After 1000+ Flighthours.... Now it´s perfect😍
I´m only changed to colour (Your Favorite)

[comfi]

for anyone new here, if when you click alt-f3 and it only come up with image sharpening, go to your nvidea control panel, find manage 3d > and then find power management and turn it to maximum. then restart your pc, it should work!