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X-Plane 12 Graphics Settings | Complete Settings Guide



This is the complete settings guide for X-Plane 12. In this video, I will take through each graphic settings, and how it affects visual quality and performance. Also, I will provide you with recommended X-Plane 12 graphic settings for high, medium and low end machines based on hours testing the sim with difference settings. Please do note that X-Plane 12 in “Early Access” and things are subject to change. I will make updates to this settings video as and when necessary based on the evolution of the sim over time.

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Video Timeline:
0:00 – Intro
0:16 – X-Plane 12 Early Access Note
1:32 – Texture Quality Settings
2:05 – Ambient occlusion (SSAO)
3:56 – Rendering Resolution FSR (Supersampling)
4:24 – Antialiasing
5:14 – Anisotropic filtering
5:35 – Cloud Quality
6:43 – Shadow Quality
9:39 – Rendering Distance
12:40 – World Object Density
14:22 – Vegitation Density
15:55 – High End PC Recommended Settings
16:52 – Medium End PC…

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