Reflection in the mirrors not showing weather

[SynAckFin]

Extremely minor thing I noticed when flying in overcast / rainy weather.  The mirrors did not appear to reflect any of the weather.

[Hiob]

Performance reasons, I suppose.

Same for parts of ground clutter, trees, cities etc……

[SynAckFin]

Aye, I wondered about that.  I'd rather have performance over some minor details in the mirror that don't matter a whole lot anyway.  It was just something random I noticed. 

[Hiob]

Since mirrors don’t look amazing most of times AND eat performance, I fly with them folded usually anyway.

[draconus]

On 10/7/2025 at 9:45 PM, Hiob said:

Since mirrors don’t look amazing...

Well, the mirrors set to 1024 on MiG-29A Fulcrum are top quality. It's not the same for all modules.

[Hiob]

1 hour ago, draconus said:

Well, the mirrors set to 1024 on MiG-29A Fulcrum are top quality. It's not the same for all modules.

Absolutely, there is massive variance in quality amongst modules. Still a performance hit though. But it doesn't bother me to fly without mirrors. Especially if they can be folded away or have nice stand-in's instead of a black void.

[swartbyron]

I fold my mirrors away as a rule when on the ground and during takeoff or landing to avoid any fps hit theu may cause.

They look to good at 1024 every frame it feels a crime to lower the resolution.