V2 BLOCK 1: PERFORMANCE CRITICISM RECEIVED A DIRECT ANSWER
Fenix's 5 August 2023 article was direct about the weakness being addressed. The developer acknowledged an unsatisfactory experience on customer PCs and described a rebuilt display-rendering pipeline alongside model and systems-code work. Beta comparisons came with an explicit warning that results varied by system. This establishes that performance criticism had entered the development agenda; it is not independent proof of an identical gain for every owner. [22, 5 August 2023; performance explanation and benchmark caveat]
AVSIM’s rollout thread shows the resulting optimism. Jeff Nielsen wrote, "Under promising and way way way OVER delivering." Contributors welcomed the announced A319/A321 expansion and new flight-model and fly-by-wire work. These were reactions to a plan. The thread also preserved an expectation that Block 2 would follow in September 2023, which must be distinguished from the eventual delivery date. [23, 4 August 2023; Jeff Nielsen and lwt1971; reposted Block 2 timing]
Block 1 arrived on 10 August 2023. Contemporary reporting described performance, flight-modelling, avionics and display improvements together with known issues. V2 needs its block number in a historical account. The first block was a substantial delivered update; the later visual rebuild, IAE engine and EFB package belonged to the next stage. Combining them hides what owners were actually evaluating. [24, 10 August 2023; release scope and known issues]
Fenix’s own 5 August 2023 beta benchmark at iniBuilds EGLL. Developer-supplied comparison under the pictured conditions, not an independent test or a prediction of current V3 performance. [22, Official V2 performance article, /images/v2/perf1.png]