Just think of it this way i with FSX and other microsoft sims If there where problems you would have to wait forever if ever for a service pack to come out and they where far and few between . With Xplane you have a bug reporting system for a simulator that is constantly evolving . Why not send Ben or Austin suggestions for an advanced cloud option . That way you could run the default settings or switch to advanced mode to get your precious sliders back . I can see were cloud settings for an average user could lead to all sorts of headaches when customers set their settings to high for their system . Lets face it the majority of users don,t run multy core High end PCs with the latest highend graphics cards .