Question Game downloading significantly slower than DL speed on client and speed test. Any idea on why?

[moobean]

Downloading MS Flight simulator and my ISP DL speed is a bit over 400 Mbps. The client download speed will fluctuate between 10-100 Mbps, but the overall progress only goes up by what it looks like 10 mbps. Any help or idea on why this is or how to improve the download speed?
Images for reference

https://imgur.com/Pfz6jpE

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- Client

https://imgur.com/J6Qj70G

View: https://i.imgur.com/J6Qj70G.png
- Speed test

 

[COLGeek]

The issue could be on the server end. This is a very large game to download, even updates can be huge.

Just give it some time.

 

[moobean]

The issue could be on the server end. This is a very large game to download, even updates can be huge.

Just give it some time.

Just to give a perspective I have been downloading it for two hours now at this speed. I don't know much about networking, could it cause it to move this slow?

 

[COLGeek]

Just to give a perspective I have been downloading it for two hours now at this speed. I don't know much about networking, could it cause it to move this slow?

Yes. I have 1.2 Gbps service and it took quite a while for the initial download....Then there are the many updates.

Your patience will pay off if your game rig is up to the task, if you are a FS fan.

I am a terrible sim pilot. I have the game to help my FiL (avid sim flyer) when he needs assistance from afar troubleshooting things.