Hello Dave and everyone. I filed this flightplan, using AIRAC 2402:
KIAH BNDTO CRGER EWM J4 WLVRN ESTWD HLYWD KLAX
KIAH scenery is FSDT, KLAX is default MSFS. It's the first time in MSFS I fly to anywhere in California. However, after starting the flight and connecting PF3, it takes up to 5 minutes until it's finally connected. Also, after requesting clearance, it's another 5 minutes until I hear my F/O requesting it, and 5 more minutes until I receive it.
I restarted my computer, regenerated PF3 database (I dread doing so, because it takes up to 30 minutes), but PF3 is still sluggish. I pushed on, after switching to Ground (from Clearance), everything went back to normal.
This didn't happen to me last flight (LIMC-KIAH, which went uneventfully), and I don't remember having this problem since I got PF3 (back in 2017). How can I fix this?
I'm attaching the whole Logs folder, just in case. Before my second attempt, I wiped it out, so it's all fresh. I couldn't finish my flight because of real world issues; that's why it may appear incomplete.