Cities Skylines 2 runs with 20fps on an Nvidia RTX4090

Re:Cities Skylines 2 runs with 20fps on an Nvidia RTX4090 by brianflakes on Thursday October 26, 2023 @02:48PM (#38030068)

I believe that lots of the pushback on the game are due to poor defaults. Lots of unnecessary graphics settings are enabled, leading to bad first time experiences. After disabling elements that most users won't care about (motion blur, volumetric clouds, global illumination) and following some tips from people online, I find no issue enjoying the game >60fps without my GPU fans screaming. (to be fair, using 7900x / 3090)

Yes the graphics need optimization, but they could have rolled out the release with good defaults and just admitted that high end graphics needed more time... but you can enjoy the game in the meantime! Instead, their steam reviews will remain marred.

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Re:Cities Skylines 2 runs with 20fps on an Nvidia RTX4090 by fourteenfour on Thursday October 26, 2023 @03:38PM (#38030719)

Yay, finally a comment that is similar to my experience and isn't speculation or kneejerk reaction. I'm enjoying the game at 4k and it looks better than CS now that I've adjusted things. They totally screwed up the default settings, not sure why as it seems like an unforced error. It actually picked a resolution with a 24Hz refresh rate when it first loaded for me. I think their "virtual texturing" optimization also kicks off on first run, making the initial menu experience stuttery and slow.

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Re:Cities Skylines 2 runs with 20fps on an Nvidia RTX4090 by onli on Thursday October 26, 2023 @08:52PM (#38033481)

They even wrote about it beforehand. They knew that there a few single settings that kill performance, which they wanted to address with a guide. Instead of changing the default settings accordingly, it seems! Madness, a completely self-inflicted launch disaster.

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