Cities: Skylines 2 devs decided "performance is not a deal-breaker for all the players"

Cities: Skylines 2
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Update, October 25: As Cities: Skylines 2 reach🧸es 51% negative reviews on Steam, largely due to the game's substantial performance issues, the devs have issued a new detailing their post-launch plans for the title.

Many of the comments echo what the studio said in a recent Reddi🃏t AMA - you can read some o𝓡f the most notable quotes from that below - but of particular interest is how the studio frames its decision to release the game given its current state.

"While some setups on PC have challenges, we concl𝄹uded the performance is not a dealbreaker for all the players," the devꦑs write. "For us, the number one priority is for the players to have fun with the game, and we had seen enough feedback from players enjoying the game that it would be more unfair to postpone. We know we will keep working on the game and do our best to fix issues as fast as possible, so we wanted to respect the announced release date and allow people to start playing the game."

Original story, October 24: 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Cities: Skylines 2 launches today, and it's no secr♍et that the game is arriving with some serious performance limi🃏tations. The devs at Colossal Order are working on improvements, but you should keep your expectations in check - it seems tꦍhe devs are focused on a steady 30 FPS target rather than optimizing t♔he game for higher frame rates.

"It is worth mentioning for a game like this, the performance target is to run at a steady 30 FPS minimum (not 60 or more)," as the studio's chief technical of⛄ficer - who goes by 'damsku' - explained in a recent .

"The target is 30 FPS because of the nature of the game," damsku said in a . "(Arguably) there are no real benefits in a city builder to aim for higher FPS (unlik𓄧e a multiplayer shooter), as a growing city will inevitabl🤪y become CPU bound. What matters more with this type of game is to avoid stutters, and have responsive UI. For that reason, our simulation is also built around an expected update rate given 30 FPS."

In our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Cities: Skylines 2 review, I gave the game two stars out of five largely because of its performance limitations. By the time my city crossed around 50,000 people, I would've given anything for a steady 30 FPS - unfortunately, while my hardware was capable of reaching that frame rate more often than not, those "stutters" damsku mentioned were downright egregious on my setup.

But that's one of the first points of order for the devs in post-launch patches. that one of the priorities for the team is "removing stutters, generally caused by some synchronization condition in the simulation and can greatly vary from one CPU to another, as well as how your city is built," in addition to more balanced GPU performance and 🅘general CPU optimization. Unfortunately, you won't see these improvements in the version🤪 of Cities: Skylines 2 that'll be available today.

Even with the 30 FPS target, however, the devs aren't limiting themselves. "It does not hurt to get 60 FPS a🌼s it can contribute to better visuals in relation to teꦡmporal effects," damsku admits. "So while our target is 30 FPS, we don't intend on limiting or stopping the optimization work just because we reach it on recommended hardware. We just don't believe there would be a long-term benefit in setting the target to 60 FPS, especially because we face rendering challenges both from close up and far distances."

If you're waiting for the patches before diving into Cities: Skylines 2, check out our guide to the best 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:city-building games to play in the meantime. 

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