And in those 35+ years, have you ever seen a sim of this complexity and graphical beauty? It’s a beast and imposes limits on even the highest of high end computers. You cannot compare this to other software.
This sim was written to push the limits of modern computer systems. The new Xbox probably has better specs than many PCs in this forum, and it is not going to be affected by OS tweaks, user mods, overclocking, running multiple applications, and all the other things that plague us. It will be a restricted, factory-stable, known good environment running the default sim and authorized add-ons.
Rather than push our PCs and add-ons to the raw limits, why not take a different approach for right now. Eons ago, posters on this and other forums were advocating dialing EVERYTHING back to the minimums, then slowly ramping up while absolutely positive to keep a stable environment. That includes no overclocking, because you can get way more performance boost by using fewer mods, lower graphics, decreasing CPU load through not running anything but the sim and turning off AI traffic, weather, etc. The objective is to get a stable environment as MS/Asobo intended.
That is awful, I know, but it’s just for right now. The future will bring more optimizations and better hardware. Think of the sim as fine wine – not you guys under 18! – and decant it. Let it breathe. Give it just one more year!
Then sip it – don’t gulp it!! It’s fine wine!!! 