How much of a difference is there at 100 vs 200 object detail?

I’m trying to optimize my settings and I’ve found I don’t really know what object level of detail and terrain detail do, I’ve had them turned up to full for a while but have been playing at ~15-25ffps. I want to get better and smoother performance though.

The max value seem so arbitrary. Is 100 for each good? How much better does it get as it scales? I’m obviously getting better performance with 100 for each and as far as I can tell the sim looks good.

It’s a balancing act, and everyone will be a little different. How and where they fly, do they like clouds more than trees or buildings more than aircraft detail/effects…

I think you’ve answered your own question though. If 100 looks good to you, and you get smoother flights, go with it!

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I did some testing and made a overview that might be of interest

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This is really useful and well put together, thank you!

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