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same here i noticed if fps cap at 30, loading is slower

i think this is by design, because it was the same in 2020 i couldn’t say what’s the idea behind it though…

I have a really hard time believing this is intentional.

Really? Oh that’s what it is. I kinda made peace with the fact that the sim now loads waaaaay longer after optimizing the graphics settings, including capping the framerate. But why? Why? why? 2m30s (capped) 1m19s (uncapped) What? All this time I blamed those pre-downloaded packages for this inc…

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Awesome! Thanks for pointing this out.

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