Just tried the game via Game Pass...

[Funghi]

....and unfortunatley, it´s awful. Simply simply awful. From performance (5800X3d, GTX1060 6 Gb, settings mid/low) to laying down roads to the overall feeling. Stopped playing after reaching city level 2.
Sorry guys, that´s a real bummer.

[Stars-N-Stripes]

Try highrise city, similar in scope but focused on resources to grow - it's an alternate game while you wait for fixes or as an alternate game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1489970/Highrise_City/

[Funghi]

Thanks! Will try the demo

[vinzenz]

You have a 1060... that is an over 7 year old model... in PC terms an antiquity. And it was never powerfull to begin with anyway....

[Funghi]

That´s why I set almost everything to low. Still feels like some very bad alpha from some backyard developer. Please do your simping/white knighting with someone else.

[Ncs]

I'm with vinzenz. Your GTX1060 6 GB is a real bummer. On modern hardware the game runs well.

"That's why I set almost everything to low"....

Yeah, right. That's the solution for your ancient hardware.

[Funghi]

Here is your "sunken cost fallacy" at work, guys.
And "yes", lowering settings should be the solution. But it still runs like s**t and performs like s**t. Worst of both worlds.

[Ncs]

It's "sunk cost fallacy".

Did you try it on your Gameboy or your Microwave? Maybe it will work there on low settings. I mean that's what low settings are for?!

[Aldarion]

A 7 year old low tier graphics card.... "lower settings should be the solution" let me dig my 3Dfx Voodoo3 3000 out of the basement and see if lower settings are the solution....

[Funghi]

I´m still way above minimum specs, so lowering settings should do the trick. But it doesn´t. Simping doesn´t help anyone.

[讽刺]

我的游戏通行证体验不太好，但如果它对人们有用，为什么不呢

[Funghi]

Originally posted by 讽刺:

我的游戏通行证体验不太好，但如果它对人们有用，为什么不呢

I won´t exclude the possibility that the Game Pass-"Edition" has some major flaws like the "Windows Edition" of CS1 had on that platform. But anyway... It doesn´t look good for CO to release the game in such an bad state.

[Stars-N-Stripes]

Originally posted by Funghi:

Originally posted by 讽刺:

我的游戏通行证体验不太好，但如果它对人们有用，为什么不呢

I won´t exclude the possibility that the Game Pass-"Edition" has some major flaws like the "Windows Edition" of CS1 had on that platform. But anyway... It doesn´t look good for CO to release the game in such an bad state.

^ This
Appears almost everything is either broken, missing, or un-optimized. Another Paradox example about how they are more concerned about making shareholder money than delivering good games. In recent years they have sold out to the dollar, with every release and sub-par DLC they are pissing more and more people off.