100k population test city. Anyone tried it?

[Bjørn]

Greetings!

I just bought the game (downloading now), but since I have below recommended specs (Ryzen 5 5600X, RTX 3070 Ti, rest of specs in profile, if interested), I thought I'd try it first before I decide whether to keep it.

I see there is a test city available to download, so I thought I'd try that before the 2 hour play-time limit for refunds expires.

I was just curious if anyone else have tried it, and if so, what fps you get with the recommended settings of turning down DoF and the other things mentioned in the thread from the devs, please? Would be amazing if someone with similar specs as me would give some feedback, especially!


Here is where to get the test city:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/17fg7z9/benchmark_your_pc_using_this_100k_population/

Thanks in advance for any feedback!

[Bjørn]

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These guys run definitive testing, not some shill on steam saying they get 100 fps on a 3060
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4DX6mUY78s

They did some thorough testing, indeed!

I'm afraid I've refunded for now, but I'll keep following the patches and feedback and see if the money stays in my Steam wallet until I buy it again, or if they go to other things and I buy this on a later budget (or at all).

I got uncomfortable by how hot and noisy my system got when running the game, even at lower settings, and these tests clearly shows that many things are broken as of now (lower quality bulletin boards at higher quality settings being only one of them), and will most likely be fixed and optimized down the line.

Thanks for sharing!

[Opus Aeterna]

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Автор сообщения: MOHAPX

i9-13900KF, DDR5-7200 32 GB, AORUS GeForce RTX 4090 MASTER 24G, window mode 3840*1440, max settings + TAA = ~30 fps. 25 fps - if you move the camera quickly and 35-40 if you don’t jerk the camera sharply.
The game is specially designed to have approximately 30 fps, which is what the developers talked about.

1440p with a 4090??? And your still happy with 30fps? 🤣

30 FPS are good for this game. The same with my RTX 3060 and I have 25, 30 FPS. Good enough and playing in 1440P

[mikelleh63]

Agree, if I can keep solid 30fps I am pretty happy. I think the issues with lag are directly caused by CIMs. In CS1 there were only about 30 CIM images, so the same folks are seen everywhere. CS2 biggest upgrade is the CIms. Each one is individually created from various selections of body type, hair, etc. Leading to nearly unlimited variations. This looks great in first person camera, and shows what they are shooting for. However, as stated above, this clearly affects performance. With my rig, 300k is where things start slowing down and getting glitchy. As stated before, if your CIMS get stuck in a queue or say in a crosswalk traffic jam, the simulation just bombs. The more you zoom in on it, the slower it all runs. If you can clear it up, the whole simulation speeds up again. The whole CIM thing needs to be optimized.

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