Should I buy CS2 if I'm using an RTX 4060 and i5-13400F?

[xelA]

I'm very skeptical on whether or not I should buy the game just yet or wait for everything to be patched. This is a game I've been looking forward to playing for a few months but I've heard about a bunch of performance issues in the game, even with high-end PC parts. I only plan on playing at 1080p with medium settings if possible. Am I better off just playing CS1 with mods or should I just go ahead and try out CS2 with my current specs?

[River]

What resolution you play at ?

[xelA]

Originally posted by gamer:

What resolution you play at ?

I only plan on playing in 1080p

[cheshire.panther]

It will bottleneck on 100k no matter the resolution

[Tsubame ⭐]

If you never tried CS1 I would try that first instead, especially with the whole series - DLCs and all - on sale. At least the base game.

And at least it has Steam Workshop mods available, unlike CS2, which depends on Paradox's own crappy mod management system.

[General Zod ™]

Did a 700k population on a ryzen 5 budget and 3060ti laptop cause too play portable around house.. Runs fine.

I own 4090 i7 and no notable difference. If your layout and city planning is no good it won't last long because simulation is cpu.

Tip:
Plan your city so it doesn't have to path so much. Also build smart, not big to fight the bad layout. Time will break the city when population is huge. You don't need massive powerful for anything under 500k population. Just good layout planning.

[xelA]

Originally posted by Tsubame ⭐:

If you never tried CS1 I would try that first instead, especially with the whole series - DLCs and all - on sale. At least the base game.

And at least it has Steam Workshop mods available, unlike CS2, which depends on Paradox's own crappy mod management system.

Yeah I might just stick to modding CS1 for now, I already own a handful of DLCs but I'm still missing a fair chunk of them.

[Major Kudos™]

It will play just as good as anything out there with your hardware. Sadly nothing plays it well.

If you want to smoothly play any metropolitan sized city you will be disappointed.

Your hardware is great, The game is in crutches right now but will get better but not this year or the next.

[xelA]

Originally posted by Major Kudos™:

It will play just as good as anything out there with your hardware. Sadly nothing plays it well.

If you want to smoothly play any metropolitan sized city you will be disappointed.

Your hardware is great, The game is in crutches right now but will get better but not this year or the next.

I appreciate your input, I'm really hoping the game will be more stable to play over time. I saw a video of this guy only getting 30-40 fps on a 4090 which tells me it's gonna be a LONG time before it will be at a reasonable state.