Cities: Skyline 2 is a long way from home

Cities Skylines II is an immersive city-building experience that combines creativity with strategic planning. As mayor of your virtual city, you'll shape a thriving metropolis from the ground up. When I started the game, performance hit me in the face with around 10+ FPS even in the main menu. I quickly adjusted the settings to prioritize performance, and immediately experienced a better-performing game, running at around 40-60 FPS on my aging i7-8700k processor paired with an RTX 3080. However, as I grew my city to over 30,000 citizens, my performance took significant hits, dropping below 30 FPS, accompanied by heavy frame drops and freezes. Sometimes, it even becomes a slideshow. So yeah,

✨Overview Cities Skylines II city-building simulator with elements of urban planning, economic management, and creativity on an unprecedented scale. This follow-up title from Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order builds upon the success of the original Cities: Skylines while introducing a host of new features and improvements. With the promise of a five times larger playable area, enhanced building tools, overhauled progression systems, and much more,

Cities: Skylines II (Reviewed) Developer: Colossal Order Ltd. Publisher: Paradox Interactive Released: Oct 24, 2023 Price: $50 USD Cities Skyline II is a well-known city-building simulation game in which the goal is to develop a prosperous city from nothing while also maintaining your economy and keeping your population happy and healthy, which is no easy chore as you build your path to prosperity facing treacherous events all throughout the seasons.