Can anyone please suggest graphics settings to make this playable?

[Exploding Carrot]

I bought this a few weeks ago, but I've barely touched it as the performance is unplayable.  The game hangs when I pan the camera and the frame rate is basically terrible.  Also, more often than not the game simply crashes before I even get as far as getting the train running in the tutorial.

My computer exceeds the recommended specs.

Ryzen 5 3600, 1660 Super, 16GB 3200MHz RAM, game is installed on a SATA SSD.  I'm trying to play at 1920x1080, 60hz, but would be happy with a solid 30fps.

I'm kind of at a loss.  I've fiddled with all kinds of graphics settings but am getting nothing approaching it being playable.

[RedNub_]

Hello there, @Exploding Carrot

 

First of all, welcome here at SimRail Forums! 

It's sad to hear about your issue, however this version is still a playtest which means it can sometimes make an unplayeble play. On the other hand, you would not have such a huge lags. 

 

• Did you try to re-install / install new graphics driver. 
• Did you try to verify in-game files on steam.
• Did you try to re-install SimRail? 

I also have checked the minimum requirements about PC and your PC should do well with it, minimum you should able to see a change when you choose Ultra or Low settings. 

Lastly, I also have this kind of lags when I always try to enter my game. 

 

Kind Regard

RedWolfCzech

 

[Deadlost]

If done the above.

 on my previous card these made some impact:
Shadows settings (turn off extended tick box)

reduce vegetation to 75-80%

If you show us your current settings its easier to suggest changes.

[Exploding Carrot]

9 hours ago, RedWolfCzech said:

Hello there, @Exploding Carrot

First of all, welcome here at SimRail Forums! 

It's sad to hear about your issue, however this version is still a playtest which means it can sometimes make an unplayeble play. On the other hand, you would not have such a huge lags. 

• Did you try to re-install / install new graphics driver. 
• Did you try to verify in-game files on steam.
• Did you try to re-install SimRail? 

I also have checked the minimum requirements about PC and your PC should do well with it, minimum you should able to see a change when you choose Ultra or Low settings. 

Lastly, I also have this kind of lags when I always try to enter my game. 

Kind Regard

RedWolfCzech

Hi there.  Graphics driver is up to date and I used the verify files method before posting here - this was kind of a last resort sort of thing!.

 

9 hours ago, Deadlost said:

If done the above.

 on my previous card these made some impact:
Shadows settings (turn off extended tick box)

reduce vegetation to 75-80%

If you show us your current settings its easier to suggest changes.

I'll give the shadows and vegetation thing a try.  Thank you!

[Exploding Carrot]

Ok, here's the last batch of settings I've tried:

Settings part 1

Settings part 2

I've tried 30fps limit as well, I've turned off things like shadows and grass and I'm still getting the sort of frame drops which make it unplayable - I had MSI afterburner running whilst running the game and would often see freezes, or drops to single digit FPS.  Yet, the MSI afterburner overlay shows the GPU utlisation staying at 45% or below and CPU cores all capping out at less than 40% utilisation, so it's not even like there's a sudden bottleneck in either the CPU or GPU utilisation.

I am now trying to uninstall and reinstall the game and seeing if that helps, but if anyone has any other suggestions I'd be delighted to hear them.  I want to be able to play SimRail, but as it is currently it's utterly unplayable for me.  If I can't find a solution, I'll just have to stick to TSC and TSW for my train kick!

 

Edited January 15 by Exploding Carrot

[Exploding Carrot]

Ok, this can be closed for now.  Setting the graphics to half resolution seems to have done the trick to at least make the framerate steady.  Hopefully I can finally get into the driving a bit now!

[_SJAY_]

On 16.01.2024 at 16:02, Exploding Carrot said:

Ок, на данный момент это можно закрыть. Установка графики на половинное разрешение, похоже, сделала свое дело, по крайней мере, установив стабильную частоту кадров. Надеюсь, теперь я наконец-то смогу немного сесть за руль!

Hi. I did the following: 
- Set all settings to the minimum.
- Then I alternately changed each parameter, observing the impact on performance..
As a result, I selected the optimal settings for my system.
I must say right away that the rendering range has a strong effect on FPS. I also put the amount of vegetation at 30%.