Best PC Settings For Cities: Skylines 2
Cities: Skylines 2 had a rough launch, as performance issues plagued the city builder simulation and PC players have struggled with the poor optimization. Some settings can be changed to provide a better experience, but knowing which ones can be challenging if you don’t know what they do.
PC players of Cities: Skylines 2 have a selection of graphics options they toggle between, each providing a varying degree of performance increase if lowered. Here is a list of all the graphics settings in Cities: Skylines 2, and which ones will get you the best performance while still having it look okay.
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Best Settings to Boost Performance in Cities: Skylines 2
Before Cities: Skylines 2 even launched, the developers at Colossal Order Ltd. advised that the title had not reached their performance benchmarks, but would continue to address these issues post-launch. Since then, they’ve provided some recommended settings for players to try. I myself have struggled with the performance in Cities: Skylines 2 – even with an Nvidia RTX 4090 and Intel i7 – there are times when the world comes to a complete stutter as it tries to load the environment in. Strangely, even at higher quality settings, the textures appear broken compared to those when set to medium or low. I’m not entirely sure what’s going on here but hopefully that is addressed in future updates.
After spending some time looking at each of the settings in Cities: Skylines 2, these are some of the best changes you can make to boost your performance on PC. These setttings can be changed by accessing the Main Menu, and then the Graphics tab.
- Screen Resolution: 1080p – I recommend playing at 1080p resolution, this will
