I'm increasingly noticing framerate issues on multiple routes whenever there’s vegetation. It used to happen only with dense foliage and bare trees, but now it also occurs in autumn and sometimes even during the summer months. It seems that having the headlights on makes things worse on certain routes. Is it possible no one has ever noticed this? I notice it especially on these routes: Mittenwaldbahn, Semmeringbahn, Morristown, Riviera, etc., but only in the densest forested areas. Xbox Series X.
I'm certainly of the view that Crewe to Birmingham trying to emulate the IRL Network Rail linear forest and being stuffed with trees, bushes and scrubs is not helping with performance. Without access to the source files it's not possible to say what sort of poly count these items have on them or whether they are using lower poly assets further back from the lineside but something must be hitting the frame rate. I also noticed a similar thing with the JT Shap route when it came out. A good route builder knows when (and how many) detailed assets to use and where you can get away with a lesser item or even 2D backdrop to get a reasonable effect.
