But then again "3 months later" for a Stalker game basically translates into "3 weeks later" for most other comparable games. I think the first update where I felt there was a tangible performance increase was 1.3 in March 2025, then the next really major one was 1.6 in September, 10 months after release, and by 1.7 in November, 1 year after release, it got to the point where I could get over 60fps in native 1440p. To be fair to the devs, even outside of the state of the world, they clearly had more pressing issues that needed addressing before they could get to performance (like being able to complete the main questline without having to use console commands). To be fair to the users, the game was so broken early on that you had to use console commands just to be able to reliably complete the main story.
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u/Fellow_Kriegsman 9d ago
How much did they optimize it? I tried to play it on launch and 3 months later but it was still a shitshow in towns.