@Kirby5692 , My version of TS3 lagged horribly!!! Not only that it would grind to a halt, for several minutes and then crash! 😞 And the lagging started happening fairly soon , like within the first year, but it wasn't that bad at first. TS4 only just started lagging a small amount for me , and that is after over 6 years of playing! (I had all expansions of TS3, and I have all of them for TS4). But I"m sure other people have different experiences with TS4 and lagging.
I would often wait on TS3 for anywhere from 5 - 20 min (occasionally more) for my game to stop lagging, only to lag again within 10 seconds sometimes. This is far worse than the mere 10 to 30 seconds it usually takes for a loading screen in TS4!
There seems to be a wide range of experiences with TS3's performance. 🤨 I had what was supposed to be a mid range computer. But it was enough of a problem for EA to decide to make TS4 a semi-open world (more open than TS2, but not as open as TS3). I much prefer the loading screens because they are very short and let me actually play my game! 🙌
I respect your opinion and I am glad you are enjoying TS4 but for me it lags, freeze for absoultely no reason even after I have updated everything. They say they have improved performance but they clearly haven't they just lied about it, they removed all the essential feature for what? Nothing. Releasing low quality expension packs and expecting everyone to pretend they are cool with it.
I just don't understand why they would destroy this beautiful concept for money they lie to their consumers about the fact that they can't do an open world when a brookheights mod proves them wrong. They are destroying there own game for the sake of money. The truth will come out at some point.
