Does Seasons Slow The Game Down?

As far a loading, I've only noticed just a little change, but not by much.

"AxeEcliptica;d-943245" wrote:
I'm really on the fence about this expansion. I love all the content that's been included (gifts are finally returning!!) but I'm worried about the changing and loading of the seasons slowing the game down and bogging down the overall performance. I understand that everyone's experience with it will be different because of computer hardware but I rune Geforce and intel core i7 so while I know the game should in theory run fine, you never know. I mean look at how TS3 ran.

It really depends on what one is running and how well this program was developed. TS3 ran well on my systems and if there was any lag it was attributed to an developer issue such as an bad patch for in theory the better the machine the better the game runs and that is with any game. The only thing with Sims series it does not matter what specs you are using your game does not scale or down to it's specs even though you may get better graphics with the type of card you use. However, in time lower end may feel the strain and notice that with some packs the specs do change as they add on but as far as features goes not much goes into them if it taxes the engine and lower end systems. I would expect Sims 4 to run smoothly on my systems being it does not have many features that can challenge them.

Loading time I've notice no difference. The only issue I've had is when I was in winter and it was snowing hard my game started to drop frame rate but it seemed like as the game continued the frame rate started to go back up.

Nope.

Not for me.

Ive had no issue for gameplay but build mode can be laggy (especially placing floors/wallpaper) the new patch was suppose to fix that but it hasnt for me.

For me it's slightly slower with Seasons than ever before, but, it's still a speed demon compared to Sims 3.

I'm playing the game on a low end pc, and I expected the performance to be rather limited, but I'm very happy with it all. It might be a bit choppy when I record for a movie, or if I run a web browser (with 12 running tabs) in the background, so I just try to limit the other programs. I did notice less activity on community lots, there seems to be fewer random siims walking about, or they take longer to appear, but I can live with that.

Check out my latest movie "One Year In Brindleton Bay", recorded on my low end 2 years old cheap computer with integrated vid card and nothing extra.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ekmY2ee542o

My game runs very smoothly with Seasons installed. I don't see any difference. The only issue is bugs, but that seems to be a global issue.

It's definitely not as sluggish as Sims 3 Seasons though. That expansion was a pain right in the processor. I'd say it melds with the base game really well.

"ParmaViolet87;c-16573723" wrote:
My game runs very smoothly with Seasons installed. I don't see any difference. The only issue is bugs, but that seems to be a global issue.

It's definitely not as sluggish as Sims 3 Seasons though. That expansion was a pain right in the processor. I'd say it melds with the base game really well.

I agree and mine runs smoothly to.