Elders don't look old
Elders in real life: https://elizz.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/older-man.jpg Elders in The Sims: https://i.imgur.com/CBaXGHw.jpg
Forum Discussion
IMO elders in all games could have looked older than they are :D . There are skin details you can add within the game that add some age marks to the sims. Unless I'm thinking of TS3 :D ... I believe you can add additional aging details in TS4 as well.
