When I get bored by a certain family or feel their story has run it's course, I usually start a new family within my save. I like encountering my own sims in my save. There are sims I switch back to when I feel like it.
I would only give up that save if it becomes totally unplayable. Let's hope that doesn't happen.
If you start new games in the same save, how do you keep it safe from bugs and corruption?
I hope I can avoid corruption by limiting mods, no big mods with overhauls or new systems , regularly save as, no rental units. But it's all down to luck. One house has a lot of lag so I might have to move the families I care about to a new save at some point.
