Simulation Lag. Get A Better Computer?

"Felicity;c-17696185" wrote:
Even with a newer i7, I get simulation lag. Well, maybe I could pitch that I need an i9 for Christmas.

Joking aside, why did Maxis go with this engine? I mean, yes, I know the story of Olympus, but this seems like a very easily predictable problem, especially since they were catering to low end machines at the start. I guess at least it's not Frostbite.

It is all about the money as they did not want to spend money on building an engine from scratch, but to thier supporters they made the right move and I feel it was not but heck it is their program and if they wish to gimp an their program they can.