Set and primed to launch on October 24, the brand new Cities: Skylines recreation would possibly launch with some doubtlessly huge issues, in line with the developer. As per Colossal Order’s newest announcement, the studio has determined to hit its focused launch date although this implies launching with less-than-stellar optimization. In different phrases, early adopters of the long-anticipated city-builder could find yourself struggling to run the sport correctly on day one.

This info comes from Colossal Order’s current discussion board announcement, the place the publish states: “Cities: Skylines II is a next-gen title, and naturally, it calls for sure {hardware} necessities. With that stated, whereas our group has labored tirelessly to ship one of the best expertise attainable, now we have not achieved the benchmark we focused.” It’s actually not phenomenal information, however the truth that Colossal Order is being up-front about it deserves kudos, for positive.

Is Cities: Skylines 2 going to have dangerous efficiency on day one?

Colossal Order’s announcement that Cities: Skylines 2 would possibly run poorly on PC on day one comes not lengthy after the numerous bump-up within the recreation’s system necessities. Colossal Order’s suggestion is now for gamers to return packing some critical {hardware}, all issues thought of, with the RTX 3080 and the Ryzen 7 5800X being the beneficial GPU and CPU, respectively. The truth that the devs would go on to supply additional clarification on the sport’s efficiency even after this means that issues might be tough early on.

“In gentle of this,” says Colossal Order’s announcement, “we nonetheless suppose for the long-term of the undertaking, releasing now’s the easiest way ahead.” The assertion additionally provides that “[Colossal Order] will frequently enhance the sport over the approaching months, however [the studio wishes] to handle expectations on efficiency for the approaching launch. Our ambition is for Cities: Skylines II to be loved by as many gamers as attainable, and we’re dedicated to making sure it reaches its full potential.”

It’s not all dangerous information, after all. The exact same publish additionally goes into appreciable element on Colossal Order’s modding plans for Cities: Skylines 2, saying that “whereas the modding software [for Skylines 2] may have a primary framework at its inception, we’re devoted to its steady enlargement and enhancement, making it a central focus of our growth efforts transferring ahead.” Console gamers, too, will probably be having access to mods, which is the silver lining to the truth that the console construct of Skylines 2 bought postponed, besides.