I don't think the game is getting any more real updates now so if it's still bad now it's probably the best it's going to get

Not really

It’s likely on your end. The games fine for a lot of people.

60 fps all day and night here

Depends on assets and terraforming still. Out and about performance for me is usually 80-100fps
Back at my huge base with a moat filled with wolves and a boar breeder and wolf breeder and all manner of stuff then it tanks to 30-40.
But…. When I say huge base I mean it
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1705158559063215779/55D6C7EBBEE2D548E2ECC5A9054D4133EFDF0172/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

I feel like fps is a bit better than when I last played, but my graphics drivers are newer too, so it's hard to say on which end it changed.

Originally posted by Cellar_Cat:

I feel like fps is a bit better than when I last played, but my graphics drivers are newer too, so it's hard to say on which end it changed.

I remember one of the changes they made was to how the map registered pickaxe hits. It now only records the final vertex hit in the 2d map instead of each hit. It makes terraforming much easier to do now. Theyve done a few things here and there.

There have been some incremental improvements but they're focused on bug hunting right now. I'd continue not expecting serious optimisation efforts until all the biomes, bosses and game mechanics are in place.