Originally posted by Isaac_Clark:

It's an indy game that's in EA. A lot of indie developers simply don't have the manpower to optimize their games. Probably factored into the choice of art style for this game. Also the gtx 1080 is pretty old.

I have the 1080 and I'm having no issues. Only thing close to an issue is during auto saves it gets choppy a few seconds but that is it.

Also though, I do little terraforming (Moats around the bases). I build more with the terrain.