Not a big fan of the pop in myself. Max distance set in options in game.

I have learned to live with it. I understand it is part of optimization.

In order to hide it they would have to go into a distance haze to basically cover everything up. That would be way worse. One of the great things is how grand the vistas look and having to ruin that to hide the pop in would be awful.

I saw the same thing in Warframe. When Fortuna came out it took forever to load in but the view distance was really awesome and clear. Now due to optimization it loads faster but the grand view is not great, loss of clarity in the air, distance haze really took away from it visually.

I think they have moved that way in this game. When they changed how the oceans looked and added a bit more distance haze. I just don't want them to go too far with it. My game actually ran smoother before they "optimized" it ha ha.

So dealing with some pop in isn't so bad in comparison.