The graphics optimization and performance tweaks made my performance worse. Much worse, even on low settings.
It appears that I no longer have the ability to choose tree and grass detail separate from rendering distance. I used to be able to have wispy little grass and reasonable trees 30.0 out, as long as the detail wasn't too high, and allowed me to keep weather. Now, however, it's all or nothing. Even 10.0 out, the grass and flowers and rocks are too much for my pc to handle. The shortest distance for tees is 500, so I can't turn that down either.
Can you please bring back the option to slide grass and tree detail? I do love the graphics, but my pc will only let me play now if I have the grass and weather off altogether. I've had to turn shadows off too.