I've actually locked my FPS at 30 in the nvidia control panel. Honestly cant see the difference between this and 60.
Spent about 5hrs trying to get my city into shape, 4hrs of that was going nowhere, very little progression and just a steady loss of income. Tried tweaking service %s and taxes, and it didnt seem to make any positive difference, i'd just get complaints about high crime etc.
I think part of the issue was my stubbornness to continue building low density houses, mostly because theres not much easy sprawl i can do beyond what ive already unlocked.
I got to the point where i had 100k in the bank, was less than half way towards the next milestone, and there were issues in part due to reducing services payments. I ended up taking out a 500k loan, to make sure i didnt go under, I built a couple of things (basic mail setup, and minor RCI expansions) and increased the services payments, and after a while i noticed that my balance was steadily going up each update/tick (still said it was negative ~3k/hr) but the main thing was people were flooding in all of a sudden, so i was getting population XP as well as happiness. I ended up paying off the loan just before hitting the milestone.
Havent had the funds to do any public transport yet, and next step is going to be to expand to somewhere with a bit more space. Not quite at 10k (3h in-game should do it) and currently at milestone 8 (Big Town). That said, im tempted to restart on a different map, or at least take a look at each of them and see what i want to do. I'd like something a little flatter if possible. I know i can terraform everything but its just a PITA.
One thing ive noticed is that the Economy window shows you the income for exporting electricity & water, but i dont see anywhere that shows exported resources. Im exporting a lot of timber & ore, and the closest i can find is taxation of goods, but i cant tell if the businesses have increased earnings by exporting, so higher tax payments.
