Which district did you settle in first?

Not a complaint, just genuinely puzzled by the behaviour. The difference only becomes obvious once you look at the frame times rather than the average.

Curious whether that matches what everyone else is seeing.

Slightly different take — if it only happens in one mode, that narrows it down considerably.

I went through this last month. the safe move is the reversible one — you can always undo it if it makes things worse.

Let us know which part worked.

Worth checking first: the community guide covers this better than I can, but the summary is to prioritise the basics first.

In my testing, keep a note of what you changed, otherwise you cannot undo it cleanly later.

For what it is worth, the safe move is the reversible one — you can always undo it if it makes things worse.

Not the answer you want, but the trick is to change one thing at a time and actually note the result before touching anything else.