The development team has released emergency Hotfix 1.5.3f1 for Cities: Skylines II to address critical stability and performance issues reported after the previous update.
Main fixes and optimizations:
- Resolved crash cases during large zone updates in high-population cities.
- Improved memory behavior on mid-range hardware to reduce major frame-time spikes.
- Fixed visual artifacts affecting newly added building and landscaping assets.
- Improved cloud-save and mod-related sync reliability.
- Corrected interface issues in economy and statistics overlays.
Players are advised to install this hotfix to improve stability and maintain compatibility with online and mod-related features.