I just started playing the game 5 days ago, so I can't comment on the difference between recent releases. However, I can say I think there is a lot of work needed on making the game run faster and smoother all together. I have an overclocked i7 2600k, 16 GB of memory, and SLI 680's and I only get about 20 FPS when I am launching/flying a rocket. Having also looked at the current state of mods, I agree with you Devo. I wish they would work with the high profile modders and give you guys early access to the patches to help test and update your mods. Maybe they read forum threads like this and learn sooner rather then later. Just keep up the awesome work and don't give up on it all just yet. You guys do some awesome stuff and I probably wouldn't have bought the game if I hadn't seen what mods people such as yourself are making for the game to add so much content. It's like Minecraft, the vanilla game is great, but once you play using mods/modpacks you'll never play the vanilla game again.