Space Age on Switch 2 - Performance Problem with Platform Thrusters
Posted: Thu May 21, 2026 6:44 pm
Hello,
I played a lot of Factorio on Nintendo Switch 2, I just finished my first Space Age run after around 160 hours.
I mostly play docked on a 4K TV. Graphical settings are all standard.
There are some quite noticable framedrops when looking at the smoke trail of thrusters when space platforms are moving. The 60FPS feels like it reduces to like 15FPS or lower. Around 4 thrusters at the same time are enough to trigger that massive lag. My final space platform had 10 thrusters and when it flew you had to be careful not to show any of the smoke otherwise it would lag really hard.
Another noticable lag seems to be on Vulcanos or Gleba when you zoom out all the way before it transitions into the less detailed map view. This doesnt happen on Nauvis.
When flying into space as a player, the transition from planet into space can be really laggy and slow depending on zoom level, noticed that especially on Nauvis and Vulcanus.
Most other spots of the game seem to run well even with bigger builds. Thanks for reading this.
I played a lot of Factorio on Nintendo Switch 2, I just finished my first Space Age run after around 160 hours.
I mostly play docked on a 4K TV. Graphical settings are all standard.
There are some quite noticable framedrops when looking at the smoke trail of thrusters when space platforms are moving. The 60FPS feels like it reduces to like 15FPS or lower. Around 4 thrusters at the same time are enough to trigger that massive lag. My final space platform had 10 thrusters and when it flew you had to be careful not to show any of the smoke otherwise it would lag really hard.
Another noticable lag seems to be on Vulcanos or Gleba when you zoom out all the way before it transitions into the less detailed map view. This doesnt happen on Nauvis.
When flying into space as a player, the transition from planet into space can be really laggy and slow depending on zoom level, noticed that especially on Nauvis and Vulcanus.
Most other spots of the game seem to run well even with bigger builds. Thanks for reading this.