For those complaining, the old version is out there on the interwebs and its totally playable, just some minor traffic issues, which I have mostly resolved.
You could try getting rid of the virtual objects for the stop signs. I did and just replaced them with traffic lights. It seems to have helped with lag and traffic issues.
What is that second Impala in the background? Is that a CSO or police volunteer? I also like the black and white scheme. I would also like to have the mini map please!
I agree with NFK this topic has just spun out of control with everyone's personal dream setup. But this is a mod made for the general public not catered to everyone's individual tastes and preferences. I personally don't care for most of the fire scripts. I find it incredibly difficult to fight any fire and sometimes just resort to fire extinguishers. I know it may be realistic but this a game and responding to fires is more of a pain to me than fun. I had a house fire that had no hydrants near by and i had 2 tankers both Vollies and 2 mutial aid trucks and i ran out of water and had to go at it with fire extinguishers it was unbelievable. I think there should be two different setups: One for non fire geared people like an easy mode. And one for all the fire heads here who want the game to be as realistic as possible.
I leave the game running for long periods of time and just come back to it later and it seems to lag incredibly as you said but only if i select certain units. The game eventually just CTD because of the Lag i guess. Idk if this something to do with the mod or just the game itself.