3 Things to Know About 32GB RAM for Simulation Games

More RAM reduces stuttering, not raw FPS Simulation games like Cities: Skylines and Microsoft Flight Simulator depend on CPU and RAM, not GPU. Extra RAM prevents the game from dumping assets to your hard drive, which causes the stutter when you zoom in or descend.

16GB is often not enough for modded sims Cities: Skylines with mods and custom assets can easily exceed 20GB of RAM. 16GB will crash or turn into a slideshow. MSFS is better optimized but add-ons and high settings still push past 16GB.

Consistent performance is the real benefit You won’t get +20 FPS from 32GB, but your frame rate will feel smoother. The game freezes and desktop crashes will largely disappear. Used 32GB sticks are cheap enough to make this a no-brainer upgrade.