>playing elite dangerous 3.8
>supposedly there's some thargoid shit happening in odyssey
>friend tells me to join him in 4.0 because 3.8 is going to become legacy soon
>"4.0 has improved graphics too"
>install 4.0
>apply minimum graphics settings (same as I used in horizons)
>game is a stuttering mess
>literally 3 to 4 times worse performance-wise
>on top of that, shadows look like dogshit compared to 3.8