With the most recent patch, the crashes have considerably worsened to the point where it's unplayable. Loading crashing half of the times. And ever so often the game crashed on me, playing my random continent game.
Also... sorry to say but the performance is abysmally bad. I don't know where the performance get, because visually the game is nowhere near that detailled that it would justify such a slow performance.
My comp: WinXP (SP3), Dual Core 2.2 Ghz, Nvidia 7950 with 512 MB Graphics RAM, 4 GB RAM
I would say a game with such graphics SHOULD run smooth, but it doesn't. It's a CHORE. And tbh, it makes me feel a bit cheated. I was so bored, so I bought the game at launch day, and now I can't play at all. I hope you work on crashes and really good performance soon. :/
EDIT: My graphic settings
1680 x 1050
AA off
limit framrate: 60
gfx: disable depth of field
texture: 1024 x 512
shadow low res
ground cover: numerous x2
unit scale: proportional
font smoothing
stylized lightning
softness: 75
Most of these I don't know what they do, so they are as preset.