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Finally got base game TS2 running again!
I recently took up the task of trying to get the base game running again, just for nostalgia’s sake. After absolutely fighting with it on my Razer laptop in Win10, I scooped up an otherwise e-waste laptop that runs Windows 7. Absolutely perfect Sims machine. The shadows just WORK, the resolution was perfect, and it loads breezily fast. Ahh, the fine vintage of an unpatched, unmodded base game … can’t wait to experience the bugs like it’s 2004!
With Win8.1 reaching end of life in a few months, this is a great time to scoop up a 2010-2012 Windows 7 laptop for Sims and other 2000s delights. People will practically pay you to get one out of their attic, and even a total craptop from the era is likely to run TS2 effortlessly. Just don’t forget to run it as an administrator. :-)
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