u/Other-Watercress-154

For reference I have amassed around 2k hours in factorio and a hundred in satisfactory. But I am a bit stumbled by this. What levels of Realism should I choose? What's the intended experience?

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I am new to this kind of customization. Those Realism tickers sound pretty interesting, but I've heard this game has like "death spirals" (or was it loops?) that can happen and are pretty annoying. Do these affect it?

Do you guys find any of those fun? I think I'd turn on Ore sorting and Realism, but what do you guys think about Realism++?

Just uhh what should I turn on and how difficult are those? Thanks.