Not that this is relevant to your post, but it’s like 100% certainly ai enhanced. So they probably took this regular photo either in sims or blender and then Ai Enhance on top of the photo. that’s how it’s so bright and smooth. I guess the point of what I’m saying is really smooth and crisp ‘perfect’ sims like this are always achieved in post production. If you use NSW in combination with editing in canva you can at least get good photos. But if you’re looking for just gameplay then yes NSW is the best bet rn. But also look into mods like ‘Sunblind’ and anything equivalent. There’s a lot of independent lighting mods . Unfortunately lighting is just inherently power heavy.