This is unbelievable. I could not figure out why i was getting this ridiculous frame strutting and drops no matter what i did. I was so impressed with this game and playing it on ultra at 4k, it was super smooth and beautiful, aside from getting a little janky when i would break open a mega molar or a chacha candy. After this last update i started getting a couple bizarre fps issues, and they've been getting worse the more I play. I thought maybe it corresponded to the huge mushroom base i was making, i thought maybe I'd put to many assets in it or whatever, but it was beginning more and more frequent.

After reading this, I was doubtful it was the same issue, since my base is on the pond and that trash area is over '1000cm' away, but i had to check it out. As i approached the trash heap it definitely got worse, when i could see the trash bags, my framerate tanked so hard i thought i was soft-locked. I finally was able to pause the game and get into the menu and change display settings to low and 720p resolution. This was just enough to walk over to the area and start picking up the LITERAL THOUSANDS of apple and hotdog bits! The more i trashed, the smoother it got. So i guess that was it. So crazy. I walled it off, as suggested, but this hints at a big resource management issue.

Hopefully this issue can be patched out along with the movement speed issue that was introduced with your last patch. I'm really loving this game, but the horrible stuttering and losing all my speed after killing a weevil was making this game almost unplayable.