rubinos

Definitely less lag on 19w45a+, but still laggy. Prior to that version, when you got far away from the decaying leaves, performance was snappy, but it is laggier now. See attached pics.

19w44a near vs far:

Pre-release 2 near vs far:

@slicedlime Just wanted to add some screenshots on a different system setup.

Biome blend= 3x3 on both versions.

Just to clarify, these are not very trustworthy because at some point being a block or two nearer the fire provokes a HUGE performance drop. I can elaborate more on this if needed.