Before making any changes, it's essential to know where your PC stands. The official minimum requirements, as detailed by EA, target a using the Low graphics preset:

Beyond manual config tweaks, several community‑made mods can improve performance or reduce the graphical load.

: Set to 0 to disable complex shadows.

Using the described above on a low-end PC (Example specs: Intel i3-3220, 8GB RAM, GT 730 2GB DDR3):