FPS performance issues, or is it just me?

[SkyPylot]

My laptop is an approx. three year old MSI, with an i9 chip and a 4080 GPU. At startup, I'm getting maybe 60 to 150 FPS. But when I enter orbit around the Moon, it drops to 2 FPS and I have to quit the game. Has anyone else experienced this?

 

[Kiwi Shark]

My laptop is an approx. three year old MSI, with an i9 chip and a 4080 GPU. At startup, I'm getting maybe 60 to 150 FPS. But when I enter orbit around the Moon, it drops to 2 FPS and I have to quit the game. Has anyone else experienced this?

I have experienced some slowdowns for seemingly no reason in various scenarios. Sometimes even letting the game run in one place without input will let the frames drop over time. I'm not entirely sure of what causes it either.