What is the ideal simulation distance in Minecraft?

​​​Minecraft 1.18 update has a number of experimental settings, including simulation distance settings and a few other game updates.

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What settings (besides render distance) to reduce lag I already have optifine and that hasn't helped to much. : r/Minecraft

What is simulation distance in Minecraft: Java Edition 1.18?

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What simulation distance is ideal? : r/technicalminecraft

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Thats a bug that heppens on my aternos server. the render distance on myPC is 18 and the simulation distance is 14. Any ideas how to fix this? : r/ Minecraft

Minecraft: What is Simulation Distance?

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