Game Optimization

I realize my 2060S isn't a top notch graphics card or anything, but my settings are all on practically the lowest they will go. I'm trying to enjoy mapping, but when I first enter a new map and am encountering enemies for the first time in that specific map - I get a lot of lag and while I'm only in T3 maps at the moment, I can die very fast and it's very frustrating when it's because of the lag.

I really hope there are plans to optimize the game a great deal because I don't think I'll be able to play too many more map tiers further as enemy damage scales to 1-shot potential.

Due to kids, job, other personal factors and increasingly the economy.. I can not afford to upgrade my computer anytime soon.

I feel like too many companies are neglecting optimization and expect GPUs and CPUs to take up more of the slack but it becomes a glaring issue in a game like PoE 2 where death is so punishing.