im new to this! help!

Zachlezipper

first i want to say that i am new to playing subnautica. i saw it in highschool and im still following its progress its just so interesting!. now in the game i find that the world generates slowly even if i stay still. is this a common problem or is something wrong with my version of the game. the aurora and whatever bases had made i can see far away. but everything else takes moment to spawn. ground included

DrownedOut

Welcome!

This is "normal". SN has yet to undergo optimalization (in case you might not know of it, here's the roadmap) - you can see several cards addressing performance) and runs mediocre on XBox and marginally better on PC at the moment. But from your description, your version is fine.