I read through this detailed #KSP2 blog post while waiting on a build:

https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/214806-developer-insights-18-graphics-of-early-access-ksp2/

- They are going to rebuild the underlying terrain system from scratch in the medium term (!)
- They are currently using Unity's legacy renderer and planning on switching to HDRP (!!!)
- I'm positive they can pull this off but wow those are some real heavy-lift tasks for something this far into development.