To be honest, I turned off shadows for 'working' views in 3D in 21, makes navigating the model a lot smoother.
Whatever quality improvements are there, are taxing.
We do not have 22 yet in NL, but I don't think it will have improved.
I do have a low / high detail 3D style (no shadows) in 21 as well, so apparantly you can do more than just turn off shadows to change the quality, maybe a lower quality but with shadows works for you.
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