Game seems to run faster than when I played which was last year. Got to ~2350 in a MP game in a good amount of time and delay between days was playable. Stopped playing to wait for the DLC.Stellaris, 3 times as slow, now with an unplayable mid game!
Key to performance in the game, disable xeno-compatibility, purge other AI if you don't need their pops and spawn crisis 50 years early than default so it purges some AI (hope it doesn't spawn next to you).