IMO it was worth buying on launch. It's nowhere near the disaster people make it out to be. It's just a step back from CS1 with all its DLC and mods, but it will get there quickly once the asset editor is released. Bugs? Performance? Mostly fixed, quickly, although the land value still isn't perfect and they need to do something about children living alone with 5 dogs. But those aren't exactly game breaking. The art style is leaps and bounds better than CS1 and the roads are a dream comparatively. Personally, I've had a wonderful time with the game since day one.
They also made some pretty significant improvements to performance, and importantly, simulation speed with this one. But yeah, the DLC is kind of insulting.
Well, Bottles anyway, and Affinity Photo v1.10.6.1665.
Here's the custom recipe I use (with caffe-8.21): https://privatebin.net/?5f0ccc4d96c9f386#8MRRLF6WkZ8zjPWDFucuwsiCGSg9mdSVwcF3YqfqFarU
Some minor rendering issues, but perfectly usable.