I have a saying in the spirit of Ben Franklin: if you [as a game fan] are willing to sacrifice speed for realism at the end you will get neither.
If Liam hadn't appeared when Sam and Sofia were in the Jacuzzi, the 'unreal situation' of Liam not finding Sam wouldn't have happened and we could have seen Sam and Sofia's relationship develop earlier or play the game earlier.
because of the reduced number of renderings.
'Realism' never delays the game.
Delaying game development is the developer's intention and plan.
And now, we got none of the speed and realism and sexual fantasy.