What is the ideal simulation distance in Minecraft?

​​​Minecraft 1.18 update has a number of experimental settings, including simulation distance settings and a few other game updates.

Minecraft Bedrock - Ticking Area/Simulation Distance Tutorial ( Xbox / MCPE / Windows 10 / Switch )

Adjusting View Distance and Simulation Distance on Your Minecraft Server - Knowledgebase - Shockbyte

What is Simulation Distance?

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What settings (besides render distance) to reduce lag I already have optifine and that hasn't helped to much. : r/Minecraft

Thats a bug that heppens on my aternos server. the render distance on myPC is 18 and the simulation distance is 14. Any ideas how to fix this? : r/ Minecraft

View Distance and Simulation Distance in Minecraft

What is the exact meaning of Mob spawning in bedrock edition happens within a spherical shell 24-44 blocks away from the player on simulation distance 4 : r/technicalminecraft

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What is the ideal simulation distance in Minecraft?

Adjusting View Distance and Simulation Distance on Your Minecraft Server - Knowledgebase - Shockbyte

What is Simulation Distance in the Minecraft 1.19 update?