When I started learning Blender, I struggle to understand why my playback was sluggishly slow. Couldn’t really find a quick solution without having to clicking here and there until I stubble across this switch. Doesn’t make sense in terms of the UI labelling. Anyhow hope this helps for anyone stuck.

1. At the bottom of the timeline, click on the Playback button.

2. Go to Audio, select No Sync and change this to Frame Dropping.(This will drop frame rates with complex scene for a more like real-time playback)3. Press the Play icon or Spacebar to play your animation. Your [...]