Hi, I'm about 3 realtime days into a pair of VV1 games, my first time. Things are going well so far, but I think I'm confused about game speed.

At first I was playing on 2X speed during the day and 1/2 speed at night while I slept. I had thought that more would be accomplished on 2X speed, and less accomplished at night in case of calamity.

What surprised me was that just about the same amount of events and development occurred at either speed, but less food and resources were required at 1/2 speed.

Am I right in understanding that "Fast Town" and "Slow Town" get about the same accomplished, but Fast Town burns through villager lives and resources faster? If that's true, then 1/2 speed would be the way to go at the start, right?