Don't start, I've started a playthrough again with the new expansion and just landed on the first planet after overbuilding my home base with grids and trains and stuff.

It's more like society factorio, but unlike factorio it's not fun and you're forced to play against people with much more resources and talent than you.

Also if you stumble and fall behind, you don't get to hit pause and plan your next steps carefully - that'll only make you fall behind even further.