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Is that really a problem outside of large scale RTS games like Supreme Commander? I would be surprised if something like Counter Strike would see more than maybe a few dozen concurrently flying bullets in any possible situation.

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I think each bullet in Supreme Commander IS it's own object. I know they nearly all are individually simulated. That game is STILL hard to run at high framerates in certain "5000 unit vs 5000 unit" circumstances

I think thijsvandien meant object not in terms of simulation, but in terms of architecture: An instance of a Bullet class, instead of some sort of fancy representation optimized for SIMD.

Just fyi. I thought counter strike didn't used projectiles but used raycasts for almost every weapon.

But your point still stands and applies for most shooters.

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