I would also like to add the Lighting inside the Cities e.g. Grand Companies / Houses / Workshops all produce as low as 512p Shadows, doesn't matter if you change to 1024p or 2048p shadow quality, they will act like 512p which is very disappointing seeing PlayStation 1 graphics in 2000 dollars gaming PC.

Are these problems in my end ? or is it from the game side ? many of my friends have the same issues, did I expect more than I should of the game ?

Here is a pictures showing shadows inside the Workshop :-

512p Weak Softening : http://i.cubeupload.com/C60vMX.jpg
1024p Weak Softening : http://i.cubeupload.com/i9s6ep.jpg
2048p Weak Softening : http://i.cubeupload.com/0nr9Sz.jpg

512p Strong Softening : http://i.cubeupload.com/MUP0W4.jpg
1024p Strong Softening : http://i.cubeupload.com/1lS1Zl.jpg
2048p Strong Softening : http://i.cubeupload.com/F9aRSv.jpg

They all basically look the same

They are kind of related to the shadows issue yes, but they're different than the videos in the main post showing the messed up shadow rending in open area maps, which kills the immersion