If vegetation and foliage could be done without destroying performance - then yes, scenery would be much preferred.
The scenery loader's already having a hard time catching up much above 60mph on my 4-yo laptop(i7-6700HQ, 16GB RAM, Radeon Pro 450, 2GB VRAM), though I suppose it had much to do with its VRAM, which was already not quite enough when it was new.
That, and plain old age.