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I agree regarding the map fatigue and OnReTech but it looks like a Balkans map and Caucasus update is in the works so things might get a bit interesting. Not expecting much from the OnReTech Balkans map but I'll keep hope alive. Now a Caucasus rework would be very welcome as long as ED doesn't screw it up. Cold War Germany is great but pretty flat like Normandy. Speaking of Normandy, it's a really beautiful map even for modern aircraft and runs well, though lacking in modern realism is a turn off for some. I really do wish there were more populated servers besides Caucasus and Syria though.

Can't say, I haven't tried Iraq or Afghanistan yet, do you own them? I thought Persian Gulf ran pretty good, I don't really notice much difference to be honest.

The entire quote was "So I was watching some videos the other day and I heard it again as I have many times before, folks gushing over the Syria map. Now, I'm not saying it's a bad map, I just don't understand the apparent overwhelming love for it, especially regarding multiplayer servers. Is it a performance thing? Personally, I prefer Caucuses over it but maybe that's just me. In fact, I think I'd prefer to fly just about anything other than Syria these days. To be honest, Syria was good, as something different, when it first came out, but after flying it for some time I've come to feel it's a bit underwhelming and, quite frankly, boring. Anyone care to share their thoughts?" Reading comprehension is a thing, you should look into it. Oh and for what it's worth Yurgon, you're gone too. See what I did there LOL?

If you truly don't care which map other people use then why are you replying to this thread? Just seems some folks can't resist injecting themselves into every discussion with critical insinuations that somehow the topic should have never been discussed in the first place. Or is this the old pile on? It get's old but this is the nature of public forums, one never can seem to escape it. Sorry the question so compelled you to let everyone know you don't care, message received. Just negativity for negativity's sake right? Please do I will reciprocate. It's always the guys with like 16K forum replies too, wonder why?

Certain folks, it just gets old after a while.

Well we're discussing maps so, while I appreciate your opinion it's not really relevant here. Or are you trying to learn us all something from up high? Perhaps ED should have just stuck with Caucuses then and called it a day. Thanks for the ignore list ED!

Germany runs great for me so far and I'm pretty much maxed on graphics settings, even have view distant set to extreme. Screen space reflections on too.

Opinions will vary, but I really don't see that much diversity in Syria. That said, Caucuses isn't exactly diverse either, perhaps it's more of the topography that draws me to it, besides the lush green forests.

Yes well, given the limited choices, but was it really THAT much better than Persian Gulf? Maybe because it had more green. I'm glad we have the choices we have today but even with that, Syria just seems to have the players, well, it and Caucuses. Hopefully Cold War Germany starts getting more love, I really enjoy it so far. I see a lot of folks dumping on the Kola map but I really like it. It seems far better than the South Atlantic. Sinai isn't that bad either. I think some folks have gotten a bit spoiled, being a long time flight simmer myself, it's all light years away from what we had for decades. That said, the only map I really think looks rather sub par is the South Atlantic, just from the screen shots I've seen, I don't own it.

So I was watching some videos the other day and I heard it again as I have many times before, folks gushing over the Syria map. Now, I'm not saying it's a bad map, I just don't understand the apparent overwhelming love for it, especially regarding multiplayer servers. Is it a performance thing? Personally, I prefer Caucuses over it but maybe that's just me. In fact, I think I'd prefer to fly just about anything other than Syria these days. To be honest, Syria was good, as something different, when it first came out, but after flying it for some time I've come to feel it's a bit underwhelming and, quite frankly, boring. Anyone care to share their thoughts? On a side note, was just looking through the server list after having not flown for about a year. MY GOD, does everyone and their mother run a DCS server? The amount of servers with no one in them at any given time is bizarre, what a waste of electricity.

Try deleting your 'fxo' and 'metashaders2' folders in your 'User\Saved Games\DCS' folder, which you should be doing after every update anyways. Seems to have fixed it for me, it had been a while since I last flew and I forgot. Everything is back to normal now so far, smooth as glass. My current mouse polling is 3200.

Just installed, fired up for the first time and it's awesome. Absolutely beautiful and frame rates are great. WOW! Just WOW!

Whelp, there is nothing you can do about it so, guess you better learn to live with it or find something else to do. The announcement of the F-35 in no way undermines or diminishes my confidence that the A-10 or F/A-18 are not as realistic as ED was allowed to make them.

The Flaming Cliffs aircraft have always been in DCS so I don't see how exactly ED is "shifting" away from anything. Mission builders as well as server hosts are free to include or exclude whatever aircraft they see fit. No one is forcing anyone to play a mission or fly in a server that doesn't meet their preferred level of "realism".

The video did not contain a Naval Phantom nor any other Phantom news. What you have been looking at is one of the existing liveries. Didn't contain "news" about a lot of things, yet they are in the video.