You are probably in the majority, however being a flight sim fan (I'm not a gamer) I enjoy flying the Nevada map very much. I've always enjoyed training just as much as flying a combat mission. To me, a lot of the immersion comes from my often pitiful attempts at proper comms, airbase procedures, etc. I've flown a number of missions created on the NTTR map simulating a Mid East environment and enjoyed it very much. If you're a gamer then the action is where its at for you. As a flight sim enthusiast, flying NTTR is very enjoyable I recommend it highly for other flight simmers. The SOH map is going to look very much like NTTR, so I would get used to desert terrain.....not exciting.