Whats the concensus on this map after the recent August big update?

[Canada_Moose]

What are current owners feeling about this map now after the recent update? 

Doesn't seem to have been much discussion around it over the last little while.

How does it perform relative to say Syria? 

 

[EricJ]

I haven't played Syria in years, so I don't know how it goes. Overall I'm getting good framerates to there's nothing to complain about. I mean there's been some glitches on the terrain itself, but somebody else has seen to that. So right now I like it still.

[H60MTI]

The map itself is fine. I have some personal opinions about the map, I'd like to see the map modeled around the 2011-2014 time frame but that's just because I was there during that time so that's I remember Afghanistan. All in all, though, ED did a decent job with it.

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

I haven't had a lot of time for DCS lately, but the short test I did yesterday was pretty positive: far fewer frame spikes compared to what I remember, and far fewer ugly transitions between 2 very different types of terrain texture.

[AW139]

On 8/23/2025 at 11:02 AM, H60MTI said:

The map itself is fine. I have some personal opinions about the map, I'd like to see the map modeled around the 2011-2014 time frame but that's just because I was there during that time so that's I remember Afghanistan. All in all, though, ED did a decent job with it.

I was there in 2011-2014 as well (Jalalabad and Mazar Sharif), and it looks decent for that time.  Honestly only really looked at Jalalabad and Bagram, but they are pretty close to what I remember.  Jalalabad is fairly accurate, but the FARP placement and setup is kind off off. 

On the upside they modeled the controlled detonation pit near the end of the runway where an EOD guy decided to try to kill me one day as I was flying over top.

[H60MTI]

Sounds about right! My favorite was always the God voice going, "Controlled det. 5 mins" Then 6 secs later, big boom. Salerno was bad for that and someone's watch was always off too apparently

AW139, were you aircrew brother?

[Flia]

After August Update map looks fantasitc at low altitude levels. I started flying helicopters again thanks to Afghanistan

[Mr_Burns]

Been out of loop on Afghanistan and bought the whole map on launch day, is it complete now?

ISTR it was sold in 3 or 4 sections but I bought the whole, thinking this could be the largest map which I aim to use to get back into DCS after a hiatus with the C-130J.

Edited Friday at 04:34 AM by Mr_Burns

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

On 9/5/2025 at 6:34 AM, Mr_Burns said:

is it complete now?

No, we still need the North.
What we have so far is South-West and East.

[Raisuli]

4 hours ago, Raven (Elysian Angel) said:

No, we still need the North.
What we have so far is South-West and East.

Which hasn't stopped me from hanging out in the north, staging BadGuy(tm) helos on a satellite image of an airfield, parking air defense on the Kansas-flat farmland nearby, and working out the best way to defeat the latter.  Run through the mountains, or up high?  Need to put an SA-10 in there and see if the results change.

Love slaloming those mountains.

Afghanistan is growing on me, but I also stay away from the sand.  

[Bingo911]

It has crap AI pathing, especially for infantry. They tend to get stuck and go in circles in the courtyards. Huge disappointment with that so far. The update made the map look amazing. 

Edited 13 hours ago by Bingo911