Thanks guys. Yeah, the overall look is much better but something still needs to be done about all that "desert". The water to me looks more realistic when set to Low 2, any higher and it starts to look overdone although I'll have to admit those reflections are really cool.
As fo that hawaii mission, I always start but never finish as it's a bit drawn out and for some reason seems to hit the FPS a bit. My fav missions so far are the pylon racing, jet city and that 747 test flight. Still haven't found that %$##@ baby elephant
