The 480 4 g has slower memory as well as less memory , otherwise it would perform the same as the 8 g <| sep |> That sounds like a blast ! <| sep |> Google Earth VR is using the same dataset that ' s been available in Google Maps for a long time . Automatically generated 3 D texturemapped geometry for a very large number of places in the world . It ' s amazing technology . Nobody is spending years manually massaging aerial imagery and placing thousands and thousands of handcrafted objects . It ' s automatic , it ' s scalable . When I saw this in Google Maps last year or maybe early this year I thought it would be great for DCS . Of course , for business and technical reasons I don ' t ever expect DCS to be able to use Google ' s dataset directly . But maybe someday similar technology will drastically accelerate the process of creating new maps in DCS . Imagine if Nevada could ' ve been done in a month instead of years , and with drastically higher accuracy . Or if you could create maps yourself , for wherever you want to fly . Maybe someday . In the meantime there will be very simplistic ways to fly around in Google ' s dataset , but it ' ll be nothing compared to the experience DCS offers . Real terrain , real aircraft . Pick one .