Japan Extra Large (No Industries)
An extra large version map of Japan with no industries.
Stretched the map to the limits of the game engine and added most important cities. For the sake of Gameplay, I took a bit of lycense as to choosing which cities to place and moved them around a little bit.
As far as I see it, this is the map size where the game engine is really used to the optimum. You can have local truck and bus routes, but they will be impractical over longer distances. Trains are the best compromise. But in fact, it is a very good map for using planes on.
A fast PC is really recommended, although the recent patches have really improved the late game gameplay. The upcoming performance improvement patch should smother things out even more.
IMPORTANT
You will have to have experimental map size enabled to have this show up in the menu. Here below the link on how to enable this:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/446800/discussions/0/224446340334626425/
RECOMMENDED MODS
This version has no industries, except for two that are the minimum requirement. You will need the industry mod in order to best use this map. Here below the link to the industry mod:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=796227914&searchtext=industry+mod
Also, I strongly suggest adding the vegetation increase mod. Here below the link:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=797560973&searchtext=vegetation
As the map is so large, it will be a challenge to build an extensive transport network in any one era. I suggest you enable the Time Progression 2x times or (better) the 4x times slower. Here below the links:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=794241013&searchtext=time
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=794240646&searchtext=time
Enjoy!
