This is the real drawback to this sim. Obviously, this is the trade off for such a smooth running sim. Heavy graphics is what makes FS2000 lock up so often but X-Plane needs improving here. NO landmarks in ANY cities at all. Runways are correctly laid out but airport terminals and buldings barely exist and they are totally incorrect when they do.
Airports seem to sit on green mats with a few fuzzy trees scattered about.
The worst though is water. It looks like a cheap blue toupee' with confusing swirls going in different directions. Another disappointment is the lack of decent instrument panels. Like I say, this is the area that could prevent this sim from being a household name so far as flight sims go. Sound is excellent.