water detail question

[KG45]

I've turned off water detail coz it drops my FR by half. as a GV is not a major issue except water areas are same color as beaches and I've driven into water coz I can't ascertain the edge of the shoreline. but when I jump into a ship gun, the water is blue.

is this how it's sposed to be, or am I missing something?

[Blooz]

It's not how it's supposed to be but it's the way it is in low detail mode.

My own personal rules I use for this "problem" is that if in a land vehicle, I don't stray too close to the edge of the shoreline (the edge where green turns to tan) or if I'm in a PT boat I don't stray too far from the center of the waterway.

I'm still debating on whether to just accept the performance hit by turning on the detailed water if I'm operating on it or near it but I personally don't do vehicle sorties that much so it's not that big a problem for me. I'm still working on compromises to flying in the low detail world right now.