Not clickbait, hear me out.
If you didn't know, there's a free game on Steam called Hired Ops, developed by BSG's sister company Absolut Soft. Hired Ops exists in the same Tarkov universe. There is BEAR vs. USEC, Tarkov textures, models, sounds, and yes, maps.
Hired Ops has a map called Sawmill which is a near 1:1 identical version of the on Woods. In fact, the sawmill in Hired Ops pre-dates the Woods expansion. When the Woods expansion dropped, I was lost everywhere except the old sawmill because they are VERY close to being 1:1 identical copies.
In the recent Tarkov TV, Nikita shows the current Arena maps, where proving it's the same Sawmill as Hired Ops / EFT.
And Sawmill isn't the only one…
Bay 5 is also in Hired Ops if I'm not mistaken. I bet other maps will be in Arena too. You can play these maps RIGHT NOW FOR FREE by downloading Hired Ops.
It has kinda janky movement but basically Hired Ops is like if EFT had respawns. It's loads of fun.
Don't delay, play today.
