[P/O W. 'Moggy' Cattermole]

That really is great! Although IMO when the sun is high, the textures would be a really vivid yellow/goldy colour. This is hard to replicate, as I don't think it's possible for the textures to be able to change in colour temperature in Il-2 which is a shame

Not necessarily, trekking in North Africa, when the ground is dusty / gravelly like the photos here suggest, there was never a golden yellowy colour at all. Chalky reds, dusty grey / red, and orangey colours. Pastel shades for the most part, not vivid. Of course, that was morocco, which I appreciate is not libya, but if the terrain was anything like those images suggest (and so anything like morocco), then actually the colours are not half bad at all, although might benefit from being brightened a touch, but not too much.