ok real arguement time i guess.
With each map brings a new identity for SRP as a whole
Map 1 was all about community, the buildings were pretty god damn awful and a lot of it was made by hand by duck or ryanark or was stolen from pmc or schematica. But people dont talk abotu that because the experience you had on SRP outweighed that, back then SRP was tiny, it had a stronger sense of community, i felt like i had at least heard of 90% of the players and at least 30% of them were my friends, there wasn't really MUCH drama then either, it was mostly just people roleplaying.
Map 2 introduces a current theme which is design, map 2 at the time was the most gorgeous and high quality thing we had ever seen, the school was amazing and they had all of these new 3D items for the first time. Map 2 however lost what Map 1 had; its sense of community died down a bit, definitely there though. Map 2 also introduced college and GangRP which are still quite big.
Map 3. It took previous concepts from Map 2 and then expanded on them all 10 fold, They made a better college and GangRP was at its highest. Map 3 was a time of massive drama from GangRP, it always seemed like someone was upset all the time whereas we didn't have that in Map 2. Map 3 had made SRP less simple. In Map 3 saw the first time shop owners became a thing, Map 3 introduced a more involved currency where players could become more business like in their endeavors to be the richest player. Map 3 also introduced Politics which died due to the way it worked and how it was utilised.
Map 3. 1/2 The renovated Map 2, it added all types of things like an active college base and right now has one of the biggest staff teams. A lot of the arguing has stopped and GangRP is evolving to become a lot more like how it was first intended to be like, without arguments. Map 3. 1/2 Added more to the currency scene, such as redoing cars to be better then before, added a new form of houses and allowing for custom items to be sold in shops allowing for the currency of players grow more.
I'd argue Map 1 and Map 3. 1/2 are the best maps by far. Map 1 gives me nostalgia and Map 3. 1/2 gives me hope for the future of SRP.