Recently I just noticed that when I'm on the ground the Shadow distance start fading away, meanwhile as soon I just start flying at least 1 meter away from the ground the shadows on the entire maps starts appearing.

I don't know if this is intended but there should be a graphic option to set the shadows cascading to MAX so they appear properly like when I'm flying.

Here is two picture to show what I'm talking about (I'm playing on Maximum Settings)

Ground ;


Flying ;