Map Regeneration Question

[hou jing]

I've seen map regeneration get mentioned many times here, and I keep wanting to ask a question regarding this. I've always preferred to exit back to the main menu, go to the custom game screen and restart the game this way because, at least for me, the new game starts much quicker than regeneration.

My question is this: Is there a distinct advantage in using the regeneration function versus restarting the game through as I've described?

 

[dalamb]

If you did a custom game, regeneration remembers all your parameters including opponent civilizations. Restarting remembers map generation stuff, but gives new opponents.