Novac is familiar enough in Fallout Season 2 that you know it's Novac, but just different enough that it annoyed all the anal New Vegas fans who would notice if a pebble was out of place.
You can't exactly mod the TV show to 'fix' Novac, so LoneWanderer1987 went back to New Vegas and updated the motel to make it look more like its Season 2 counterpart, flipping Dinky the Dinosaur to face the other direction while adding a pool to the courtyard. Nice and consistent.
In all seriousness, it is weird that Dinky, which Boone uses as a lookout tower, now faces inward, but changes like the pool aren't too far-fetched. Fallout games take place in approximations of real life. Boston, Washington D.C., even the Strip aren't 1:1 replicas, they're shrunk down to fit into a video game. So, when it comes to adapting these locations for the TV show, it makes sense that, unshackled from engine limitations, Prime Video and Bethesda would embelish the details.
With more episodes yet to come, taking us on a round-trip through the Mojave, we'll no doubt see more changes like those to Novac, and there are plenty of talented modders...
