******Official War Thunder Thread*******

[SarGara]

Looks like a good update. Cant wait to get in game and try it out

 

[Thekwango]

I....

AM PLEASED!!!!!

The Vickers P tempest is a lovely plane, and I enjoy flying it immensely. But it attracts fighters like flies to poop, and cannot defend itself at the cannon-heavy 4.0 BR it fights at, unless you are willing to spend vast amounts of time becoming a dead-shot with it. At present, I can kill ground targets pretty well, and bombers, but only get a fighter kill once in a blue moon.

Now, a 1.7 BR version... This is going to be interesting!
You say it fires wildly: Vickers P was the same until you get the cannons upgraded, then it settles down. Fire single shots, with a large gap between, and it might behave.
Maybe.
Probably not.

Any advanced ammo options?!

a Vickers P (equivalent).......@ 1.7BR.....consider my interest piqued. I had actually grown quite attached* to the Vickers P as once you got used to it and accepted it's limitations, my word you could have some fun smashing up bombers




*I hadn't really grown attached.....it makes me rage so so much. but damn dem bombers do not like 'em

 

[Brainchild110]

a Vickers P (equivalent).......@ 1.7BR.....consider my interest piqued. I had actually grown quite attached* to the Vickers P as once you got used to it and accepted it's limitations, my word you could have some fun smashing up bombers

It has advanced Ammo options!
Only Default, Anti-aircraft and Armour Piercing, but that's enough to keep me happy! I have so far killed one bomber and many ground units with it. As expected, though, once you are fight-on-fighter, you die like a bish.

I highly recommend the premium Russian Hurricane, which has a 50 cal and a 20mm shvak on each wing (!), and they are ammo'd to run out at the same rate. I've found it to be a lovely gun platform, with excellent accuracy. Much recommend.

 

[matt_fsr]

Just been for a little spin around in my BT-7

 

[Thekwango]

just played my first Finland map.....oh my that does look lovely......they've done a damn fine job with the snow

 

[FirebarUK]

Just been for a little spin around in my BT-7

You guys must have beasty PC's to record so fluidly

 

[matt_fsr]

You guys must have beasty PC's to record so fluidly

LOL, that was on my work PC... It's a 1st gen i7 overclocked to 4Ghz, with a GTX750 in. What are you using when you try to record? I find FRAPS works brilliantly, although I'm only using the free version. Should really pony up for a full copy, I can handle big video files on my PC, makes it easier to grab those few seconds that you want.
(I think that was 3 tank kills in 10 seconds if I'm correct?)

Home I've a GTX970, but Youtube doesn't deal with videos at 3440x1440

Meanwhile, I was just having a nice pootle around in my IS-2, when suddenly, I get assaulted from the rear!

Couldn't even get gun depression on the little oik....

 

[FirebarUK]

I'm trying to record 5760x1200 with i7 3770k, 16GB RAM and SLI 780's. I tend to suffer from highly variable frame rate, which might be my issue. When I look at videos like SquireFlyers I marvel at how fluid the game is

 

[Reppyboyo]

Im finding the Hurricane Mk1C great fun, seriously deadly against fighters.

 

[FirebarUK]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...d-hidden-in-basement-of-villa-in-Germany.html

 

[Hellcat]

Specs as sig. Don't think I've done anything worth recording since the GPU upgrade.

 

[Moeks]

Warthunder does seem to run very well, without the need for monster specs, I get a fairly reliable 60FPS at 3440x1440 on a GTX 970 with a i5 3570K @ 4.2GHz.

 

[Spangles]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...d-hidden-in-basement-of-villa-in-Germany.html

Hope they dont find the Tiger and Spitfire I have in my Crisp Cupboard

 

[Boycey0211]

I'm more worried about what he was planning to do with the torpedo!

 

[Spangles]

Well you gotta have bath toys for the kids mate. Not much is going to compare to a torpedo!

 

[matt_fsr]

Well you gotta have bath toys for the kids mate. Not much is going to compare to a torpedo!

Surely they could have the bath *INSIDE* the torpedo?

Also, just to confirm. Game has no Russian bias. None at all.

 

[Spangles]

I don't think that is meant to be there.

Spoiler

 

[Brainchild110]

New plane in the American bomber line:
North American Aircraft Corporation A-36A Apache. Badly-engined version of the P51 Mustang outfitted with some centerline 50-cals through the prop and hard points for bombs. Also features butterfly brakes for vertical dives onto target to limit the speed to 360mph, allowing for precision targeting. Ran as a replacement for the larger A20G Havoc until 1944, when it's engine became too outclassed.
This thing looks like a riot for a ground-attack specialist like myself.

 

[FirebarUK]

New plane in the American bomber line:
North American Aircraft Corporation A-36A Apache. Badly-engined version of the P51 Mustang outfitted with some centerline 50-cals through the prop and hard points for bombs. Also features butterfly brakes for vertical dives onto target to limit the speed to 360mph, allowing for precision targeting. Ran as a replacement for the larger A20G Havoc until 1944, when it's engine became too outclassed.
This thing looks like a riot for a ground-attack specialist like myself.

It's crap. I unlocked it and was disappointed by the lack of airbrakes, it doesn't seem like they implemented them since it was the first thing I tried, just nothing happened (unless I have made a mistake somewhere). Also, max 2 x 500lb and at a similar BR the P47 makes waaay more sense.

 

[matt_fsr]

Apache just seems.... underwhelming, at everything TBH.

Not flown it much, but there's better planes at it's BR as far as I can tell.