How to be a better War Thunder player the EASY WAY!

In How to be a better War Thunder player the EASY WAY! I cover every single advantage a player can use to gain the edge over their opponents in War Thunder.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:10 Video overview
1:10 Main Parameters
6:10 Graphics
10:47 Sound
13:35 Ground Controls
21:39 Common Controls
23:40 Cosmetics
27:30 Loose ends
29:03 Outro

[@AzeleMarquise]

fives years complaining about dust and there was one simple fix...

[@RamboDrogado]

F

[@RamboDrogado]

I not, my laptop only run the game in super low at 40 maximum fps so never had dust problems.

[@frenchfry9735]

RIP

[@esplooze]

I'm always playing in the highest graphic, and I'm doing fine, the dust only brings immersion to me, which make me kinda better (I have a pretty beefy pc so it's always above 40 FPS)

[@RamboDrogado]

@@esplooze Charles have some good PC here

[@mswinds]

How to be better: just always watch your minimap and play the game with in-game audio on. Some people can't see or hear the enemy right next to them, even it's been spotted.

[@celtins6648]

Exactly, I have literally never had to touch my settings to lower stuff to get better and I consistently get good amounts of kills and games.

[@bloomgaming6480]

@Celtins Nah you dont and thats why youre here

[@soto1649]

@@bloomgaming6480 but some people Don't have good PC to play the game in mid-high setting

[@riv4lm4n]

All the setting in world cannot make up for common sense and you're right

[@RogueBeatsARG]

To be fair sound is pretty shit in vanilla WT

[@edwardoconnell1304]

I always get shot and look around for some time, and then if I didnt find someone I would ignore the shot, then die. This is helpful, thank you!

[@Zakkattack54]

I got you homie

[@sumerbc7409]

@@Zakkattack54 Does bushes camouflage still hide your id numbers above your tank from the enemy's perspective ? So you're just a tank with no lighted numbers above.....

[@sumerbc7409]

@@Zakkattack54 and can friend & enemy see all my tree camouflage or is it just for me to look at it ?

[@mok822]

@@sumerbc7409 play realistic instead of arcade, in realistic no one is alerted about enemies

[@sumerbc7409]

@@mok822 if you but all 5 branch camo on does it give any benefit at all on Arcade..?. I heard they can't see your id tags until 100 or so meters with branch camo in arcade..

[@silverfortytwo9506]

In high tier air battles it is sometimes desirable to have particle density turned up to spot AAMs since they leave a particle trail for part of their flight

[@Gameplaym0ments]

Hmm does the smoke trail dissapear completly with particle density turned off?

[@silverfortytwo9506]

@@Gameplaym0ments Not completely, but it's much less visible. In Air RB though it doesn't matter, since for the part of the missile's flight when the trail is visible, the missile marker is also visible.

[@Gameplaym0ments]

@@silverfortytwo9506 Ah ok thx for the info.

[@justingardner1500]

Lucky for us tankers the aams don't seem to do much

[@darthjarjar6894]

Hey dude, nice to have a tutorial that goes over settings in depth, love you content

[@Zakkattack54]

Thanks man this one took a while

[@oliverpasztor788]

Sight distance control is a must, because it doesn't just fixes the sight at a set distance, but the most important thing it does is huge. It compensates for side to side inclination when your sight is not completely level the round will diviate in the direction of the inclinaton, but sight distance control removes this variable from your shot.

[@giovatro2756]

Bro I play war thunder with min settings and its so easy to spot people, like sometimes I see people through buildings

[@jadonx]

yes but poor game immersion and experience

[@usernamewastaken17]

For the "Set target for squadron" Option I use "Alt" + "V"(Only "V" for scouting), and I realised that if you mark a enemy Tank for your Squad it will also scout the enemy for everyone(Only if used through Binos and Scopes), while when you mark a random place on the map it does not block your scouting ability like it normally would if you try to scout in the middle of nowhere. I dont know why it happens, but I dont complain, it saves a button press.

[@Bijoux_DerWunderCatsen]

Been playing 2 weeks and started to think I might not be playing the same game as everyone else. I was right. Thanks!!

[@SomeOne-pd6vm]

you should use Q and E for left/right track braking, it's much more useful for turning at high speeds and gives you a significant edge once you get used to using them. It's also useful when you need to do a quick 180, it's far faster than using the regular turning method.

[@MStrykerMGS]

I just replace A and D for left and right track braking, and use Q and E for steering on wheeled vehicles and neutral steering. Thanks for the info

[@quentagonthornton49]

I set Q and E to rangefinder and active scouting and if I were to set the left/right brakes to A and D, then I would have to change the controls for wheeled vehicles or for vehicles with neutral steer. It would be really nice if you could set controls layouts for different vehicles and/or set up the steering to always do braked turns on tracked vehicles, yet still allow neutral steering.

[@ZetaReticulian]

BLESS YOU for provided us with an updated one ofthese my guy... a god amongst men

[@yacah]

Wow, half year of struggle and all I needed was this tutorial! You are a life-saver man! Great job! Thanks!

[@-srgalleta-9181]

13:19 Speed of sound actually is the simulation in the game of the time that it takes for every sound to hit you, so for example turned on bombs that you just dropped may sound later than you see them explode (simulating real life). Is just esthetic or immersion preference

[@britishhooligan891]

Kinda wish xbox (like me) and playstation gamers had more privileges and in game content such as this. Kind of a shame really as 9 times out of 10 we are the first to be killed and used as easy money and rp farms

[@randomperson-hm9wg]

Yep

[@joshuaerickson2458]

xbox and playstation players don't deserve to play

[@MilkmanSuper]

@@joshuaerickson2458 why

[@m1a1abramstank49]

@@joshuaerickson2458 But why?

[@mingywantwingy1379]

😈

[@jjstuartonwriting8150]

Been playing since beta and I have to say, I'm somewhat embarrassed that I never really implemented these kinds of settings. I followed your guide and played a match and wow, it's like night and day. Had a great battle. A couple of things I noticed: Change screen resolution. I had mine at a smaller setting, but changed it to what you have in the video, and wow it really opens up your view. Secondly, I can't believe I didn't know about cruise control. I'm that poor sap who's been pressing "w" for the last 8 years. Also, particle density...you literally changed my game. Can't thank you enough.

[@Drnken229]

Story Time about Shadows and how they twice saved my life in game. 1. Me in tank going vroom shooting things, notice big Phantom-y shadow going over me, quick response driving away from that spot. A Phantom sneaked up on me with its engines turned off and dropped bombs, but seeing the shadow gave me a tiny bit of extra time to evade 2. Me in tank again going vroom shooting things, notice helicopter shadow pass by, turn around, see Heli in a bit of distance trying to go around the map who just passed infront of the sun. He dead thanks to that

[@EDP-6000]

i also recommend using white tail smoke if engaging enemys because the white smoke looks like water leak, the enemy plane might think your damaged and thinks your an easy target (sorry for bad english im polish)

[@TankusCrew]

Thanks for the video zakk! 🤟. Showing some settings with gameplay footage was good!

[@samadler5635]

I have been playing for so long didnt know some of these were handicapping me... thanks mate!

[@ShortThrowShifting]

I always have the "blocking of vertical aiming while braking" on as I main French and German tanks. It's super useful on tanks with unstable guns and suspension, or oscillating turrets. It's even more helpful if you have a poor skill gunner. It essentially stops your gunner from trying to catch up with your hull rocking backwards and forwards when you stop, and is useful if you're trying to rock your tank back and forth to get an extra degree of gun depression in a hill fight.

[@PatGilliland]

Thanks - too many times I have died thinking "where the hell did that come from" or "how did he see me from across the map."

[@araynortassadore3056]

Excellent video, just wanted to let you know that the black crocodile decal in the German Navy tab is what I use on all my vehicles. Scaled up, i think its the best decal for camo use. Breaks up the silhouette of a tank in sunlight.

[@methus9812]

Thank you so much for the recommendation of changing the anti aliasing to HQ FXAA, i had it on the highest and was horrible at spotting enemies. But now that i follow your example im getting much more kills and spot enemies much faster! Thanks again!

[@lynnmei4346]

Set tree range and grass range to 0, then you can see through enemy behind trees and bushes from long distance.

[@-saklo-2256]

Zakk... I am a beginner... and this video of yours have helped me so much... this deserves more view... highly underrated... Thanks for the awesome tips... !!!

[@varshavianka848]

Thanks a lot, this was indeed very helpful and very performing in-battle.

[@J-Station4]

7:33 imagine not having a single one of these options

[@HandleHandle123]

I don't have these options either, did you figure out how to get them?

[@J-Station4]

@@HandleHandle123 you simply don't console doesn't get it

[@ChangedCauseYT-HateFoxNames]

I guess us console rats don't get a choice to lower are settings to try to remove annoying features.

[@Nomad111.]

I only recently started playing ground rb because of the time limit reduction to 24 min in air rb. Glad i watched this, thanks bruh, great vid.

[@CurseOfZeSnail]

Long time watcher, first time commenter. THANK YOU! The last update forced me to reinstall for some reason and I was getting merc'ed due to my settings. I'm back in the game now. Thought everyone became 8x better overnight lol

[@alexanderk5522]

Another way to improve your *SKILL* is overload an internet connection during map loading phase to prevent some textures appearance (like bushes).

[@BombshellCreations]

Nice vid. I found a lot of useful tips here and some things I find frustrating are alleviated by implementing them.

[@KM-oi9ks]

everyone says to max out enemies engine sounds, but no one ever told me to LOWER MY ENGINE SOUND. That was the biggest help.

[@Zenturion7]

Nice detailed dialogue, thanks.

[@user-xn3gv4ys9d]

incredibly helpful, straight to the point, and informative, thank you!

[@pokeyerface]

Uncle Zack wants you , smashin fools is his speciality , the swag is felt across the battlefield!!!

[@CoolClipsAnimations]

Damn this video really helped

[@sixofnine9407]

your reasoning and explaining was very helpful to this beginner.

[@carlmis4680]

All these years, and i did not know about particle density, damn

[@fishy2584]

This is the video he was talking about on streams yeee

[@djrealfake5522]

I am so, so happy I was high for that intro. Subscribed

[@jaykayy4268]

Most useful war thunder video ever

[@patrickwelch365]

Boy now I know how to change my thermal colour sight! Thanks

[@marko0marko0marko01]

Best video about warthunder outthere. Would be good to see it updated with commander sight, and to tell us if u are still not using vertical aiming braking

[@alejandrokeller9912]

Wow thanks dude!

[@jamesagnew929]

Thanks for sharing, definitely appreciate the tips like particle density, also have played now for 5 years. A few points of great importance 'Tree range' in graphics. This is not only for trees but also how far away enemy vehicles are rendered. Always max this level even if it costs a few FPS. Next setting is anti aliasing, a few years ago (i think it was mikegoesboom) shared that he disabled software anti aliasing , and uses a Nvidia feature called DSR (dynamic super resolution) which is HW based super sampling . This does something similar to SSAA (super sampling), but my FPS drops to 40FPS or worse even with a GTX1060 with SSAA on. I set a DSR factor in the Nvidia settings of 1.78, and set my resolution in WT to 2560x1600 (my monitor native res is 1920x1200). Then disable all anti aliasing. There are sometimes some jaggies, but the FPS is minimally affected and when flying CAS it's much easier to see a vehicle at distances of 1km+ as the outline is clearer. SW based AA smooths everything too much I find.

[@leoo4842]

Ay yo bro! Thanks alot you are the best.

[@leeroyjenkins6103]

3 Years later and still works. Bump for the Algo.

[@Hexapoda.Resident]

To select the machine gun also have another advantage if you have a tank with the gun mounted high up, you can drive in behind a wall or a rock that cover the tank but not the top or machine gun, then you can peak over the wall and be ready to shoot all fast cars that have no good protection.

[@Darkplasmaray]

I always wondered how people could snipe me and see me from so far away on that map... Oh my days...

[@wargamingrefugee9065]

Thanks for sharing a useful overview with us. :-)

[@e_e8921]

well this was helpful, i play on a horrible pc(laptop) and now i can get up to proud amount of 24 fps!! thanks mate!😊

[@mansdeman7178]

Ty for the explenation!:)

[@williamwhitney7395]

Thank you for this video. I'm watching it late but I'm trying to switch to realistic from arcade at British 4.3... despite my pic I'm a 50-year-old combat vet with retinopathy. and I have been having heck to see enemies before they see me lmbo. Gona try these settings and see if it helps.

[@aitoralvarezdelasheras1706]

ahhh much better now !! thx man !!

[@L0v0lup]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@harkovdent5707]

I'd suggest making the mouse wheel bound to sight distance control instead of zoom. I'd also suggest unbinding tracking camera/target from RMB

[@clarkmenard3948]

Damn, this was EXTREMELY helpful, thank you

[@Wwedman1PS3]

thanks bro game looks very sharp now xx

[@ketorecipiesandhealthystuf5539]

Great Zak thanks for doing this. I know I was one of the people that asked. Good stuff.

[@Zakkattack54]

More to come now that im learning to edit on pc and made time with my new stream schedule.

[@OpFor473]

Huge tips bro, I've been playing since 2013 and I use almost all these settings, in terms of graphics, I prefer HQ TAA, the game is visually more beautiful with smoother edges.

[@adspie]

Hi zak, very informative, its the same in 2022 setting? im new to war thunder? i have old 2080ti, what about the setting to lessen the grass and tress?

[@sterbenabrechnung4560]

I love what you've done with the channel

[@MotordeNieve]

Thanks budy 4 this

[@Philippo60075]

your video helps me a lot, ty

[@STRAGGLER36]

Great and useful video. However I think speed of sound has to do with the delay you experience from an explosion far away

[@lissopthegreatestss8878]

ma boy.. much love from GER

[@ardentabacist]

Thanks for this tutorial!

[@kingstephen7581]

I quit this game back in 2017 part of the old guard crew as well and just recently started playing again, this video helped me tweak my settings thank you so much, everything is much better now. What is not better is my gameplay, used to be really good, usually top 3 in each match but now nowhere near and feel awful very frustrating, do you happen to have a similar guide but on learning the game ?.

[@pawelp.1909]

Hi , Iin PC settings and war thunder + reset game ... spend all day in total..... THANKS FOR YOUR VID:) 10/10

[@rburns531]

Well done! Thank You!

[@WalterWhiite]

Love this intro

[@mrfourtwenty8506]

i subbed as soon as i seen the suit bro not gunna lie

[@chrisbergonzi7977]

Great stuff here....posting in my clans discord. You going to cover more WT my man? Thanks pal...

[@MrDannyArcher]

Thank you America man. Very cool.

[@Flaming_Hawk_1]

Wow pc players have a major advantage over console players, such as myself. We are stuck at max graphics while pc players can purposely turn their settings down and almost cheat in a way. I got sniped on sands of sinai in the desert area. I had the dust particles and the pc player that shot me was across the map. He saw me where i couldnt see him. Console players cant change the graphics settings.

[@gabevietor3685]

Dude that sucks. I hope you find some way to get around it.

[@sdslofi1107]

I'm gonna play around with the graphics settings on my PS4 itself yo see if it changes something

[@Flaming_Hawk_1]

@@sdslofi1107 i meant like the graphics tab the pc has. Console players dont have it

[@sdslofi1107]

@@Flaming_Hawk_1 ye but the system settings might help

[@Flaming_Hawk_1]

@@sdslofi1107 not as much as pc, which is why pc players can farm console players and other pc players using max graphics. Its a problem

[@jonathans7265]

Great video, Zak!

[@keithkraine475]

Nice one my friend. I will be giving these keybindings a go. Happy hunting.

[@jonatheking1708]

best guide so far!

[@steve-wu7jp]

Great job😀

[@joseemiliorangeltrejo2327]

Does turning off the Particle density , improves FPS and does it affect like smoke or the gun smoke?

[@arTE_]

thanks!

[@Night_Hawk_475]

I'm reminded of an old quote: "I have enough of my own tinnitus, why do I need a game to simulate more" dumbest "realism" thing I think war games started adding, I'm glad there's a setting to completely disable it in war thunder, lmao

[@xXCursedWorgenXx]

I use Q for Rangefinding/squad ping, so if I see an enemy and want to know the range, it'll place a squad ping for me to then ping the map to alert my team there's something around there.

[@-fish-3316]

Can you do a tutorial on polynom post fx settings. We need an explanation on how the A B C D F and White settings influence the image.

[@mash5702]

Thanks buddy

[@scorpionevo880]

The game really punishes you for having a decent system and having the game look nice

[@jadonx]

yes it should be like if you have poor graphics the trees should be like big green splats and blotchy not disappearing..lol.. that would mean better is better with graphics

[@Vraimorte]

Great video, very useful

[@centeans6446]

new sub!! thanks a lot

[@gamercz29]

thanks mate

[@marcoantonio-gh3ml]

very nice ! =)

[@MsGoodguy123]

So that's how other have such good sight from far especially on maps like Sinai

[@kammykaza]

Yeah...we do not have that luxury on the PS5. TNX Gajin 🥳

[@l0rdcroissant]

had things setup on console BUT now on PC, god no regrets lol, except having to start over. do have HUGE issues with sound blowing my ears haha so thanks for the tips ;) why do you have Nvidia DLSS turned off?

[@militaryfreak4856]

thank you bro, do you have a new updated video of similar nature >????

[@parrotbird7900]

not even using 4x ssaa smh

[@Zakkattack54]

true

[@jonnymcjonface6068]

Very good concise video - cheers

[@_m2000s]

very nice video. thank you

[@Joey_Avocado]

the addition of support for ray tracing capable cards some new settings have appeared and dramatically change the look and feel of the game. You should do an update to highlight these new features as they can dramatically change the outcome of a match.

[@kokop.1610]

Had no idea how i got sniped from spawn by a leopard 1 from the hill in sinai. Now I know.

[@Linerax]

Seems the sand clouds on Sinai and other ground desert maps are unaffected by the particle density meter in Graphics settings after the Winged Lions update release. I am seeing sand haze even with particle density at the lowest/off.