War Thunder 2024 Review: Tech and Mechanics

[@TheBananaLegend-7734]

Basment guy, if you are stuck in the WarThunder basement make your next video about new years and a Tiger II randomly exploding

[@MilkTruck1210]

Imagine if the promotion team sees this and add that for "fun"

[@BrownCow445]

keep this as top comment, lets wait and see

[@rororumba]

Basement guy runs the shorts. This narrator is a different guy.

[@BrownCow445]

@@rororumba yes, the narrator is the "sane" side of gaijin, but hey, lest see if he acknowledges the existence of this brother the basement guy

[@rororumba]

@@BrownCow445 agreed.

[@rongarzon7295]

what ever happened to the trade option you promised early in the year, where the items you dont use in your inventory, Wagers, backups, orders etc can be traded.

[@Oriol_Oriol_Oriol]

Trading for 10k SL

[@athiftsabit1208]

This

[@Rosaslav]

The mentioned, they are going to finish the roadmap in early 2025. Hopefuly with this included.

[@carsamba0055]

Are you planning to make fire extinguishers replenishable on captured points?

[@freedeoxide]

Did you see them mention it anywhere?

[@samhebrank1903]

@freedeoxidethis was about what they have done, they are asking in the future

[@TheKaMeLRo]

What happened to the leaves falling off when you knock a tree down so it doesn't block our view? I remember the developer showcasing this in a previous dev stream.

[@goldfishPACIFIER]

i think it was removed due to it looking quite unrealistic and performance intensive

[@Nisenziart]

idk why yall keep asking stuff in here nobody ever reads this from gaijin

[@goldfishPACIFIER]

@@Nisenziart well I answered it lmao

[@Nisenziart]

@@goldfishPACIFIER but ure not gaijin

[@trebor797]

Wasnt there a planned mechanic in the roadmap to make items recycable? Would be cool to see this in game. Also there was once on the devserver a feature shown that helps aiming rockets in naval which I found very interesting.

[@satnav9699]

Yeah i need to change my Mission maker and wing breaker wagers into something useful.

[@trebor797]

@satnav9699 Yeah especially now after the SL chest again, I won so many wager I will never complete in my life. If I could get a booster instead or merge 2wagers into a selected wager that I can make use of it would be great

[@dr_henk683]

Still no new gamemods, this game needs to evolve

[@warthog6467]

Calm down they can only do so much in a year. I'm sure it's in the books somewhere.

[@trexater]

​@@warthog6467 they got rid of gamemodes, its not in the books if they dont change their mentality and accept that players will happily wait 15 more seconds to play if they add cool gamemodes insted of saying "but longer queue times" to justify doing nothing about that problem, if you wonder what gamemode they got rid of : convoy escort (it was a test but they didn't keep it despite it being quite fun and popular), The world war mode isn't seing any events since february of 2023 so its basicaly dead, helicoper pvp, they ot rid of it to replace it with pve because they didnt want to use the br sistem in that gamemode (you could fight ka50s with h34s) even if they could have just added pve and kept it for those who liked that gamemode (while implementing a br sistem to avoid the 7.7 to fight 11.0 helis).

[@patrickrijkee]

Lets first fix SB, before adding more broken gamemodes.

[@KP-w4gu]

Rocket league but tanks 😮 lmao

[@trexater]

@@KP-w4gu that's an event they do once a year

[@lawl756]

I can't wait for the new game modes tech update

[@atvkid0805]

oh boy longer Q time, said no one, ever.

[@trexater]

​@@atvkid0805 i would prefer to wait for longer if it was for better gamemodes, like a tank enduring where you could use atillery vehicles at their intended range and not less than 2km or a gamemode like the frontline mode in batlefield where one team defends a point and the other has to take it in order to advance to the next one, they could finally add the convoy escort mode they they tested years ago, they could revise air assault mode so that 6.7 aircrafts dont get matched with top tier ones, make a combined mode with ships, tanks and aircrafts, bring back the world war mode and make a tank only mode for those tired of cas. I really don't like the excuse of "but longer queue times" this is a game you are gonna spend a lot of time on, if it takes a little bit longer to find a match but you get to play cool gamemodes, its more than worth it compaired to waiting less to play the same variation of three game modes again and again with the same broken balance for years on end killing the little fun players have (i play because there are cool vehicles but i don't play as much as before because of the lack of new gamemodes and gaijin even getting rid of some of them)

[@patrickrijkee]

@@trexater Dude, it would not work. I want this too but its just unrealistic... Look at SB, that gamemode is practically abandoned. If they cant give proper attention to 3-5 gamemodes, what makes you think they can do 10? Lets start by improving what we have instead of adding more broken stuff.

[@trexater]

@@patrickrijkee it would if they weren't focused on just making the most money out of the game, they abandoned the world war mode after february 2023, and they removed other game modes entirely because it doesn't sell bundles or premiums, they don't care about sb for the same reason

[@lawl756]

@@trexater I agree with your post. And in regards to longer queue times i'd be ok with that for BR decompression too. But mainly i wish they hadn't abandoned World War mode. Looked forward to that for so many years, and i'm very disappointed with what we got.

[@Messiere-Mr.K]

Yes just add new stuff, without even touching old problems. ^^ Some tanks are still dead silent, not to mention that some tanks have their engines on in the killcam and stood silent next to you. Good one. :( As well please fix the spawncosts on planes, how could it be that one assist is enough to spawn in a fully loaded plane ??

[@Weeethunder]

I dont mean to be that guy, but it doesnt take one assist to get in a fully loaded plane (unless were talking early bi-planes). If i wanna spawn in an A-10A i need to get 2 kills and maybe an assist or 1 capture and 1 kills

[@trexater]

@@Weeethunder because that takes a lot of effort uh

[@Vergil001]

you forget to mention the mechanic of my shell just doing 0 damage or non penetrating 10mm plate

[@Real_Claudy_Focan]

Shoot tin foil with a bb gun.. yup, no schrapnel ! This is the same ! You need to hit some "mass" (modules or armor) to have post pen effects. Just like IRL. (take a look at PELE rounds)

[@Indo-gx7lv]

Can you PLEASE add a separate audio settings for tanks, planes and ships? What it is a normal volume in tanks, it is an almost non existant audio in planes. Also, maybe i do not want to hear my tank's engine, but i do want to hear my plane's one. Having separate audio settings helps a lot on having a custom enjoyable experience

[@keppscrossing]

You ruined the sound in one of the updates a couple of months back. Try as I might I can't hear enemy tanks until it's way too late.

[@einarfjorg5388]

Hej, as a devoted yet frustrated Sim Pilot i do have something for you to look into: Sim Battles (EC Jet era) is suffering heavily under those "grinders" and "zombers". It is so bad, that many like me, eager fighter pilots, are unable to enjoy anything, because we fly arround for hours just to never get a fight. It is so bad, that i rather fight bots than join any lobby. I know that Sim Air Battles are not as popular as RB or AB but it is still a place to be for those few who love it. These Grinders are taking away the fun and i frankly am too frustrated to play this anymore.. i really hope that for 2025 there will be some positive changes and not just some "Make it harder to earn anything" lazy "improvment".

[@YaYeetMaBalls-h8d]

Please bring back the old test flight scenes as an option, they were awesome.

[@Knox-yk1cc]

When are you planning on ADDING a replay to the replay menu. instead of having to start the whole video if you go past something

[@Invisible_book]

waiting for the dutch crew voices in 2025

[@comradesam975]

Val het D punt aan!

[@rabbitwithm2495]

On day 1010 I got a 30%booster and received 3 up tiers

[@mohammadikhsan9895]

please gaijin add a feature when MBT reloads its bullets, the cannon will automatically bend upwards, after reloading the cannon will return to its original position. And when it is cloudy on the ground battle, the plane should not be visually visible to vehicles from below. but it can still be locked using radar. but when using a plane I can't see the vehicles below. this is very unfair.

[@katroptisYT]

Can we please get the Hullbreak mechanic back? I'm tired of light tanks eating 122mm's without even flinching.

[@theallmightyego6756]

Please no, hullbreak was horrible

[@alexanderjones7769]

Better than having to 2 tap every light vehicle with HE, and risking scouting, them driving off or them returning fire.

[@eddraouyayman]

wishing the best new wears to all people who worked for that amazing game! ❤

[@kernelkorp4348]

Would be very good if we could set our default gun sight distance to a certain value in ground realistic battles, so we wouldn't have to change it manually every time we span. And also the same applies when a certain ammo is out, the next ammo type resets the sight distance which is annoying.

[@Daddo22]

First I'd like to thank the developers for all the great features we got this year. I'd love to see an ability added for SPAAGs for spotting aircraft, just like the light tanks can spot ground vehicles. The reason behind this is that for the BRs with later props and early jets, it's near impossible to keep track of multiple boom & zooming enemy aircraft, especially since they can be just a single darker pixel on your screen a couple seconds before your SPAAG is a burning wreck, while you had either no or utterly useless radar to help you find them. Another mechanic I'd love to see is that if I select the secondary armament on the ground vehicle and I have a control bound to fire the secondary armament, the control for the secondary armament should not be ignored, but shoot the primary armament. This would allow us to choose which armament on vehicles like BMP-3 and BMD-4 we want to be primary and which one secondary. In the aforementioned cases, I'd like to use the range finder for the HE from the 100 mm cannon while still having access to firing the 30 mm, which with APDS doesn't really need the range finder.

[@Marksmiro]

The game may have many flaws, but it’s the best in terms of updates, always innovating and improving itself. To this day, I haven’t seen any other. achieve the same.

[@amazingsrilanka7358]

CHANGE THE voice lines.... You guys should take notes of that YT guy who uploads new crew voices for warthunder vehicles Please ADD them to the game your sales will skyrocket👍🔥🗿

[@blackfyre4578]

Don’t give them ideas to add premium crew voices

[@rikitiki93]

I would like to propose adding a visual effect to the game that would enhance realism and immersion during gameplay. I am referring to the heat wave effect, which appears on hot days above heated surfaces like asphalt, sand, or metal. Similar to the one that we already have (f.e. see tanks exhaust). This visual phenomenon, fata morgana (mirage), seen as "wavy" or shimmering air, is often used in games and movies to emphasize high temperatures in the environment. This effect could be implemented under specific weather conditions, such as on desert maps (like Sinai) or during hot days in the game, and would perfectly complement the existing weather and lighting system. This detail could add depth to the scenery and enhant the atmosphere of the location. What do you think?

[@pwnpawn]

Hopefully, someday, we'll get a tank only mode. It's similar to air only mode. Would be nice to fight other tanks without constantly being bombed etc. Would also make light vehicles more than air power magnets. Maybe they're afraid most of the ground enjoyers would go there instead.

[@gunmasterx1164]

I hope we get an option to pick which direction you want to spawn, best example would be Advance of the Rhine where in some cases you spawn facing a direction you don't want to go. Some RP and SL gain improvements would be nice for ground as it feels way to slow and you don't earn as much, yesterday I had a game where I killed 15 enemies and I only got 19K RP, knowing how matches like these can be rare it would be nice if the SL and RP modifiers on tech tree vehicles got a buff to something simiilar to air RBs SL modifiers. Some new maps with more verticality would be nice, I really liked the mulit-story car parks that were accessable when the infantry april fools event was on as it gave players a better view of locations, even the construction sights on some of the maps like Space port and cargo port maps felt new as it was nice to be able to shoot at an elevated position and not always on the ground. Modern aircraft carriers for top tier would be nice, ever since we got the more modern carriers like the USS Forestal, they only lasted a few months before completely vanishing from air RB. Even the Admiral Kuznetsov that was recently added to the game with the SU-33 would be nice to see in air RB and not a pointless thing to look at in the test drive or in Naval. Im hoping with the addition of the F-18 next year we'll also get the USS Nimitz along with it and actually give carriers a purpose again.

[@ODST_Parker]

Gaijin saying they "solved a problem" is so hollow and meaningless that it's genuinely funny to me. They are right about one thing. They did go in all directions this year. Down and/or backwards is seemingly a favorite direction of theirs.

[@UgandanWarriorofHell]

it’s free to play anyways

[@Thatguyboogerbush-gp9db]

​@UgandanWarriorofHell times the most valuable commodity we have....you sure about that? Nothings free.

[@slavicgondola1817]

So when are you guys going to fix the euro fighters radar and the irst issues on the English and italian versions where it randomly turns on during radar locks ?

[@ivan_talivan]

Please we need improvements for the squadron battles. 2 nights ago I was with my mates waiting to join a battle and it was impossible despite it showing other squadrons waiting as well. The hub needs to be more clear about the queue line. Also, it would be great to add more reasons (motivation) for the players to join squadron battles, as in my squadron most of them don't join them because it doesn't count for the events, tasks, challenges, etc.

[@ThatGuyBlazer]

problem is huge size of the trees even people with 1k + hrs cant keep up with the new additions

[@trexater]

@@ThatGuyBlazer add 2k more hours and still cant keep up

[@ravenblood8562]

the drag and drop annoy me more than anything, i don't want to use it, but sometime when i just do a simple click, it drags the vehicle instead of opening the interaction menu, very annoying

[@Ghost_in_walls]

Hello we would like to ask about extended warranty on Eurofighter radar

[@Fffffffffffffffffrfrf]

Enduring confrontation, for tanks navy and plane, with progressive objects both pvp and pve to be completed, with a dynamic map (something like a frontline or a base conquering system)

[@G3C33]

What if you could press a button in the hangar which will make a completely random load out which obviously you have the B.R of the vehicles already set to your wanting.

[@andrewhipolito4481]

What HE caliber is being used on the Artillery Strike ability?

[@blackfyre4578]

Of all the things to focus on this year and it was adding ray-tracing to random windows and puddles,bravo

[@reapersteelwolf4327]

here's 2 things i wish to see in 2025, 1 to stop having our time wasted by losing so many rp points into spaded vehicles, i make 5k rp in a match and half of it goes into research for modifications on a vehicle i already have, so much time wasted ON GETTING RP THAT IS JUST PUT INTO CONVERTABLE RP POINTS, either that or allow us to sell our worthless wagers and orders, or at least convert them to a wager, half of them are pretty much difficult to not even bother using.

[@Dreamorgin]

I think it would be cool if there were spawns for artillery similar to heli spawn on high tier, e.g. for the PZH 2000 where you can then make active artillery

[@trexater]

or a game mode where arty has to spawn at long range (like a tank ec mode)

[@Dreamorgin]

@ yess

[@SWARM_OF_GNOMES]

Only change i dodnt like was helicopters hiding behind mountains and marking the map (the most recent updates feature) to fire ATGMs at ground targets.

[@1stcrg]

I wonder if you guys could add a New Zealand nation? Since New Zealand has tanks, navy ships, and fighter aircraft such as the A-4K Skyhawk/super seasprite (which are aircraft) And you guys should also add an Australian nation since they also have fighter aircraft, navy ships, and tanks such as the f-35, and the f-18 (which are also aircraft)

[@emeraldthegreenvaporeon]

"war thunder has been showing steady development in all directions" WW1-WW2 vehicles:

[@texturk6092]

You know what change I would love even pay money for. A ground ONLY MODE. With zero aircraft no call ins or anything air.

[@SDY_Studios]

Devs breaking their promise of not putting top-tier premiums, when the F-20A was introduced it was on top-tier Just please make a mechanic that locks certain premiums from new players. We high-tier/top-tier players are tired of low-level players (0-30 lv) playing at 9.0+ with only one or two premium vehicles...

[@RenanSAbreu]

We need modifications that changes the BR of vehicles ASAP! No more need to research and buy a whole new tank/plane just to have a better sight/engine/missile!!! This should've been added years ago!!!

[@JohannesJHS]

I would like to see different faces for crew of open top vehicles also a animation for reloading the gun

[@wellggbro3961]

the worst of 2024 was this new Shooting Range.! god i hate this so much.

[@8492nd]

"Severe damaged solved the issue" MY ASS, only the guy who stole the kill recieves the kill on his vehicle stat card, instead of you.

[@ShaggyEye]

Who cares about the stat cards? Scores and SL/RP are what matters

[@AlpieInternet]

I started playing this February and have 1300 hours. Thanks for the addiction Gaijin

[@magnusstoltenberg5277]

And throughout all the mechanics you've added this year, why haven't the mechanic "turn off tracking radar" been added because some vehicles kind of need it, otomatic cough cough anyways.

[@nikimaiki92]

Pls fix the eurofighter radar!

[@adam_k99]

This has been an amazing year for War Thunder. Nice job devs!

[@Mercenary1996]

It also crashes Ray tracing with DirectX 12 enabled every time I launch it every view matches. I get a dx12 error

[@Criiss99]

and also Fixs the hit boxes in RB air of some trees and houses, bushes. plz and thank you

[@exen7983]

next year can we get the tank breeding feature?

[@rafaeltoledo2310]

This mechanic of the tank's wheel flying off when shot is ridiculous. It should deflate or lock that specific wheel.

[@ozelotsoffunT-jz2rt]

PLANT DESTRUCTION : PLANTS BEHIND THE VEHICLE RESPAWNING INSTANTLY LMAO

[@daweedabest2085]

Profile stuff was cool… anyways, can we talk about how you guys just gave up on drop tanks? I would really love it if all the planes that carried drop tanks could get it, also I’d reallllly appreciate it if research costs for aircraft be less? Because it this point I’m not even playing the plane that was promised but a handicapped version that id end up not using because I’m sick of it being up-tiered or I’m just sick of it in general.

[@StrayGuard]

What about a review about game modes? we have been playing the same game modes since 2012. War Thunder game modes are like the Horseshoe crab of gaming 400 million years of no evolution.

[@nikolaperic6307]

Make a tank only mode and raise close air support spawn points , at this point it is not even funny how easy it is to spawn it.

[@TheUnseenWaffle]

So when will multipathing be removed from air rb? Since we wanna be "Realistic".

[@PvtPartzz]

Ok but what about development of enduring confrontation for air rb?

[@trexater]

or tank EC ? and not only rb but ab and sb to

[@monkeyism06]

@warthunder please can we have the option to remove grass in third person mode for the console version of the game

[@Tinxl-o]

There's still no RTX support for Radeon's graphics card, why?

[@waskus]

So when are Cannon barrols going to get physisk, så they cant go in to builings, trees etc?

[@trexater]

thats a thing they wont change because its a mechanic, fun over realism on this aspect (its no big deal its a game after all)

[@markbrown531]

the devs have done an amazing job of this game everthing about it is legues above most games

[@iowship6567]

Gaijin,please make convertible RP free to use

[@iowship6567]

make it so we can use it to research module and accelarate crew training

[@iowship6567]

could you please also make crew qualification not lock to a vehicule

[@ferchilandio]

Please make an update about just new game modes, it'd be such a breathe of fresh air

[@endeyfire]

give the veak 40 its prox rounds back

[@kukuskukus1606]

fr at its br its compleatly useless now

[@letsgobrandontrump2024]

Sure as soon as they give the saggitario its apds belts back oh wait that’s never gonna happen…

[@petergray2712]

For the last time, it didn't have a prox round irl. It does need the muzzle velocity fixed (20% lower than the Leopard 40/70 with the same gun). .

[@endeyfire]

@@petergray2712 dont care

[@petergray2712]

@endeyfire I don't care either (i'm not a Swedish main). The problem with the Veak 40 isn't the absence of prox shells, but rather that the muzzle velocity for its 40 mm/L70 gun is incorrect. The listed velocity is 820 m/s (which is correct for the L60 Bofors, when it should be 1000 m/s, which is correctly ascribed to the Leopard 40/70. If Gaijin buffed this, it would most likely fix the Veak's main problems.

[@BoldHorse]

When we will have option to choose(vote) a map and maybe even game mode before the battle start (like in call of duty for example). And that new player card is horrible and disgusting 2:16

[@rodolfohernandez2702]

Wheather Effects are needed in Air Battles like rain

[@SombreMicrobe35]

I think the repair costs of vehicles should be removed or lowered and the research should also be lowered so the game is more player friendly and also gaijin should optimize the game better for lower end setups so everyone can enjoy the game more. Please Gaijin.

[@Insatiable-saucy]

@Warthunder I know you may not see this, but could you possibly add france their super heavies? possibly for the next update or just give france a rank III heavy tank (FCM F1)

[@xstorm_8_shadowx]

While pitching with X on my controller I can NOT zoom in and out at the same time (ps4).

[@Zw33dDreamZ]

Many QoL changes this year. Thanks for all the hard work!

[@Pugatee14]

This year has been amazing

[@cryx4]

the game really does look and sound better than ever! crazy to see the development since 2014. thanks :)

[@nicolasbusse]

Ok that was impressive. Good job snail and John Thunder, the basement guy.

[@martinkolar9818]

Hi Gaijin could you expand the map settings? 3 x ban maps + 10 x like/dislike maps. Please.

[@_S1mba]

To bad that the dx12 update borked vr and even dx11 on a monitor freezes and stutters like crazy now; but hey it does look good which i guess is all that matters :/

[@lLauffeueR]

Working hard! Congratulations!

[@monokendo]

so they finally added mirrors

[@JohnDoe-ku8qn]

Please fix the arb clouds so the missles stop wobbling

[@samuel242424]

You should really give air sim some love. Look on the forums, many threads about problems. Gaijin never gives air sim some love...

[@TheArgos]

your work this Year was amazing again , i am very happy !!! i hope for a gun firespash rework for the AA Gatlinggun , DSHK , su 23 and a better Blast and Explosions rework for bigger massiv Bombs (like the 3000 FAB and bigger) for next Year agenda :)

[@fidjeenjanrjsnsfh]

All that visual realism, yet pintle MGs are still fired remotely.

[@cobra2.049]

super mais un truc à rajouté au jeu, ça serait de pouvoir enfin déployer et utilisé les supports rétractables ou utilisable pour un certains nombre de véhicules comme des anti aériens ou artillerie

[@Beastslayer185]

Those ammo crates were honestly a very helpful addition especially for the Zachlam tager

[@Axle0Bullitt019]

“All directions” huh, I don’t recall too much movement in the game mode aspect of the game.

[@trexater]

thats the reverse gear where they take it of of the game

[@Tacticalsnails]

The navel aiming changes where huge they work grate now

[@Artemi-wtl]

I wish there were more Iranian vehicles like t72b4 karar or the new pantsir thing

[@hyper5951]

new holiday collection camos are beautyful

[@wt-division]

Yesterday he shot down a helicopter with the Maus because he was shooting at a tank and the bullets ricocheted and shot him down. The helicopter was 2.3 km away.

[@bafalconbafalcon3184]

Just LOVE it all,keep it rollin through 2025!!!!.

[@Bardo-ln8yc]

Only ground battles when?

[@weed0509]

Redesigning player profile was actually bad. I don't like it. I mean. It's nice and fresh, but I like the old one

[@Metroio-t4h]

FIX THE CLOUDS

[@greoko]

Yugoslavian or balkan techtree when

[@idieiejsjejsjdjjud]

but yugoslavia has some western tanks too so it will be european china

[@greoko]

​@@idieiejsjejsjdjjudokay and? Gaijin has made it obvious they don't mind adding the same vehicles into the game considering most of the modern tanks and jets in game are reskins

[@potatouno]

There are bigger nations waiting for the chance to be at least a subtree, yugoslavia shouldn't be a priority

[@idieiejsjejsjdjjud]

@@greoko I didn't said anything bad about what you said bro calm down 😭😭

[@greoko]

@@potatouno such as?

[@takuya3194]

I remember best when the pixel tanks didnt cost the price of an AAA game

[@axelfenoglio8518]

They forgot to include the napalms that sent flying tanks

[@kevinbrs7211]

Did it still work for you? It never worked with me

[@AidenMarteeny-p4k]

You should add ship horns It would be cool