Drones and realism in the War Thunder update

Gaijin Entertainment staff introduced the first after the summer break major update for the action game War Thunder, where you can fight on the water, on land and in the air. The highlight of the program was a unique type of equipment - drones. Also the developers showed how they managed to raise the bar of realism. Tell us more about these and other changes in the game.

As in reality, drones in the game are divided into two types: reconnaissance and strike drones. Both are equipped with thermal imaging cameras, and the combat vehicle also uses guided bombs and missiles. Company drones in the update are planes, including two versions of the attack aircraft Su-25 and Mirage 2000C S5. Also in the Chinese branch of the development there are six helicopters, a fleet of players added ten ships, and fans of fighting on solid ground will please the 20 models of armored vehicles. In general, brought a lot of reasons to return to the battlefield in September.

Set of maps added two large locations - "Golden Gulf" and "Pradesh". But Gaijin pays special attention to visual, not spatial improvements to the project. The action is much more realistic: there are new effects from explosions and ways to calculate armor penetration by shaped charges. Each destruction of a tank, for example, is now unique. If you hit the ammunition, in the place of the explosion may not have anything left at all. The hit vehicle has a flying turret, pieces of the hull and wheels fall off, which then roll in different directions.