

the long-awaited top Chinese ZTZ99 MBT or the Japanese ST-A3 medium tank with an auto reloading mechanism. All these visual updates would probably be better to test using one of the new ground vehicles, i.e. The Dagor Engine that powers War Thunder now also generates small landscape-native objects, like rocks, pebbles, debris, plants, moss, mushrooms, placed on the scene using only the GPU to make the landscape look more natural. The previous major update brought new fire effects for aviation, this time ground and naval guns got a similar overhaul. The update currently brings new tracks for selected popular ground vehicles, while others will get the upgrade later.

If a tank drifts on stone or concrete, or turns sharply on asphalt, the all-metal track will give off a sheaf of metal sparks. When a shell hits a track, the track breaks exactly at the segment where the impact hit. During acceleration and braking, it tightens or whips, and also sways for some time after the vehicle stops. When passing over humps and potholes, the caterpillar bounces on the wheels. The new caterpillar tracks on War Thunder armoured vehicles consist of separate segments, each of which has physically accurate properties.

Players are getting new visual effects for ground and naval vehicles, the Italian helicopter tech tree, legendary battlecruisers Von der Tann and HMS Invincible, as well as a many other new military vehicles. Gaijin Entertainment announces the release of the “Hot Tracks” major update for the military online action War Thunder.
