Challenger 2 TES (74 tons) with a 1217 hp engine overperforming base Challenger 2 (64 tons) with a 1314 hp engine despite being 10 tons heavier and missing 100 hp.

Mistakenly, the Regenerative Steered Challenger 2 TES was modelled with the pre-buff engine (1217 hp) instead of the fixed one (1314 hp).

So EVEN despite weighing 10 MORE TONS, and despite also MISSING 100 HP, TES still overperformed Live CR2. THAT'S REGENERATIVE STEERING FOR YOU.

DO. NOT. FUMBLE. THIS.

Many people have complained that Regenerative Steering, specially on Leopard 2, reduces the turning radius way too much, hindering short range/low speed agility.

However, this is NOT an inherent drawback of Regenerative Steering; with only this ONE value changed, you can see how much mobility improves.

Hell, Dev Server's iteration even drastically hinders pivot turning even though it shouldn't, proving that it's a faulty value!

FOR THIS REASON, WE NEED TO WORK TO IMPROVE THE MECHANIC, NOT DITCH IT!

Since so many are convinced that "it will be impossible to drive across streets with Regenerative Steering".

Also, it's extremely compressed because the Forum has a file limit size of 60 MB, so had to assassinate the videos to be able to upload them there, hahah.

ALL IS FORGIVEN I LOVE GAIJIN THANK YOU GAIJIN I GIVE MY LIFE FOR GAIJIN

REGENERATIVE STEERING, AT LONG LAST, AT LAST!!!

The duality of Transmog (I'm the Hunter)

I lowkey love the wide range of customisation!

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Reuploading this because there's been some confusion with the WIP client and quick Live updates there's been in the past hour, but at last, here it is, fully Live for anyone to see!

EDIT: AND NOW THEY REVERT BACK TO 2.57.1.90 AGAIN, eliminating the armor and making me look like a liar again and crashing my game in a match. Gaijin, what the hell is going on!?

Can't wait for the next BR changes in 7 months only to have a few random changes with zero Top Tier decompression still.

It's not something nearly as important as the long unaddressed and unfixed bug reports or balance issues, but it would still be a nice QoL thing to have.

PLEASE, STOP TELLING ME HOW TO ACTIVATE COMMANDER AIM MODE EVERY TIME I GO INTO THE COMMANDER AIM MODE, THANK YOU

Some notes:

-DM53 was removed from the Arietes because the shell was only introduced as an emergency measure back when they were somehow the same BR as the Strv 122s in an attempt to make them more capable for Top BR. Since they would now be 2.0 BRs below Top Tier, there is no need for such an artificial and unhistorical yet negligible buff.

-DM53 was removed from the Strv 122s because it is as unnecessary as it is unhistorical.

-DM63 was added to the newest Leopards as a historical change that, gameplay wise, has only a small impact in increasing their survivability (DM63 is identical to DM53, except it doesn't detonate when hit).

-SHARD has a penetration of 640mm at 0º and 0m from Leclerc's gun, according to Lanz-Odermatt formula.

-3BM59 IS BETTER THAN 3BM60, by 10mm at point-blank, which isn't a lot, but it's something. The OFL F1/F2 case is NOT comparable, as the speed difference between 59/60 is MUCH lower (10 m/s) than it is between F1/F2 (50 m/s).

-M1A2 SEPv3, as the highest and top BR Abrams tank, received M829A4 as to have something to truly stand out compared to all other Abrams variants, since Gaijin actively refuses to give it the actually sensible hull armor improvement that was meant to achieve this.

-The suggested BRs take into account current vehicle modelling, not authentic one. A fixed Merkava Mk.4 or Type 10, for example, would be 13.7-14.0, not 13.0, etc.

This way, you can better simulate your tank being operated by multiple crew members instead of only one, by having enough awareness to drive and traverse the turret independently. Now, driver periscopes finally have a serious purpose!

As a bonus, this encourages players NOT to cover the front of their tanks with absurd bush placements, as it is in their interest not to block their driver optics.

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So much for "combat vehicles crafted carefully from historical documents and surviving sources."

So much for "The appearance and characteristics of the vehicles in War Thunder are historically accurate".

I guess I felt like spreading the positivity I feel about the movie in a post rather than only through comments!

In this image, I compare; current SEPv3, how I would have implemented it, Leopard 2A5 and Leopard 2A7V's current iteration; just to show how even a relatively well protected SEPv3 would be far from game-breaking considering it would still not even be 2A7 or 122-level.

Before anyone suggests that 9mm is better because "being thinner it eats spall and does not generate it"; 9mm generates as much spall as 25mm. Only <6mm LOS thicknesses behave like that.

All reports about this were "passed as suggestions" or denied as "duplicates of already known issues", yet... here we are.

Since they refused to give SEPv3's hull armor any functional improvement, it would be nice if at least the fuel tank areas had even the slightliest chance to stop anything at all.

Also, the drawing is shit and clearly inspired by Gaijin's Women's Day decal, which I always found really cute, but I made it in 30 minutes and at least it's not AI xD

The shell is suppossed to be an M829A2, the new stock APFSDS option for the Rank VIII Abrams tanks.