War Thunder 2.61.0.17 Changes F-16XL Handling and Custom Battles Rooms

The update also fixes vehicle, interface, graphics and startup issues.

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A War Thunder F-16XL fighter aircraft shown from above with its broad delta wing and underwing missile.

War Thunder Update 2.61.0.17 changes the F-16XL’s flight handling and reworks the Custom Battles room search and room windows. The Steam update notes also cover fixes for vehicles, interface issues, graphics and slow startup after logging in. The preceding Update 2.61.0.13 fixed a bug that could lock weapons on aircraft with custom Battle Ratings, alongside other vehicle, map, and interface changes.

The F-16XL will have more induced drag and a lower sustained turn rate, alongside a new vapor condensation effect over its wing. Custom Battles gets changes to both finding rooms and viewing a room, while other fixes address weapon aiming, vehicle displays and a Ray Reconstruction graphics issue on older drivers.

War Thunder Update 2.61.0.17 Patch Notes

Aircraft

F-16XL — induced drag has been increased and the sustained turn rate reduced. (Report). A vapor condensation effect over the wing has been added.
Ka-50 — a bug where the display of the text label for 9K127 Vikhr missiles was incorrect has been fixed. (Report).

Ground Vehicles

BTR-90 — a bug where selecting the secondary weapon would cause aiming to stop has been fixed.
PzH 2000 (Italy) — a bug that caused some elements of the turret to not rotate with it has been fixed. (Report).
M103 — a bug that caused one of the track rollers to be shifted to the side in the damage model that, among other things, caused the camera in the hangar to shift and the model of the tank to shift in the battle interface has been fixed. (Report).

Interface

A bug that caused the My Squadron window to sometimes not display info about the squadron that the player was in has been fixed. (Report).
The Custom Battles room search window and the room window itself has been reworked.
A bug that caused the buttons to cancel and apply the key binding to not display if the screen Safe Area setting was set below 100% has been fixed. (Report).

Graphics

A bug that caused the graphical artifacts to appear when enabling Ray Reconstruction on old drivers has been fixed. (Report).

Other

A bug that sometimes caused the game startup after logging in to take much more time than usual has been fixed.

Gaijin notes that the patch notes cover key changes and may not include every improvement. Some changes may also be made without a game update.

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War Thunder is a free-to-play vehicular combat MMO featuring aircraft, ground vehicles, and naval craft spanning from the early 20th century to the modern era. Players progress through technology trees across multiple nations, unlocking increasingly advanced military vehicles. The game offers three realism tiers for each vehicle type: arcade, realistic, and simulator modes. Originally developed as a flight simulator under the name "World of Planes," the game expanded to include tanks in 2014 and naval forces later, becoming a combined-arms experience. A mobile version was released in 2023.

Genre Shooter, Simulator, Tactical
Platforms Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Perspective First person, Third person, Virtual Reality
Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Release January 28, 2013
Publisher Gaijin Entertainment
Age Rating