War Thunder Update 2.57.1.52 Fixes Radar Presets, Aiming Points, and Vehicle Bugs

The latest War Thunder cleanup update also corrects aircraft weapon behavior, naval turret angles, interface problems, and several visual glitches.

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Gaijin Entertainment published War Thunder Update 2.57.1.52 on July 29, 2026. The patch fixes problems across aircraft, ground vehicles, naval vessels, and the interface, while also cleaning up aiming-point controls and radar presets. The full announcement is available through the official Steam announcement.

Several of the most visible changes affect aircraft systems. Aiming points can now be used regardless of the current weapon loadout, radar displays have gained extra controls in their minimal layout, and missing radar modes are back in the preset menus. The patch also fixes warped vehicle decorators and the unusually high reverse speeds introduced by an earlier update.

War Thunder Update 2.57.1.52 Patch Notes

The update covers aircraft equipment and visuals, a ground-vehicle loading issue, a naval turret restriction, and a broad collection of interface fixes. Here is the complete changelog.

Aircraft

F-14B, F-14D — a bug that caused the targeting pod to always be displayed in the X-ray view even when not equipped has been fixed. (Report).
FR-1 Fireball — a bug that caused the rockets to hang in the air when the wing was torn off has been fixed.
IA.58A Pucara — the dynamics of the Pampero rocket have been corrected, the greatly overestimated speed of the rocket has been reduced.
Su-30SM, Su-30SM2 — a limitation on the concurrent use of the underfuselage UPAB-1500 guided bomb and R-77-1 and R-27ER missiles has been introduced. (Report). A bug that caused the T220 targeting pod display on the left MFD when not installed has been fixed. (Report).
Su-25SM3 — the release sequence of the ZB-500 incendiary bombs has been corrected. (Report).
Su-25 (all variants) — the pilot model in the cockpit has been corrected to the version in the ZSh-7AP helmet.
Su-27SM — a bug that caused the Kh-31AD and R-27ER missiles to overlap on the ground display in the hangar has been fixed. (Report).
Su-30MKM (Japan) — a bug that caused the RVV-SD missile pylons to not display has been fixed. (Report).
MB-326B — a bug that caused one of the ejecting pilots to not display in the parachute has been fixed.(Report).
S.O.4050 Vautour IIN, S.O.4050 Vautour IIN (Late), S.O.4050 Vautour II (Israel) — the names of the aircraft have been corrected. (Report).
F-84G (all variants) — a bug that caused the wrong number of HVAR rockets to display in the on-hover tooltip in the secondary weapons menu has been fixed.
UH-1B, UH-1C (all variants), AB 205 A-1 — a bug that caused the category for the right-side M134 Minigun machine guns to display as a text key in the secondary weapons preset editing window has been fixed. (Report).
Orion UAV — a bug that caused the name of the UAV to display as a text key in the interface of radars with the NCTR capability has been fixed. (Report).

Ground Vehicles

A bug that sometimes caused destroyed objects to appear intact for players who joined the battle in-progress has been fixed.

Naval Vessels

Suffren — the aiming angle limits for the third main caliber turret (which previously fired through the secondary caliber turrets) has been fixed. (Report).

Interface

A bug that caused the IRST status indicator to not be shown on the rectangular AA radar display has been fixed. (Report).
A bug that sometimes caused the aircraft radar screen to display outside of the screen bounds in the replays has been fixed. (Report).
A bug that caused missiles and bombs to be displayed in the shell comparison screen, which compares shells’ ballistics and penetration, has been fixed.
A bug that caused the text in the ARM stat cards to jump when hovering over the bands has been fixed.
A bug that caused some of the missions to be absent in the mission editor for attack aircraft and bombers has been fixed. The missions were: the bombing of ships, tanks, artillery, aircraft carriers; the protection of ships, tanks, artillery from bombers; the protection of ships/tanks and assault on tanks.
A bug that caused the “Mark as Favorite” hotkey to not function when navigating the decals menu with the control stick has been fixed.
Now the cursor is returned back to the Events & Tournaments block when closing the Events & Tournaments window while using the controller.
A bug that caused text keys to appear on the bottom of the screen when using manual controls for the 7th and 8th engines.
A new point named “Other Licenses” has been added to the “?” dropdown menu in the hangar where licenses for the products used in the game can be seen. Credits have been moved to this window as well.

Other Fixes and Improvements

Update 2.57.1.52 also addresses several systems discussed in the announcement. Tactical-map hints now show the key combinations for setting aiming points when an aircraft supports the feature through GNSS-guided weapons or an advanced navigation system. Aiming points can be assigned to suitable munitions directly from the tactical map, without requiring separate key bindings.

The minimal radar display now has buttons for toggling the ESM screen and switching between radar and IRST modes. Aircraft that use their weapons as ESM sensors will also leave ESM mode automatically after all missiles are gone. Radar presets on the respawn and test flight screens once again include the correct modes and ranges.

Vehicle decorators should no longer warp when attached to heavily curved armor. A reverse-movement physics error that added friction instead of subtracting it has also been corrected, preventing vehicles from reaching excessive speeds while backing up.

Other fixes restore keyboard arrow-key assignments, repair the “Attention to the Map” command when using the minimap, return fuel jettison after rocket-booster use, keep trees visible in optics while zooming, and restore the earlier width for the in-battle chat window.

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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: 2013-01-28
Publisher: Gaijin Entertainment
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IGDB Rating: 74.2/100