War Thunder Update 2.59.0.38 Fixes Missile Damage and Tunes Vehicle Handling

War Thunder Update 2.59.0.38 fixes a missile bug that could prevent direct hits and explosions from dealing damage, while also changing aircraft behavior, tank handling, interface input, and high-tier Nuclear Escalation battles. Gaijin Entertainment published the full official Steam patch notes. Gaijin’s September 29 maintenance window preceded the release of these patch notes.

Aircraft changes include a new maneuver and limits mode switch for the J35J, an updated flight model, and corrected fuel consumption from its drop tanks. The F4U-7 (France) also moves its New 20 mm cannons modification from tier III to tier II, while the F-16XL receives a fix for its AGM-65B seeker camera.

Ground vehicle adjustments focus on handling and ammunition behavior. Moments of inertia have been corrected for several vehicles, including the M24, IS-2, T-44, Panzer IV/70(V), and T58. The T58 also receives fixes for ammunition storage classification and damage effects.

Controller users receive two interface fixes, and high-tier Nuclear Escalation battles now use different vehicles in their AI tank columns and strongpoints. The patch follows Update 2.59.0.22, which addressed aircraft issues, overpressure behavior, and interface problems earlier in the current update series.

War Thunder Update 2.59.0.38 Patch Notes

Aircraft

• A bug that sometimes caused missiles to not deal damage from direct hits and explosions has been fixed. (Report).
• EF-2000 (AESA), Typhoon (AESA), F-2000A (AESA) – the positions of SPICE 250 pylons have been adjusted. (Report).
• F-16XL – a bug that caused the view in the AGM-65B seeker camera to be partially obscured has been fixed. (Report).
• SB-25J (France) – an issue where some nose-mounted machine guns were missing from the X-ray view has been fixed. (Report).
• A-20G-25 – an issue that caused unused underwing hardpoints to be displayed has been fixed. (Report).
• J35J – the ability to switch maneuver and limits mode has been added. (Report). Flight model has been updated. Fuel consumption from drop tanks has been corrected.
• Welkin F.Mk.I – a bug that caused the emergency fire system to not function has been fixed. (Report).
• F4U-7 (France) – New 20 mm cannons modification has been moved from tier III of modification research to tier II. A bug that caused the tier bonus column to not fit in the modification window has been fixed. (Report).
• Aircraft torpedoes F5W, W 170/450 – a bug that caused the drop limits of these torpedoes to change has been fixed.

Ground Vehicles

• M24 (Italy) – a bug that caused all identification marks to disappear has been fixed.
• M24 (all variants), IS-2 (all variants), T-44 (all variants), Panzer IV/70(V), T58 – moments of inertia have been corrected. In some cases the handling is now more responsive and precise.
• T58 – a bug that caused the stowage in the hull and not in the turret to count as the first-stage ammo has been fixed. (Report). A bug that caused some ammo stowage modules to evoke damage effects from other ammo stowage modules (for example, fire instead of explosion and vice-versa) when hit or destroyed, or to not evoke any effects at all (just becoming black) has been fixed.

Interface

• A bug that caused the tactical map movement cursor mode to not deactivate when releasing RB/R1 button when playing with a controller has been fixed.
• A bug that caused the performance to noticeably drop when moving the cursor in the artillery support call window has been fixed.

Nuclear Escalation

• In battles with a session Battle Rating of 11.3-13.0, BMP-2s in tank columns have been replaced with ZSU-23-4M4, and T-80B tanks in columns and strongpoints have been replaced with T-80U.

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War Thunder

Developed by Gaijin Entertainment

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
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