War Thunder Update 2.59.0.75 Targets BT-7 Armor and Aircraft Bugs

War Thunder Update 2.59.0.75’s Steam patch notes cover aircraft fixes, BT-7 and BT-7M damage-model adjustments, shadow corrections, and a naval projectile-tracking camera fix.

The BT-7 and BT-7M entry sets radiator armor at 10 mm, up from 4 mm, and air-duct armor at 10 mm, up from 5 mm. The graphics changes address tree shadows on sloped terrain and flickering in tank sights, including a separate fix for PlayStation 5 Pro.

War Thunder Update 2.59.0.75 Patch Notes

Aircraft

• A bug that caused the IRST HMD to not be in the center of the screen when activating free look when the aircraft was diving or climbing has been fixed. (Report).
• Me 163 (all variants), Ki-200 — an issue where the takeoff dolly would disappear from beneath the aircraft when exiting the secondary weapons menu of another aircraft and returning to an aircraft stationed in a crew slot has been fixed. (Report, Report).
• Bf 109 G-6 (all variants) — an issue where the rocket sight was shifted to the right has been fixed.
• An issue where AI-controlled landing craft in certain missions (e.g., \[Ground Strike] Pacific Hidden Base) could remain suspended in mid-air after being destroyed has been fixed.

Ground Vehicles

• BT-7, BT-7M — the damage model of the front fenders has been detailed. The positions of the crew members in the turret have been adjusted, now their legs no longer pass through shells when rotating the turret. The thickness of the radiator armor has been increased from 4 mm to 10 mm. The thickness of the air duct armor has been increased from 5 mm to 10 mm.

Naval Vessels

• An issue where the projectile-tracking camera could end up pointing toward the sky instead of the target if the player moved it around before the impact has been fixed.

Graphics

• A bug that caused the shadows from trees located on slopes at a distance from the player to disregard the angle of the slope has been fixed. This bug resulted in shadows from trees being too short or too long.
• A bug where shadows could flicker when switching to the tank sight view when the “Shadow Quality” setting was set to “Very High” and ray tracing was disabled has been fixed.
• A bug where shadows could flicker on PlayStation 5 Pro when switching to the tank sight view when the “Quality” graphics preset was selected has been fixed.

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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
• Age Rating

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