As we all know, the VL Pyörremyrsky is an outstanding Swedish tier III fighter, but it has been assigned an excessively low Battle Rating (BR). In Simulator Battles, it is only rated at BR 4.0. It uses the same DB605A engine as the Bf 109 G-2, yet it delivers more horsepower. Meanwhile, the Axis air forces are limited to using aircraft such as the Bf 109 F-4 to compete against it. The VL is faster, more powerful, and has better maneuverability. I don’t understand why such an aircraft has a lower BR in Simulator Battles. When I’m flying the Bf 109, I can’t think of any way to outperform it.
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Well the reason for the br is quite simple.
The thing is made out of paper, technically wood but the point stands, its one of the easiest to kill planes if you land a few shots and its firepower is kinda limited, until Gaijin completely destroyed auto cannons and as such its mixed loadout of American 50cals and German 20mm gun gives it the firepower of both worlds.
Still doesnt negate the fact its one of the softest planes to kill.
What? Since when durability for fighter planes should matter? Soviet Yak planes are also all made of wood until the Yak-3U and the La planes, but they’re not hindered by the fact and are still meta planes for their amazing characteristics. Better flight characteristics will always matter over armor when it comes to fighters.
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the difference is, most russian wooden planes are extremely old models and as such arent fragile. the vl doesnt have such niceties, so sneezing on the thing kills it meaning even a few stray bullets will hurt the thing.
and yes flight performance is more important than armour, but when your armour and general ability to take a hit is so weak ANY hit can cripple you, it then does become a problem.
its like min maxing on a dnd fighter, sure constitution isnt gonna be your main stat to put all of your points, but you gotta put some in or you become so weak and fragile a single hit will put you down.
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What you said is not without reason. While numerous vehicles in War Thunder have their own specific characteristics, but this still fails to explain the current situation of this aircraft having an irrational BR difference between the two modes.
Here is the core issue: we have a plane, the VL Pyörremyrsky, that is outperformed by its direct competitor, the Bf 109 G-2, but enjoys a more favorable BR. This creates a scenario where the superior plane (G-2) is forced to face a theoretically stronger opponent. My proposal is a clear and logical adjustment: either increase the VL’s BR to 4.3, or lower the G-2’s BR back to 4.3 to restore balance.
The DB605A in the VL Pyorrmyrsky is using a slightly later manifold pressure setting when compared to the Bf.109 G-2, but the difference is only by about 25 horsepower.
Energy retention on the VL is slightly better but its slower than most BF-109s and P-51s at the BR its at anyway in a dive it wont catch em.
Its decently agile, Has good allround performance and the 12.7mm has decent damage as the american ones, And the 20mm has same performance as the Bf-109
The VL Pyörremyrsky Is essensially a side grade to the Bf-109 G6 Erla with less speed and abit more Agility and good lowspeed performance.
Essencially, Its a Bf-109 and Yak-3 crossover
I agree with the points made. But our focus isn’t on raw performance data; we are collectively focusing on the fundamental issue of its inappropriately low BR across both modes.
I just wrote that to Point out it had a generally lower speed than the Bf-109 and P-51,
Its a good dogfighter and can reach pretty good speeds but its far from the best Aircraft at the Br its at its a great Aircraft but far from the best-