They have chipped paint, damaged roadwheels, scratches, dented track guards and exhausts. They look like tanks that genuinely exist, and have been used extensively.
Then compare that to some of the recent additions, Things like the Hummel, or the BTR-3E1.
They are just too smooth, too clean. No proper detail, just a few mud splatters or something to try and make the models not look like garbage
Camo quality slider should let you go from fresh coat of paint to 3 years of combat damage, not what it currently is. Ricochet decals, scratches, mud, not just the paint chipping off
It genuinely is so jarring to spawn in, in a older Vehicle with details and scratches and damages, and then just a random vehicle spawns beside you and looks like it just rolled off the factory floor. Or worse, like it doesn’t belong in the game at all.
New models are too shiny, too reflective and stand out way too much against the games environments.
look at the Challenger 3TD or Challenge 2E compared to a Normal Challenger, its like comparing a brand new sports car to a 90s econo box with ratty paint.
look at the old models, Paint scratched and rubbed away where the crew would step, General wear and tear like a vehicle had actually been USED.
I mean look at the chipped away rubber on the T34s roadwheels ALONE. that took care, Someone took the extra time to actually sit down and MODEL PLUS TEXTURE THAT.
Not really. That was some unofficial concept from back in 2012 or so, but it’s been widely stablished in all trailers and official media that we are actual crew members of actual armies.
And EVEN if that was the premise, nothing stops a mercenary from giving their tank a fresh coat of paint lol
If you can’t afford 20 bucks every 6 months… you’ve got more pressing matters to take care of than whether your ingame tanks look rusty , no offence, coming from someone who has been there for years, and only saying this because you had to be rude about it.