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
It’s like with Warhammer minis: the small scratches, dents, damage and details give the mini character and make it interesting
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 might be because they outsource their textures for vehicles and the studio doing this job isn’t doing the best (idk tho)
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.
One looks the part, the other doesn’t.
Gaijin used to CARE man.
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.
I honestly prefer it like this.
I want my vehicles to look well maintained and properly taken care of, like an actual service combat machine.
I really dislike when they look like they’ve spent 46 years rusting in a scrapyard.
Thats the idea of the game tho, the little bit of In universe story to the game is that we are Salvaging these tanks from scrap yards.
And rebuilding them, thats why they come stock neutered as much as they do, and you slowly fix them up.
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
There’s dust and mud, yes, which we get in real time ingame after driving for 10 seconds
There aren’t 45cm wide stripes of rust and paint chipped off everywhere xD
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We can do this all day.
The thing is, this is what the SLIDER should be for.
You want it to look like a mess? Set it at 0%. I want it to look properly taken care of, so I set it at 100%.
again, base babies that aren’t combat vehicles.
the Slider is locked behind premium mate.
Base bunny?!?!
Newsflash, every vehicle gets a cleaning from bolt to bolt and painted to the theater. So yea early images are going to be very clean…
Vehicles that also never leave base are gonna look nice. the US were very sparse with the use of the M1 in the Desert, 90% of the time it was the Germans or the Brits that had to lend tank support to American troops because American generals and such were too scared to use their Precious Propaganda Machines.
But like… Challys were clean too… 😿
