After the most recent update, the F/A-18C Hornet HUD no longer displays the Azimuth Steering Line (ASL) when using CCRP / AUTO air-to-ground delivery modes.
In previous versions of War Thunder, the ASL was correctly present on the HUD and provided lateral (azimuth) steering guidance during computed weapon release. The removal of the ASL is a regression and has a significant negative impact on both realism and gameplay usability of the aircraft.
Yes it’s really bothersome, and something that affects one or another aircraft almost every other patch. A while ago it was the Sea Harrier that lost the same functionality, a bit further back it was the A-6 Intruder.
It’s less grave in AB/BR, as there the CCRP info in external view still allows you to use it, but in Sim this makes CCRP usage utterly impossible.
…and then there’s a whole group of iconic aircraft which never even got their proper indicators in sights/HUD/gauges, even though it has repeatedly been documented that they should have it, and those are iconic aircraft like the F-111’s, F-4’s, F-105,…
Wow, I have the most extraordinary news for Aardvark fans: The missing CCRP symbology of the F-111’s was now added!!! Works perfectly now!