Meet the “Firebirds” Major Update!

Is anyone else experiencing the client (not even in the match) utilising their GPU at 97-100%? I’m also only getting 40fps in it too but I seem to be running at 120fps in-match (which is what I cap it to).

I see no mention of them nerfing the max release speed of napalm, however they clearly did….

Huh? i dont see any benefit of NVD in any vehicle tbh… its just making the screen green and fuzzy.

But if it help you, then atleast someone uses it atleast


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Bring back the win rate and KD to the profile. Bring back the number of vehicles to the profile. With the new profile, you can’t tell how well a player is playing or even what nation he’s playing for. And most importantly, I can’t see how many vehicles I have.

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imagine being so mad about objective improvements to the game

tanks benefit more than planes btw

You can distinguish dots better especially against the ground. Very useful in Enduring Confrontation too. You can’t make the point with some screenshots. You need to spawn a heli in ground with a night map and go hunt some enemy ac. You can see them much better than during the day.

I was hoping the dev’s performance issues to be fixed, instead I went from 160 fps in DX12 movie settings (I was using DX12 before the update) to “120 fps” but with stutters so frequent it feels like 10-15 fps, and for some reason the game runs better when it’s not in focus (I have two monitors).
Cool, I can’t enjoy any of the new DX12 features now and have to downgrade.

Idk, maybe it depends on the hardware u use, for me the game isnt dark enough to make any benefit using NVD, playing with OLED in 1000nit HDR mode… but like i saied, if it helps you, good to know thats it actually do help some players.

It’s a real shame Tornado Gr4 didnt get its historically accurate BOL. Would really seperate it from the GR1 and properly justfiy the 12.3 BR

I’ve been playing War Thunder for 11 years, and I have to say, this new Profile Card from the Firebirds update is just bad. The old layout was so much better—clean, simple, and actually showed off the stuff we’re proud of: medals, researched vehicles, spaded vehicles. It was all right there, front and center, and looked great.

Now? It’s like something out of a cheap mobile game. Cluttered, boring, and completely unmotivating. Why even bother grinding for medals or achievements when they’re hidden in this ugly, uninviting layout? It doesn’t feel rewarding at all anymore.

Honestly, Gaijin, just bring the old layout back! Maybe give it a little visual upgrade, but keep the focus on the medals and stats we’ve worked hard for. That’s what made the Profile Card special—it felt personal and showed off our dedication to the game.

This change? Total miss. Fix it, please!

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Cool. How does it refer to the fact that russia gets new op toys all the time, while other factions have nothing in certain brs or roles? It would be nice to balance those things out, don’t you think?

And if there is some technology in Eurofighter that would put russia on a back foot… Great. They have a lot capabilities other factions miss. Alternatively, Devs can do the same they did with small liners - pretend they do not exist until russia gets them as well.

Why did you remove the display for vehicles and spade? Please bring that back.

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Are you really missing much?

You turned on DLSS… And you’re complaining that your game was downscaled?

What kind of stupid is this?

I put everything to max, wich resulted in 50 fps and the screen freezing when shooting XD
Rtx 4090, 7950x, 64gb ram

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What have they done to the Naval (arcade) UI…!?!

A whole new bunch of symbology has been added to clutter up the screen. Have they not learned from the backlash at the IN YOUR FACE shallow water alerts?

Its unnecessary, unclear and adds no new information the old basic ship damage displayed at a glance.

With this and the over-buff of the target acquisition times are Gaijin actively trying to trash Naval???

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I did not get my Money back in terms of GE and Silver Lions, for removed Weapons and Modifications, I looked and I don’t know where that would have gone. Please can someone help. I am a Console player.

Every time this game gets a graphics update I get a headache, ever since new power. I like the TSR AA, it’s better than TAA with minor performance difference, but personally I had to tone down basically every other graphics settings to avoid fps drops and stuttering.

Also it would be rather nice if this game got an integrated FPS limiter

Oh and the new player cards are absolutely horrible, feels like its from a shitty mobile game

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the new statcard is terrible, the only stat that actually had use is the monthly spawn/death, and now it’s gone. and WHY on earth is the thing portrait. on a regular 16:9 screen you can fit the entire playercard page, plus the statistics page, and have 1/3rd of the screen to spare. To put other things like monthly S/D, spaded vehicles on nations, and other stuff. You know, all the stuff that was previously on one page in the statcard. Honestly it looks like a UI for a Mobile game.

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