The ballistic calculations isn’t the problem, that is pretty accurate. Its the frustration level and the degree of precision necessary IRL gunnery. The game lets you get away with lots of things that would not fly IRL.
I am not sure of exactly what you are referring to, but there are a few things that are an irl thing that i am glad is not in war thunder.
There are some things that i could see being added to sim. For realistic, i would only be okay with some of the current sim stuff getting added to it if other stuff was first added to sim.
Contrary to your belief system, I can do that quite easily. I play naval realistic and regularly lead ships for distance and heading before the firing solution is computed by the crew. Moving target to moving target with distance known. I also regularly lead moving ground targets while I am also moving in tanks while accounting for drop at 1km in maps that allow it in MBTs. I can do the same with stabilized tanks, but at a lesser distance. I don’t know why you would issue a challenge that involves very little effort. I can take my M1A1 Clickbait (seems appropriate for this clickbaity challenge) and hold the moving target in test drive at full speed while manuvering. Not hard at all.
I don’t know how many times I can say this in a day. Warthunder is not a simulator, it is a video game. Nothing is true to life in Warthunder because it is a video game, not real life. Balancing and enjoyability are more important than true to life features and historical accuracy.
Your cursor is moved automaticaly by the game as long as you have selected them as target.
That isn’t a thing in fire control system for modern MBTs
This is already in the game its called ground arcade. <=== sarcasm
Adding this to RB to make getting kills easier and boring. We dont need a full real life tank simulator that needs 3 to 5 people to make the tank function, then a computer to auto aim to make sure you hit the target.
Who said I lock every target? It only moves when you lock targets. I use manual gun distance correction and can still hit targets without the lock, again, not extremely difficult. Also, cool attempt to ignore this:
Honestly I am all for it, its one of things that would differentiate modern tanks.
And it also wouldn’t be something, that would make aiming too easy (which can already be said about high rank anyway), as you cannot use it in every situation. Just another feature to play with, which is what I like about WT.
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I actually suggested this idea a while ago, I feel like there needs to be a distinguishing line between WW2 FCS - Cold War FCS - Present Day FCS. As of now all tanks play and handle the same, I know it’s a massive undertaking to give each tank their proper FCS but they should just focus on modern vehicles, Yeah I know FCS can lead and auto track but those features are best left for Sim Battles.
I just want our gunner and commander sights to have a more authentic and realistic feel, instead of the generic ground forces sight from 2012 that our modern tanks are stuck with.
I would like this addition to top tier for the following reason, top tier should be top tier.
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In planes, I remember when tons of people were crying about missiles being added and how it would ruin the game. Who knows, maybe it did, but at this point in progression with this level of tech, it would be atrocious to be flying an extremely modern f16 with only access to a Vulcan.
But if you don’t want to face these mechanics, a very simple solution is to go lower in br to about 8.0 or so.
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It’s a decent environment that doesn’t have these mechanics such as thermals or laser rangefinders, so it rewards skill.
Similarly, the most modern mbts in the world are in game, but all they have to their name in terms of fcs is thermals and laser rangefinder.
Now, most mbts would only have access to lead adjustment
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that to my knowledge would function by adjusting the gun while keeping the sight on target. That’s because of nations like Germany, USA, and Russia, choosing to continually upgrade old hulls.
Other nations mostly in Asia however, do have fancy autotrackers.
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Type 90 and type 10 uses thermals to track hotspots,
Korean tanks use some fancy ai
I’m unaware what other tanks use
Point is, there should be a reward for reaching top tier, that being in the form of modern features
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From some of the suggestions about tracking a vehicle to get the FCS to lock and auto lead a target sounds like a good idea, but the reality is I’m more likely to land a hit much quicker by using the LRF and applying manual lead before firing. If you’re spending even 3 seconds or more trying to lead a vehicle to take a shot, that’s already 3 seconds more the enemy team has to spot you and take you out.
The only thing this would be useful for is firing on the move at other moving targets, but then it’s still very situational as you’d need to have enough open space in front of you to allow you the time to keep moving forward, range the target, FCS locks and leads, then fire the main gun. And in most cases, those situations often lead to you getting slapped from 2km by a stationary vehicle targetting you, i.e. Poland and Maginot line
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