Good question. I dont want to invoke malice, so probably insufficient data with existing one being “close enough”. The Snail might elect to change/improve the flight model if they decide that Flankers under-perform game wise. But they probably, if push comes to shove, just slap R-77-1 on them and call that a day (note it for Soviet/Russian Flankers. Chinese J-11 are cursed to suffer until J-11B at the very least)
Edit: And yes, the overperformance of almost all 3rd and 4th gen fighters in the game (IIRC only one tuned like IRL is MiG-29)
Are leaks allowed to be discussed here? If they are, what do you guys think about the Su-34 coming this update apparently? It’ll have a worse flight model than the SM but a much better radar, so it might be better in the ARH meta. No thermals but carries KH38 so it’ll be okay CAS.
Yep but i’m not talking exclusively about flight performance, it might perform innacuratel in other areas, being it over or underperformance. With their current refusal of looking into fix the issues regarding top tier ufos and broken modes i kinda almost completely lost my trust on their product.
When talking about War Thunder i’m now that annoying doomer that will always have pessimistic expectations regarding future updates lol. Unfortunately there’s no other game that offers the same as this one so i’m stuck with it.
Well Flanker main problem is with energy retention right now, although it is also underperforming slightly in outright turn. Better engine will help with energy retention.
