Better to fix stutters and freezes first.
we already are playing war thunder 2 since the update “New Power”
If you want top tier graphics you have to have a top tier rig.
But it still looks great in 4K, mostly maxed, just not using ray tracing (when I play flat, which I never do since getting into VR) and I’m pushing it with a 2080 super I paid $1500 (the whole PC) back in 2019.
Also this weird white/grey smoke trail from planes which sometimes happens, sometimes not - and im 99,9% sure i never saw something like this a few months ago
Could we just scan what hardware the player using, and disable ULQ if their PC could run without ULQ?
2 Likes
Doubt cause every rig is different. Some with same hardware but from different manufacturer might run differently, with one having fps drops while other run same settings smoothly.
It’s not really “ULQ”
I’ve been playing around with my settings and you can still have a game that looks decent while having all the advantages ULQ brings.
The first 2 are grass and trees. When it comes to these settings, its not so much the trees or grass themselves that are the problem. The problem is the weather/wind animations that play on higher quality settings. You spend a lot of time staring at your screen looking for movement, and when the entire screen is a bunch of noise from wind blowing on trees and grass that becomes very difficult. Turning these settings to the lowest possible removes these animations entirely and allows you to spot movement in the distance much easier.
Shadows are the other part of the equation. Shadows can help hide tanks by lowering contrast of tanks hiding in them. So turning these to the lowest possible helps that as well.
Basically all you have to do is turn off shadow settings or set them to low, and turn off grass/trees. This gets rid of random movement noise, and increases overall contrast.
There is another setting, particle density, which can be a doubled edged sword, and im not really sure if low/high is better overall, but it really doesn’t matter too much.
Every other setting you can crank up to max and it won’t affect your ability to compete with ULQ players.
I also play on widescreen 21:9 which gives me an additional like what 15% or so FOV on both sides of my screen which helps. If you want to have an advantage on poor players there’s an avenue for you.
2 Likes
You won’t be able to reach them. I have tried explaining it multiple times but some still refuse to listen.
1 Like
That is usually a sign of a GPU defect, or driver error.
I’d consult experts on the matter, cause that ain’t normal.
There’s nothing really to abuse. Max settings lets you see through bushes when using thermals while ULQ doesn’t.
Why? If people want to play with a handicap more power to them.
1 Like
It would be nice if they added an additional setting to control foilage animations, then you could play with high quality trees and grass, but without the annoying noise from them constantly moving off.
Shadows it seems they understand play a role, because you can’t turn them off, only minimal.
1 Like
This topic is just a complaint l made after a game that didn’t go well, too many bugs. l didn’t expect so many people to pay attention to this topic. After reading the responses, l also want to share my opinion.
I think this game needs comprehensive optimization, the picture quality of the vehicle is really good, but the terrain texture environmental graphics are relatively bad, close up is OK, a little far away on, um…
There are too many bugs, each version update will bring new bugs, I am not a technical person, whether a new physics engine can solve these problems, graphic optimization can make ULQ can also get a good performance.
Society is progressing, and if this game wants to appeal to more people, l think it needs an upgrade, just like World of Tanks. After all,this game is not Minecraft, and even Minecraft needs better computer to run smoothly after installing some mods.
The last one is a purely personal opinion with no advice. If l can’t afford the game l want to play, then l should be more concerned about my real financial problems than about being able to play the game.
1 Like
MC is horribly optimized, so not a good example lol
1 Like
just no , the game looks great , and it doesn’t forces me to buy a high end pc to play it
1 Like
i think when it comes to graphics and the appearance of vehicle models, I think we don’t need a graphic upgrade, they look great, but when it comes to the appearance of the maps, that’s a different story, in my opinion, better graphics would be useful.
1 Like
New Engine, full stop
Some assets pre date the game and come from Wings of Prey.
its okay but for how long ???
New engine, then port all assets over in the background, and when ready, release.
and yes i have a £6000 PC with a super ultrawide monitor at 5120 x 1440p and everything maxed.
Needs optimising and Quality of Life, first and foremost, there is only so many upgrades they can do before the basic coding / engine needs a revamp / change
but they also need to cater for console players and players with lower end PC’s, hence the big difference between ULQ and MAX Graphic options, you can even customise them further by editing the Config file on PC, but i wouldn’t advise
2 Likes
You can download custom hangar with only vehicles visible. Maybe this will solve your performance issues?
I’d love to see better shaders for optics, there should be a distinct difference between an optical sight and digital sight, everything looks the same from the earliest 1930s tanks to modern ones, it just doesn’t feel right and breaks immersion. Battlefield 3 had some really cool shaders for tanks sights, I’d love to see something like that at one point.
5 Likes
yes theres models ported from IL2 sturmovik that are older than a lot of players but an overhaul isn’t needed, models for some vehicles have been upgraded and to be honest a full overhaul would make this game run like ass
1 Like
What this game need are QOL changes and phisics rework then graphic update game is in dire need of this.
I tested this game on old rig that can go over 100fps easily in WT (with medium/high mix settings) - the amount of smoke effects in this game killing fps when you get hit from mg/canons is just terrible. You lose up to 40fps from smoke alone and almost same with bushes/trees animation when looking at them in binos/sight.
Also tree range setting removing objects/bushes is just… the stupidest idea in gaming history ever.
The fact that you can remove so much from screen just by settings is insane.
So no wonder ppl abuse lowest settings even with good rigs.
There should be a minimum setting for RB/SB so all are on same lvl.
1 Like
Consoles offer an easily affordable option.