War Thunder's AI needs work

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When was the last time Gaijin touched the AI in this game?

In Air battles, i find myself in F16C’s shooting down AI Il-28’s or A4’s or Yak-38s - planes that are nowhere near in the same generation of aircraft.

Furthermore, every once in a while i’ll see an AI yak-38 doing like mach 5 on the deck or AI attackers slamming into mountains.

AI ground units consistently clip through terrain or are placed in some goofy areas that just completely break immersion.

And what happened to the AI aircraft carriers? I only see them in low tier or in vehicle test drives.

It just feels like the AI in this game is decades old and Gaijin doesnt even bother to fix known issues.

Ive heard some rumors that Gaijin is working on an AI overhaul but i havent seen evidence for this myself.

It’s just shocking how poor the AI is in this game. It really needs some TLC.

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They’re working on an AI overhaul.
To put this into scale, DCS’s AI overhaul took ~3 years.

Also it’s not rumors, Gaijin themselves stated this in 2022, and throughout 2023 on the forums and one Q&A.

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Do you have a link to that?
I don’t think i’ve seen anything official about it and just rumours.

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Wait until you see the bots in the air simulator battle at the top Br, the bots are reversed: when you play Americans you can appear on the English aircraft carrier and you fight American boats while when you play Russian, you can appear on the American aircraft carrier and you destroy Russian bots!, + On the Afghanistan map, the airfield defense bots crash in a loop against the mountains

Oh and every now and then you can come across F-86s or B-57 going at around Mach 3.

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