Any detail that kinda made a vehicle, option, weapon, or really anything have there own little uniqueness in the game.
To give an example, When the f4’s were introduced, there gun sights were held lower. This meant that having to lead planes were a bit more tricky but it did end up making those shots feel much more satisfying.
terrain used to not be slippery
close your eyes wile holding down the shoot button.
the weekly historical decal
And wheeled vehicles actually were faster than tracked, nowadays it takes one to two business days to turn or accelerate to the maximum speed.
I miss damage models actually getting deformed, torn and show visible damage. The hole in your left wing, that thing.
Nowadays, more often than not you’ve no idea how damaged your aircraft is without the damage doll.
Now obviously, the wings were made of different materials and obviously, the Spitfire took a cannon round from what it looks like but you’d still expect damage to be more visible in the corsair given the damage doll says that the associated wing section was completely obliterated (other than literally falling off).
Beyond this, oil should linger for longer and splatter onto canopies more aggressively when you fill a plane with lead point blank, like in the old days.
I also wonder where the condensation from clouds went. I distinctly recall seeing droplets of water running along my canopy when flying in clouds.
There are the Monthly decals now,and part of them comprises old weekly decals. It’s not the same,but it’s something that everyone here welcomed
This and the fact that maps had more positions that could be very strong but counterable. People were incetivized to learn maps as well which, while it did increase the learning curve would also raise skill ceiling and was extremely nice for the people who wanted to have an elevated experience.
Now it’s mostly just corridors ( screw attica) and stale up front fighting. Kinda sux ngl
Pacific war and carrier maps. They’re very very rare now sadly.
old player card ;(
The Raketen abschussgeraet M42. Rather than make them fully functional in-game, gaijin nerfed the vehicles equipped with them by removing it entirely from the game:
