Gaijin’s BR ratings put a lot of emphasis on firepower and ammo count, of which, Yaks are lacking.
Over the course of this games history, guns have been nerfed/buffed from wet noodles to one shot death lasers.
Currently shvaks are really solid, making the Yaks great to fly.
Could the 3U go to 6.0? sure.
But I guarantee shvaks will get nerfed in the future, and Gaijin wont go through all the planes that mount them and reduce the BRs - just like when they nerfed Japanese 30mm tracer rounds and didn’t reduce planes like the Kikka, R2Y2, J7W1 etc
Thus - play planes that are currently doing well in the BR ratings (Yak 3U) while you can, because the nerfs are always coming…
Yaks have ALWAYS been op. Since day one.
Lf9 easily wins vs yak3u. It is the top prop plane ever probably
You can’t seriously blame yak3u and pretend that lf9 doesn’t exist
Pretty sure the Yak-3U is much faster and a faster plane usually wins a fight, simply because it can always put itself in a higher energy state, particular when there is not much difference in climb rate to bank altitude over speed.
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For 1v1 dogfight there’s A sweet spot for speed vs turning.
Lf hits the sweet spot.
Yak3u leans more into speed but it’s not faster enough to transform it into altitude advantage without shootdown.
Lf using 150 octane is level above yak3u in it’s tech. Its got better boost and it’s full metal. So It’s not a very fair comparison anyway
Try the duels.
yak3u can outrate griffon spitfires in the horizontal and p51h’s in horizontal and vertical. It’s literally untouchable.
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Pretend that lf doesn’t exist
yak3u outpaces lf mk9 and has far better thermodynamics.
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Problem being war thunder is not a racing game but dogfight game
War thunder isn’t a dogfight game either lol like what? Energy and speed have always been king. What makes the 3U so good, and by extension, planes like the P-59, Strikemaster, and Yak-15 so strong is the combination of crazy turning performance and speed, which makes being at an energy disadvantage a death sentence. The LF mk9 turns better and about matches the climb of a 3U, but it’s just too slow to be much of a threat to some of the best superprops.
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