Gaijin Entertainment has announced that update 1.43 for their WWII MMO game War Thunder is live on PS4, PC and Mac. New features include Revenue Sharing for User Generated Content, the introduction of 40+ new planes and tanks, new maps, multi-turret tanks, a Kill-cam and a lot more. Update 1.43 is one of the largest updates to the War Thunder universe bringing a huge variety of enhancements to the player experience. War Thunder, the award winning, cross-platform F2P, WWII, MMO game has more than eight million players worldwide.
War Thunder update 1.43 provides significant improvements and new content, including:
New vehicles
- 26 new aircraft and 17 ground vehicles will be added to the game. Among them – a multi-turreted tank the T-35 with separate guns control, the “flying wing” Horten 229, several anti-air platforms including the mighty ZSU 57-2 and PzKpfw V Coelian based on a legendary Panther tank and many other exciting additions.
Reworked Arcade Mode for Ground Forces
- Now Ground Forces Arcade Mode allows the use of aircraft support. All players begin combat in tanks, but a player who achieves several kills will be rewarded with the option to fly attack aircraft or a heavy bomber they can use to smash enemy armored units with their bomb payload, Enemies can try to shoot him down using fighters. The use of artillery support is also updated – one artillery volley per battle is still available for everyone but additional ones can be gained from kills players achieve in GF (maximum three volleys per battle in total).
New Locations
- War Thunder will get 4 new locations – Norway, Poland, Mozdok and a Tropical Island. Norway is one of the largest aerial maps in War Thunder covering an area of 128km x 128km along with several single-player historical missions. Poland is the first city map for Ground Forces and Mozdok is an idyllic place at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains. Finally, the Tropical Island is used for a new Racing mode.
Racing Mode
- Racing mode allows players to compete against other pilots through an unforgiving aerial obstacle course. Guns are disabled in this mode, so only the most skillful pilot will take first place!
Armor and modules Inspector tool for Tanks
- Players will be able to check any ground vehicle in the game for weak spots as well as armor depth and positions of the vehicles crew members and internal modules, thereby providing them with a battlefield advantage.
Death-Cam
- Death-cam is an x-ray, slow motion playback feature that allows players to see from which side the enemy shot penetrated their hull and the impact to the insides of the player’s vehicle. This feature will allow users to better understand the damage model and be more effective in combat.
Sound Effects
- Audio in War Thunder has been improved significantly: sound effects for aircraft cannons and machine guns, suspension for tanks and breaking tree limbs have all been enhanced for added realism.
Vehicle Presets
- In update 1.43 War Thunder adds additional functionality for crew slots – This provides players with the ability to save and load preset aircraft/ground vehicle lineups for quick-changing in the slots of each nation depending on their player rank.
Revenue Share System for User Generated Content
Creative War Thunder players can earn real money by creating content. Gaijin Entertainment will pick their favorite user generated content and allow other players to purchase it, thereby allowing creators to financially benefit. The first 12 pieces of user-generated content to participate in Revenue Sharing have been chosen and details of what, who, and when can be found HERE.
New Ground Forces
USSR
- ZSU-37
- ZUT-37
- ZSU-57-2
- T-35
- T-54 type 1947
- T-III (Pz.Kpfw III Ausf. J(L/42))
Germany
- Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind
- Flakpanzer IV Ostwind
- Flakpanzer V Coelian
- Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz
- Pz.Kpfw II Ausf. H
- Pz.Kpfw III Ausf. J (L/60)
- Pz.Kpfw IV Ausf. J
- Pz.Bfw IV Ausf. J
- Marder III
- Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. G
- KV-1 mit Kw.K.-4
New Aircrafts
USA
- F7F-1
- B-57a
- Fw 190 A-8 (USA)
- Ki-43-II (USA)
Germany
- Fw 190 A-4
- Ho 229 V-3
- Tempest MK.V (Germany)
- Yak-1B (Germany)
Britain
- Lancaster Mk.I
- Canberra B. Mk.2
- Venom FB. Mk.4
- PBY-5a (GB)
USSR
- I-16 type 5
- Yak-1
- Yak-9
- Il-28
- P-47D (USSR)
Japan
- Ki-27 otsu
- Ki-43-I
- Kitsuka
- R2Y2 KAI V1
- R2Y2 KAI V2
- R2Y2 KAI V3
- B-17E (Japan)
So there you have it, that’s what’s new in the latest update.