What changed in War Thunder in 2020
13 updates · 12 main milestones · Mar 16, 2020 to Dec 18, 2020
- 2 eventsItaly adds more helicopters and Britain gains the Buccaneernew contentMilestone
Hot Tracks expanded Italy’s helicopter lineup and introduced aircraft including Britain’s Buccaneer S.2 and America’s A-7D Corsair II.
publisherHot Tracks updates gunfire and terrain detailsgraphicsMilestoneThe update revised firing effects for ground vehicles and ships and added GPU-rendered scenery. More physically accurate tracks were introduced in a staged rollout.
publisher - 1 eventWar Thunder launches its first Battle Pass seasonseasonal eventMilestone
Seasonal progression added rewards such as the F2G-1 Super Corsair, T-10A, Matilda Hedgehog and ORP Garland.
publisher - 3 eventsVertical takeoff aircraft join War Thundernew contentMilestone
Vertical and short takeoff and landing aircraft arrived, including the Harrier and Yak-38 families.
publisherBattleships arrive and naval research splits in twonew contentMilestoneNew Power divided ship progression into independent coastal and bluewater trees, added battleships and added carriers such as HMS Ark Royal.
publisherDagor 6.0 reworks skies and combat effectsgraphicsMilestoneNew Power revised weather, clouds, fog, gunfire and destruction effects, and enabled DLSS on supported RTX GPUs.
publisher - 2 eventsAleutian naval battles and winter Mozdok arriveworld
The update added naval missions for the Aleutian Islands and a winter air combat location at Mozdok.
publisherJaguar jets and Razorback Thunderbolts arrivenew contentMilestoneRaining Fire added Jaguar strike aircraft, early P-47 variants and new Soviet T-72B variants.
publisher - 1 eventThe Italian naval tree opens to everyonenew contentMilestone
The July update made Italian naval vessels available for research and purchase to all players.
publisher - 2 eventsThe Italian fleet begins closed betanew contentMilestone
Initial Italian ship research and purchase was limited to early-access pack owners and players who qualified as testers.
publisherStarfighters introduces F-104s and Japanese helicoptersnew contentMilestoneThe F-104 family arrived across multiple aviation trees. Japan gained a helicopter lineup, and Swedish ground research opened to all players.
publisher - 2 eventsApache and Ka-52 attack helicopters arrivenew contentMilestone
Other nations gained the AH-64 Apache and Ka-52, alongside jets such as the Lightning F.6 and J35D Draken.
publisherSweden’s ground forces enter closed testingnew contentMilestoneViking Fury introduced a Swedish ground tree with more than 30 vehicles, including the Strv m/31, Ikv 72 and CV 90105 TML.
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