War Thunder's Realism Mode is Painful in VR

War Thunder has a realistic multiplayer mode and in VR it is very atmospheric. It's not a flight sim, it's a game, but it's real enough to get me and as a WWII history nerd flying these old planes in VR is very fun... but the gameplay is insane. Realism mode is like search and destroy in the sky. I've been playing it for weeks and it seemed like the perfect time to compile my thoughts since I've been away. Excited to be back home now though, in in the loving arms of my precious American Zero.

[SimpleBanana]

I find VR works a lot better in simulator battles because everyone is on similar footing. In realism most people use mouse aim and external view which gives a huge advantage to situation awareness and aiming ability.

[KnightCS]

Wait till he figures out about simulator

[Nokknokkopenup]

In Simulator Battles every player is forced into First Person, VR is an actual Advantage in that mode

[IsaacMarks_Is_The_Best]

The words "Why am I *spinning*? *Where* is my wing?" Had me dying.

[IdahoBookworm]

Simulator mode, by the way, restricts every player to cockpit view, so you don't have to deal with players in third person with better situational awareness. The flip side is that mouse control in SB is relative control, so the game doesn't fly for you the way it does in RB.

[nott]

I cannot escape War Thunder, no matter now I try

[basedengineer]

2:31 HABIE NO DONT DO IT PLEASE QUIT WAR THUNDER WHILE YOURE AHEAD

[CoolBluBoi]

Use a flight stick if your gonna play in vr. Don't torture yourself with mouse controls

[chugachuga]

It’s so cursed herring the someone refer to arcade as “normal mode”

[cezyna]

If you like war thunder in VR I would recommend looking into IL2: Battle of Stalingrad and it's DLC's, they're on sale right now and they offer a pretty cool VR experience with some more customizable sim elements (Sort of an in-between of war thunder and DCS)

[col.star-knight]

This man would love the IL-2 games both 1946 and the "Great battles" series. Those are the best ww2 flight sims.

[WhereInTheWorldIsGinaVee]

Hardcore History's the bomb! Check out Wrath of The Khans!

[Jayray-zkiq]

Btw i do believe by "realism" you mean realistic battles, which while more realistic than arcade sim is far more realistic, glad your enjoying the game and love your content, would love to see you attempt sim gameplay

[Butter]

Another war thunder addict in the making 😊

[elliottc]

Dive bombing with a vr headset on is probably one of the coolest things I've done in war thunder

[FPClarks]

I may or may not have 5000+ hours and possibly more dollars "invested" in WT

[mjdalicandro]

Habie and Dan Carlin was not the intersection I was expecting, but I'm here for it.

[bretts]

All of dan Carlin stuff is amazing. Blueprint to Armageddon was insane

[DJPOOPTACOS]

Star wars squadrons has a similar vr mode and it's been really fun with my flightstick

[thegoodboi]

1:31
Man wait till Habie finds out about dcs multiplayer