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War Thunder Game Overview
War Thunder for Mac is a free-to-play military combat game that lets you command aircraft, tanks, helicopters, and naval vessels in large-scale online battles. Developed by Gaijin Entertainment, the game features realistic physics, detailed vehicle models, and frequent content updates. Mac users can enjoy cross-platform multiplayer, multiple game modes, and hundreds of historically inspired vehicles, making it one of the most complete military simulation games available on macOS.
Key Features
- Free-to-play military combat game
- Realistic air, ground, and naval battles
- Hundreds of authentic military vehicles
- Cross-platform multiplayer support
- Arcade, Realistic, and Simulator battle modes
- Detailed vehicle customization
- Frequent seasonal events and updates
- Large selection of nations and military equipment
- High-quality graphics and sound effects
- Active global online community
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What's New in 2.59.0.38 Version?
Aircraft
- A bug that sometimes caused missiles to not deal damage from direct hits and explosions has been fixed.
- EF-2000 (AESA), Typhoon (AESA), F-2000A (AESA) — the positions of SPICE 250 pylons have been adjusted.
- F-16XL — a bug that caused the view in the AGM-65B seeker camera to be partially obscured has been fixed.
- SB-25J (France) — an issue where some nose-mounted machine guns were missing from the X-ray view has been fixed.
- A-20G-25 — an issue that caused unused underwing hardpoints to be displayed has been fixed.
- J35J — the ability to switch maneuver and limits mode has been added. Flight model has been updated. Fuel consumption from drop tanks has been corrected.
- Welkin F.Mk.I — a bug that caused the emergency fire system to not function has been fixed.
- F4U-7 (France) — New 20 mm cannons modification has been moved from tier III of modification research to tier II. A bug that caused the tier bonus column to not fit in the modification window has been fixed.
- Aircraft torpedoes F5W, W 170/450 — a bug that caused the drop limits of these torpedoes to change has been fixed.
Ground Vehicles
- M24 (Italy) — a bug that caused all identification marks to disappear has been fixed.
- M24 (all variants), IS-2 (all variants), T-44 (all variants), Panzer IV/70(V), T58 — moments of inertia have been corrected. In some cases the handling is now more responsive and precise.
- T58 — a bug that caused the stowage in the hull and not in the turret to count as the first-stage ammo has been fixed. A bug that caused some ammo stowage modules to evoke damage effects from other ammo stowage modules (for example, fire instead of explosion and vice-versa) when hit or destroyed, or to not evoke any effects at all (just becoming black) has been fixed.
Interface
- A bug that caused the tactical map movement cursor mode to not deactivate when releasing RB/R1 button when playing with a controller has been fixed.
- A bug that caused the performance to noticeably drop when moving the cursor in the artillery support call window has been fixed.
Nuclear Escalation
- In battles with a session Battle Rating of 11.3-13.0, BMP-2s in tank columns have been replaced with ZSU-23-4M4, and T-80B tanks in columns and strongpoints have been replaced with T-80U.
How to install War Thunder Game on Mac?
- Download the latest version of War Thunder for Mac.
- Open the downloaded installer.
- Drag the application into the Applications folder if required.
- Launch War Thunder.
- Sign in or create a free Gaijin account.
- Allow the launcher to download the latest game files.
- Start playing after installation is complete.
